by admin | Jan 13, 2017 | The Matchplay Trophy
The year Ian McLeish progressed thanks to a cattle grid attacking Douglas Macfarlane and forcing him to take a break from golf. The year David Thomson managed to persuade two opponents to play over Murrayfield. The year Lawrence Dickson played more extra holes than...
by admin | Jan 13, 2017 | The Matchplay Trophy
by admin | Jan 13, 2017 | The Matchplay Trophy
by admin | Dec 15, 2016 | Competitions, The Matchplay Trophy
History The Matchplay Trophy, first awarded in 2002, is the youngest of the Club’s trophies. The driving force behind its inauguration was Ronnie Walker who saw the lack of a matchplay event as a gap in the Club’s fixture list. A matchplay competition would give...
by admin | Dec 15, 2016 | Competitions, The Majority Cup
History The origins of this trophy lie in the discussions, begun in 1909, about how the club should mark reaching its “majority” (i.e. 21 years) in 1910. It was decided that a trophy should be awarded for the best aggregate nett score from three of the competitions...
by admin | Dec 15, 2016 | Competitions, The Consolation Cup
History In 1951, the then Captain, W.S. McIntosh Reid, expressed his concern about the increasingly large number of no returns in the outings during the year. He duly presented a small silver cup to the club to be awarded to the member returning the single highest net...
