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Ayr Golf Club, Northfield Course. (1890s)
Report on the new club in March 1894.
Golf Friday 30 March 1894. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Reports on the opening of the course in April 1894.
Glasgow Evening Citizen Saturday 14 April 1894 - “OPENING OF LINKS AT AYR – The newly formed Ayr Golf Club, which has its nucleus in the Ayr Cricket Club, opened its links at Northfield this afternoon, when the first was driven by off by Mr D Naismith. The course is a nine-hole one, is a mile and a quarter round, and the longest hole is 300 yards. There are numerous natural hazards of an interesting description, including stone walls, sand bunkers and a burn.”
Glasgow Evening Citizen Monday 16 April 1894. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Irvine Herald Friday 20 April 1894. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
New course record in May 1894.
Glasgow Herald Saturday 12 May 1894. Public domain.
Result of the first competition played July 1894.
Scottish Referee Friday 6 July 1894. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
It was reported in the Scottish Referee in September 1894 that “Members of the Ayr Golf Club are now wondering when their links will be playable.”
Report on the first annual meeting in March 1895.
Glasgow Evening Post Monday 25 March 1895. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Nothing further found.
Ordnance Survey Map from the 1900s showing Northfield in the centre.
O.S. Map Revised 1908; © Crown Copyright (year of publication 1911).