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Doon Valley Golf Club, Patna, East Ayrshire. (1927 - 2017)
The club was founded in 1927.
A nine-hole undulating parkland/ moorland course in the village of Patna, East Ayrshire.
Entry from the 1998 Golf Course Guide; 9-hole undulating parkland course, 5,856 yards, SSS 69; redesigned by East Ayrshire Council; Green Fees, £9.
There were spasmodic appearances in the Golfer’s Handbook after the above date.
The club and course closed in March 2017.
Alan McPherson is playing all of Scotland’s golf course to raise funds for Cancer Research. Alan played the Doon Valley course in May 2012. We would like to thank him for allowing us to use the link below for his report and information on the course.
http://scottishgolfcourses-allofthem.blogspot.fr/search?q=doon+valley
Thanks to Douglas Mill for supplying the above scorecard.
View of the course.
Entry list for the last competition to be played on the course.
The following message appeared on the club Facebook page in December 2016; “East Ayrshire Council: What are they actually doing in the Doon Valley? Everyone in the valley has been talking this past week about the closure of the Golf Course on March 31st 2017; from then on in there will be no more golf allowed. The club itself have not been informed by the council, however, the green-keeper staff were informed last Thursday 24th November 2016.
Why was the club committee not informed first and why have the club committee still not been informed by East Ayrshire Council as to what is happening still? Since the news broke last week we have contacted the council on numerous occasions but still await reply. This is a major talking point for the club as we still don't know what is actually happening to the club and still we await reply. Why? The way East Ayrshire Council has treated this club in the last few years has been nothing short of ridiculous.
As you can see from what is happening around our valley to the closures of games halls, libraries and many more public facilities in the area. It's apparent that East Ayrshire Council simply do not give a toss about the Doon Valley area.
The heart has been well and truly ripped from the Doon Valley area.”
The club closed on March 31st 2017.
Thanks to Dr. Douglas Lockhart who took the pictures below in September 2019. Douglas added “In two and a half years there is very little evidence of a golf course here. There are cattle on the course; clubhouse now a social centre. Signs are still visible. You cross the railway - the former Dalmellington branch that was a coal freight line but is now closed. Photographs show the railway crossing to get to the course; clubhouse and former fairways and greens. The saving by the East Ayrshire Council was £80000 per year which it cost to run the nine-hole course in former mining country.”
Broken seat and a very heavy red tee box.
