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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.

 

Lybster Golf Club, Highland. Report on the club and course July 1905.

John o' Groat Journal Friday 7th July 1905. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

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

It was reported in December 1925 that the club would be moving to a course on rough pasture known as Blackpark grazings.

In 1926 the club moved back to its present location and the club was formally established in the same year. 

 

Lybster Golf Club, Highland. Location of the Reisgill course.

Above is the location of the Lybster course (centre left) at Reisgill. Reproduced from the {1906} Ordnace Survey Map.

 

The Google Map below shows the Reisgill course.

 


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