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Alford Golf Club, Haughton House Course. (1933 - WW2)

Also called Haughton House Golf Club. 

There is a mention for the nine-hole Haughton House Hotel golf course in the 1933 Golfer's  Annual.

Report on the Haughton House Golf Club in April 1935.

 

Alford Golf Club, Haughton House Course. Report on the club in April 1935.

Aberdeen Press and Journal Friday 19 April 1935. Image © D.C.Thomson & Co. Ltd. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

 

Following is a report from the Aberdeen Press and Journal Saturday 1 May 1937. "At a meeting of the Alford Golf Club office-bearers were elected as follows; Hon. president, C F Spence; president, Gordon Will; captain, D Benzie; secretary and treasurer - A E Urquhart, Malvern House; committee - president, captain, vice-captain, secretary, John Duthie, Simon Leask and John Mitchell. It was decided to open the course on Wednesday 19th May.

Whist Drive in February 1938.

 

Alford Golf Club, Haughton House Course. Advert for a Whist Drive in February 1938.

Aberdeen Press and Journal Wednesday 26 January 1938. Image © D.C.Thomson & Co. Ltd. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

 

Below is the result of a match played against Cluny Golf Club (also now defunct) in August 1938. The match was played at Alford on the “Haughton House Hotel Course.” 

Alford Golf Club   Cluny Golf Club  
T R Taberner 1 W Bey 0
Cyril Mutch 0 L W Clark 1
J S Stewart junior 0 J Kennedy 1
J Mitchell 0 J R Milne 1
Simpson Stewart 1 J P Fraser 0
J Herd 1 John Milne 0
J Ritchie 0 L Adam 1
D Benzie 1 G Gray 0
James Malcolm 0 J Main 1
Miss Benzie 1 G Hunter 0
  5   5

 

Alford Golf Club, Haughton House Course. Postcard showing Haughton House Alford.

 

The current Alford Golf Club opened in 1982.