Golf club trashed in anecdotal yarn (5,3,7)
I believe the answer is:
royal and ancient
'golf club' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'trashed in anecdotal yarn' is the wordplay.
'trashed' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'in'+'anecdotal'+'yarn'='inanecdotalyarn'
'inanecdotalyarn' is an anagram of 'ROYAL AND ANCIENT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for royal and ancient that I've seen before include "This club has a famous name" , "Descriptive of King James VI" , "like King Lear, in two respects" , "Golf Club in Scotland?" , "It has links" .)