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Collieston Golf Course, Aberdeenshire. (1900 - WW2)
It was reported in February 1900 that a new golf course was being laid out 300 yards from the Marine Hotel.
Buchan Observer and East Aberdeenshire Observer Tuesday 27 February 1900. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Ordnance Survey Map from 1899 1901 showing the Marine Hotel.
O.S. Map Revised 1899; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1901.}
A nine-hole course laid out by Old Tom Morris in 1900 for Lady Cathcart, who had acquired land near Collieston. The course was constructed to commemorate the building of the new pier.
From the Dundee Courier Thursday 14 June 1900 - "St Andrews - Tom Morris is to journey to Collieston, near Aberdeen, on Monday, to lay out a golf course there."
Buchan Observer and East Aberdeenshire Advertiser Tuesday 26 June 1900. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
From the Aberdeen People's Journal Saturday 18 August 1900 - "The nine-hole course at Collieston recently laid out by Tom Morris has been opened for play. The course has some good hazards, and will furnish a pleasant game."
From the Buchan Observer and East Aberdeenshire Advertiser Tuesday 21 August 1900. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
It continued until the outbreak of WW2 when the course was taken over by the war office for tank training.
Below are pictures of the area once occupied by the former golf course taken in July 2016. Many thanks to Neil Birnie jnr.
Looking back to the Old (Marine) Hotel. Image courtesy of Neil Birnie Junior.
The above images show what looks like perfect golfing country.