Luib Hotel Golf Course, Glen Dochart, Perthshire. (1890s) 

Yet another Old Tom Morris lost golf course in Perthshire. 

Following is a report from the Evening Telegraph 8 July 1895. “That golf has become one of the most popular pastimes among all classes is shown in many ways. The latest purveyors for the lovers of the ancient game are Highland hotelkeepers, many of whom have been requisitioning the services of the evergreen St Andrews golfer, Tom Morris, for the purpose of marking off a golf course in connection with their establishments.

On Friday the well-known figure of the veteran Tom Morris was seen in Glen Dochart pacing out a nine-hole course on the east side of the Luib Hotel. Tom expressed himself as highly pleased  with the ground selected, it being of a fine undulating nature and not to hilly; while about a mile and a half further west he pointed out ground where a splendid course could easily be made should the increase in the number of golfers demand a second one.

Work was to be commenced to-day on the course marked out, and it is intended to push-forward the turfing of the greens with all haste, so that we may hear shortly that Tom has again gone north to open and play the first match on the Luib golf course. He left the district on Saturday, accompanied by his host, Mr D Macnaughton, Luib Hotel, for the purpose of inspecting the golf greens at Dunblane.”   

Thanks to Melvyn Morrow for supplying the above information.

Ordnance Survey Map from the 1890/1900s showing the Luib Hotel.

O.S. Map Revised 1898; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1901}.