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Delvine House Golf Club, Perthshire. (1840s - 1947)  

The course was first played over in the 1840s. The course was revived in the 1930s.

Report on the early Delvine Golf Club in May 1843.

Caledonian Mercury Saturday 13 May 1843. Public domain.

Competition for the Delvine club and mention for the former Coynachan club in April 1844 (see separate entry for Coynachan). 

Perthshire Courier Thursday 11 April 1844. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Result of a competition played in April 1846.

Northern Warder and General Advertiser for the Counties of Fife, Perth and Forfar Thursday 16 April 1846.

Medal played for five years to 1847 by the old Delvine Club. The medal is inscribed "From Delvine to the Blairgowrie Golf Club - 1889."

Dundee Courier Monday 4 June 1894. Image © D.C.Thomson & Co. Ltd. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

The course was revived in the 1930s.

Competition played in June 1934.

Perthshire Advertiser Saturday 23 June 1934. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Competition to be played in May 1936.

Perthshire Advertiser Wednesday 29 April 1936. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Perthshire Advertiser Saturday 23 May 1936. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Competition played over the Delvine course in 1939.

Perthshire Advertiser Saturday 3 June 1939. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Many thanks to Richard Craig who allowed us to use the following extract from his article which appeared in the British Golf Collectors – “Through The Green” in June 2014.

“At Delvine House policies is one of the few relict courses in Perthshire where there are upstanding remains due to the course being located over the protected archaeological site of Inchtutil Roman Fort. The course occupied most of the parkland to the south-east of the house and was enclosed by a tree plantation. It was most likely commissioned by Hugh Hogarth who acquired Delvine Estate in 1921. The first mention of a golf course on a Perth valuation rolls is the 1930-1931 roll and the last one 1946-1947 roll. On the ground most of the golf course features are easily identifiable. Bunkers survive as grassed over semi-circular raised mounds, tees as small raised platforms, the definition of some of the greens have been lost in grassland. The prominent remains of the bunkers hint at a quality course where, money time and effort were spent in its construction and upkeep.”

Ordnance Survey Map from the 1890/1900s showing Delvine House.

O.S. Map Revised 1899; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1901}.

The Google Map below pinpoints the location of the course. The Roman Fortress can clearly be seen and many features of the former course can be made out.