Here is Rule 14 from the 1775 Gentleman Golfers' Code, explaining the stipulated round:

In playing, you are to strike off from the Braehead-hole, and play from it to the Sawmill, for the First Hole; from the Sawmill to the North Mid-hole, for the Second Hole; to the east Hole for the Third; to the South Mid-hole, for the Fourth; and to the Thorntree-Hole, for the Fifth, where the First Round ends; and every other Round is to begin at the Thorntree-Hole, playing from that to the Sawmill-hole, and from thence to the North mid-hole, etcetera, as above, until you come again to the Thorntree-hole, where every Round ends.

Card of the Course at Leith

Hole No	Length before 1821	Length After 1821
1	414	325
2	461	407
3	426	426
4	495	495
5	435	435
Total	2231	2088

Photo courtesy of Nick Hocking

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The Leith Links today, a municipal park.

Photos courtesy of Neal Dougherty

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