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Tillicoultry Golf Club, Clackmananshire. (1899 – 1922)
The club was founded in 1899 with a nine-hole course to the south of Lady Ann’s Wood.
The club moved to its current location in March 1922.
Club professionals; William McLauchlan, 1910-1912; William Murray, 1912-1914.
The golf course was opened on Saturday 8th April 1899 by Mrs Robert Archibald of Westbourne.
Result of the captain’s medal played in September 1899; Mr McLachlan, 106-12-94; Mr Whitney, 106-10-96; Mr Loudon, 111-14-97; Mr Campbell, 119-14-105.
Result of the December 1899 monthly medal; A Govan, 100-14-86; R W Meiklejohn, 105-16-89.
Report on the annual meeting in March 1900.
Devon Valley Tribune Tuesday 27th March 1900. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Below is the result of a match played at Tillicoultry against Kinross Golf Club on Saturday 7th April 1900.
| Kinross Golf Club | Tillicoultry Golf Club | ||
| H B Ferrier | 2 | R Duff | 0 |
| W Roger | 3 | Mr Blair | 0 |
| Rev. Mr Williamson | 3 | Rev. Mr McFadyen | 0 |
| J M Ross | 6 | Rev. Mr Calder | 0 |
| C Hepburn | 2 | R Archibald | 0 |
| J Sharp | 0 | J Campbell | 0 |
| W Wilson | 0 | R T Whitney | 1 |
| G Miller | 4 | W McLauchlan | 0 |
| W Dow | 0 | C Farquhar | 2 |
| 20 | 3 |
Result of a mixed competition played in June 1900; Miss Downie Hunter and Mr Farquhar, 62-13-49; Miss Mary Gibson and Rev. L Macfadyan, 52 scratch. In the final between Mr Duff and Mr McLachlan for the travelling rug presented by Gilbert Paterson , Mr Duff was the winner.
The winner of the February 1904 medal was Peter Syme.
Entry from the 1905 Nisbet’s Golf Yearbook; Instituted 1899; membership of 85; station one mile; hon. secretary – T W Anderson, Tillicoultry; captain, R Archibald; entrance fee nil and subs 10 shillings; nine-holes; visitors sixpence a day and 1s/6d a week.
In June 1905 John Campbell created a new record for the nine-hole course; 4,4,3,4,6,4,2,3,4 = 34.
The November 1905 monthly medal was won by Robert Ferguson 79 net.
The January 1906 monthly medal was won by R T Whitney, 81 net.
The winner of the March 1908 monthly medal was W Roy, 92-14-78. The winner of a sweepstake competition was W McLachlan, jun., 78-4-74.
Result of a sweepstake competition played in October 1908; W M Bett, 83-6-77; R Herd, 96-18-78; A Paterson, 88-8-80; R Ferguson, 93-13-80; C Jamieson, 104-24-80.
Result of the ladies’ medal in September 1909; Miss Faulds, 81-7-74; Mrs Roy, 99-12-87.
Result of the Campbell monthly medal played in March 1910; Robert Ferguson, 81-11-70; James Donaldson, 90-15-75; W M Bett, 81-4-77; W Caldwell, 84-7-77.
O.S map shows the location of the earlier golf course. © Crown Copyright {1920}
The club moves to its current location in March 1922.
Devon Valley Tribune Tuesday 7th March 1922.
The Google Map below shows the location of the earlier golf course.