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King’s Park Golf Club, Glasgow. (1934 - 1990s)

The club was founded in 1934. A nine-hole hillside public course measuring 2,071 yards with a SSS of 60. 

Golfer's Handbook 1937 -1947; 9-hole course; 4d a round.

Ordnance Survey Map from the 1930s showing the golf course.

 

King's Park Public Golf Course, Glasgow. O.S. Map from the 1930s showing the golf course.

O.S. Map Revised 1934; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1939}.

 

Golfer's Handbook 1975; 9-holes, 2,103 yards, SSS 32; Amateur course record, I Simpson, 27; Fees, 11p (17p weekend).

Golfer's Handbook 1982; 9-holes, 2,103 yards, SSS 32; Amateur course record, I Simpson, 27; Fees, 60p (80p weekend).

Golfer's Handbook 1994; 9-holes, 2010 yards, SSS 32; Amateur course record, I Simpson, 27; Fees on application.

There is no entry for the course in the 1998 Golfer's Handbook.

The golf course has reverted to parkland.

 

Glasgow Corporation, King's Park Course. Course scorecard.

 

 

Glasgow Corporation, King's Park Course. Course scorecard.

 

Thanks to Dr Douglas Lockhart who visited the site on Monday 11 December 2023 and provided the pictures below of the former course.

 

King's Park Public Golf Course, Glasgow. Foundations of the former clubhouse.

View of part of the former course looking west.

 

King's Park Public Golf Course, Glasgow. A green and the sloping terrain.

 

King's Park Public Golf Course, Glasgow. A green and the sloping terrain.

Note the greens and sloping terrain on the above pictures.

 

King's Park Public Golf Course, Glasgow. Overgrown bunker and green beyond.

Overgrown bunker with green beyond.

 

King's Park Public Golf Course, Glasgow. A former teeing ground.

A former tee.