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Bowden Golf Club, Melrose. (1901 - 1905)
The club first appeared in 1901.
A nine-hole course on Bowden Common.
The above map shows Bowden Common (centre) prior to the golf course being laid out. © Crown Copyright {1898}
From the Berwickshire News and General Advertiser Tuesday 23 July 1901. Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
From The Southern Reporter Thursday 1 August 1901. Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
The following is from the 1905 Nisbet’s Golf Yearbook; Stations – St Boswell’s, one and half miles and Melrose, three miles; The nine-hole course is situated on the side of West Eldon Hill on what is known as Bowden Common.
From The Southern Reporter Thursday 22 Juned 1905. Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Nothing further found for the Bowden Golf Club after the above date.
The Google Map below shows Bowden Common.