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Mosspaul Golf Club, Scottish Borders. (1900s)
The club was founded in 1900.
The article below provides some early history of the Mosspaul Inn. It was published in 1900 when the Inn re-opened, prior to the course being laid out.
In September 1900 Mr G P Ross a member of the Hawick Golf Club went round the delightful Mosspaul course in 65 strokes. On the fourth hole in the competition he drove over the hedge, a road and a dyke and a burn twice, holing out in two, see report below.
From the Southern Reporter Thursday 20 September 1900. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Plan of the six-hole course. Image courtesy of Graham Johnson.
Following are results from competitions played on Saturday 24 August 1901.
Ladies- Miss Lawson, 72-14-58; Mrs Ross, 59 scratch; Miss Shiel, 77-14-63; Mrs J S Turner, 94-30-64; Miss Reid, 71-5-66; Miss Ramsay, 96-24-72.
Gentlemen – W Houston, 89-25-64; William Burnett, 93-25-68; D McKenzie, 71-2-69; T Stevenson, 91-22-69; J Houston, 82-11-71; T H McLellan, 89-16-73; R Hume, 82-8-74; G P Ross, 76 scratch; W Miller, 83-5-78; W P Scott, 97-12-85; G Wilson, 106-16-90; A Laing, 118-27-91; James Locke, 122-23-99.
Interesting article below from 1904 which mentions the golf course.
Hawick Express Friday 1 July 1904. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
From the 1905 Nisbet’s Golf Yearbook; Instituted 1900; Hon. Secretary; A Laing, Solicitor, Hawick; Seven-hole course (the course was actually six-holes); Nearest large town – Hawick 12 miles. A private course attached to the Mosspaul Inn. A very sporting course with numerous hazards and burns.
The Mosspaul Inn on a 1900s postcard.
Ordnance Survey Map from the 1890s showing Mosspaul.
O.S. Map Revised 1897; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1899}.