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Lethamhill Golf Course, Glasgow. (1934 – 2021)

18-hole municipal parkland course located three miles north east of Glasgow city centre.

The course closed in 2021. The area was to undergo a major conversion to accommodate the Golf it! development under the auspices of the R & A.

The Alexandra Golf Club played over the Lethamill course from 1907 until the lease expired in 1932. The history of the Alexandra Golf Club can be seen on a separate article on this website.

Report on the course in May 1934.

Scotsman Tuesday 15 May 1934. Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Sunday golf to be allowed on council courses in 1937.

Daily Record Saturday 6 February 1937. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

The Lethamhill course appears in the Golfer’s Handbook from 1937 to 1947; 18-hole course; visitors 8d a round.

Golfer’s Handbook 1952; 18-holes; 1s a round.

Golfer’s Handbook 1957 – 1961; 18-holes; 2s a round; Sundays, 9-hole course, 1s/6d a round; 18-hole course, 3s a round.

GH 1964; 18-holes, 3s a round; Sudays, 9-hole, 2s, 18-hole, 4s.

GH 1972; 18-holes, 6,081 yards, SSS 69; Amateur course record; R Harker, 70; Fees, 15p (20p weekend).

GH 1982; 18-holes, 6,081 yards, SSS 69; Amateur course record; R Harker, 70; Fees, 60p (80p weekend).

GH 1988; 18-holes, 5,946 yards, SSS 68; Fees, £2 (£2.60).

GH 1991; 18-holes, 5,946 yards, SSS 68; Fees, £2.50 (£3).

GH 1994 - 1998; 18-holes, 5,946 yards, SSS 68; Fees on application (1994), £5.50 (1998).

GH 2002; 18-holes, 5,946 yards, SSS 68; Fees, £7.20.

GH 2004; 18-holes, 5,836 yards, SSS 68; Fees, £7.85.

The course continued to be listed in the Golfer’s Handbook until it ceased publication in 2015.

Ordnance Survey Maps from the time of WW2 showing the golf course and Lethamhill House.

O.S. Maps Revised 1938; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1946}.

Course scorecards and pictures.

Thanks to Dr Douglas Lockhart who visited the site in June 2023 and provided the pictures below. The former course is now now being developed to accommodate the Golf It! project under the auspices of the R & A.

Above pictures showing the progress of the development.