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Bredisholm (Baillieston) Golf Club, Glasgow. (1908 - 1923)
Founded 1908.
Eighteen-hole course five minutes from Baillieston railway station. Large clubhouse; entry fee, £1/1 shilling; subscription, £1/5s.
The club is underway in January 1908. The secretary was J Corbet Campbell.
Coatbridge Express Wednesday 8 January 1908. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Result of the monthly medal for May 1910; first class – R K Munro, 78-6-72; F Pau, 79-7-72; second class – J Read, 82-11-71; J Cowan, 85-13-72.
Result of the Vice President’s Prize played in August 1910; J Thomson (15), 72; J Cowan (5), 73; R Cowan (21), 74; M Lightbody (18), 74; T S McKinnon (14), 75.
Result of a bogey competition played in August 1913; J B Woodburn (16), 3up; T G Brown (17), 2up; R (P) Dalrymple (11), 2up.
Monthly Medal Finals played in October 1913; first class winner, David Jenkins; second class, Jas McLellan; third class, Jas Paxton. Ladies’ Devlin Medal, winner Miss Jean T Clark.
In 1914 the secretary was R D Rutherford, Helenslea, Baillieston, Glasgow. Club telephone number Baillieston 20. An 18 hole course with a membership of 280 gents and 140 ladies. The entry fee for gents was £1/1/0 and ladies 10/6d. Visitors’ fees were 1/- a day and 2/6d a week. Sunday play was not allowed. Ladies were only allowed to play on Tuesdays and Fridays, and after 4pm on Saturdays, unless accompanied by a gentleman. The station at Baillieston was 10 minutes away.
Result of a bogey competition played in August 1914; J Cowan (scratch) 5up; B H Grant (9) all square; J McLellan (5) 1down; R K Munro (plus 1) 1down; D Jenkins (3) 1down.
Wounded soldiers entertained in October 1916.
Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser Saturday 7 October 1916.Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Bredisholm House, Baillieston was the clubhouse until 1919; the building was demolished in the 1980s.
Everything must go - sad report in April 1918.
Coatbridge Leader Saturday 20 April 1918.
The club was finally wound up in January 1923.
The Scotsman Saturday 27 January 1923. Image © Johnston Press plc
Course location, Bredisholm Golf Club disappeared in 1923.