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Peterhead Golf Club, St. Fergus Links. (1841 – 1879)
The earlier club was formed in 1841.
The club have played on the current Craigewan Links since 1892.
Report on an unusual match played in June 1841.
Caledonian Mercury Saturday 19 June 1841. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Advert for the Spring Meeting in 1843.
Aberdeen Press and Journal Wednesday 29 March 1843. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Competition for the Gold Medal to be played in August 1843.
Aberdeen Press and Journal Wednesday 30 August 1843. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Extract from a report from the the Aberdeen Herald and General Advertiser Saturday 1 June 1850 – “The members of the Peterhead Golf Club, and of the Peterhead Cricket Club, resolved to spend the day on the links of St. Fergus, in the enjoyment of the bracing and healthful exercise of those particular games, to which they drove out with their flags and insignia. The Golf Club, having been presented by Robert Arbuthnot, Esq. of Mountpleasant, their captain, with a splendid silver medal, to be competed for that day. It was played for by 12 members, in three rounds of holes at the termination of which Robert Walker, Esq., of Richmond, was declared the successful competitor.. Many matches, both of golf and cricket, took place”.
Report on the Spring Meeting playedd in May 1853.
Aberdeen Herald and General Advertiser Saturday 4 June 1853. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The report below from September 1891 suggests that after twelve years the club is to be resuscitated.
Peterhead Sentinel and General Advertiser for Buchan District Tuesday 1 September 1891. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
It’s possible that the resuscitated club could have played for a short time on the St Fergus Links before moving to the new Craigewan Links.
Buchan Observer and East Aberdeenshire Advertiser Thursday 16 June 1892. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The St Fergus Links are shown on the Google Map below.