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Lybster Golf Club, Highland. (1900s - 1926)
The club/course first appeared in the early 1900s. The original location was where the club is today.
In 1904 the club moved to a course at Reisgill Mains.
John o' Groat Journal Friday 7 July 1905. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Extract from an article that appeared in Golf Illustrated in July 1905 - "Last winter the circle of players was augmented by the accession of Mr G M Joss, the new agent of the Town and County Bank, who had formerly been an enthusiastic member of the Wick Club. Through his agency a fine new course of nine-holes has been laid out half a mile from Lybster on ground kindly granted free of rent by Mr Burn, the lessee of Reisgill Mains. A regular club has been formed with Mr Burn (who is resident in India) as honorary captain, Mr Joss as captain and Mr Cranna secretary."
Result of a match against Wick Golf Club played on the Reiss Links in July 1907.
| Wick Golf Club | Lybster Golf Club | ||
| A Gordon | 1 | G M Joss | 0 |
| R S Collins | 1 | J McKlennan | 0 |
| T Sinclair | 0 | W McPherson | 1 |
| W D Barclay | 1 | A Doull | 0 |
| D C Banks | 1 | M Ganson | 0 |
| J R Skinner | 1 | J McPherson | 0 |
| W L Doull | 1 | W McDonald | 0 |
| J Alexander (halved) | 0 | L Grant (halved) | 0 |
| J Williamson (halved) | 0 | J Bain (halved) | 0 |
| C E Ball | 0 | John McDonald | 1 |
| 6 | 2 |
The Lybster Golf Club was listed in the 1913 Nisbet's Golf Yearbook.
It was reported in December 1925 that the club would be moving back to its original course on rough pasture known as Blackpark grazings.
In 1926 the club had moved back to its present location and the club was formally established in the same year.
Ordnance Survey Map from the 1900s showing the course at Reisgill Mains.
O.S. Map Revised 1905; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1907}.
The Google Map below shows the location of the Reisgill course.