Alford Golf Club, Haughton House Course. (1933 - WW2)
Also called Haughton House Golf Club.
There is a mention for the nine-hole Haughton House Hotel golf course in the 1933 Golfer's Annual.
Report on the Haughton House Golf Club in April 1935.
Following is a report from the Aberdeen Press and Journal Saturday 1 May 1937. "At a meeting of the Alford Golf Club office-bearers were elected as follows; Hon. president, C F Spence; president, Gordon Will; captain, D Benzie; secretary and treasurer - A E Urquhart, Malvern House; committee - president, captain, vice-captain, secretary, John Duthie, Simon Leask and John Mitchell. It was decided to open the course on Wednesday 19th May.
Whist Drive in February 1938.
Below is the result of a match played against Cluny Golf Club (also now defunct) in August 1938. The match was played at Alford on the “Haughton House Hotel Course.”
Alford Golf Club | Cluny Golf Club | ||
T R Taberner | 1 | W Bey | 0 |
Cyril Mutch | 0 | L W Clark | 1 |
J S Stewart junior | 0 | J Kennedy | 1 |
J Mitchell | 0 | J R Milne | 1 |
Simpson Stewart | 1 | J P Fraser | 0 |
J Herd | 1 | John Milne | 0 |
J Ritchie | 0 | L Adam | 1 |
D Benzie | 1 | G Gray | 0 |
James Malcolm | 0 | J Main | 1 |
Miss Benzie | 1 | G Hunter | 0 |
5 | 5 |
The current Alford Golf Club opened in 1982.