Peterhead Golf Club, in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was founded in 1841, making it, by its own claim, the 18th-oldest golf club in the world.Peterhead Golf Club's official website Located on the River Ugie, near its mouth at the North Sea, it began in its current Craigewan Links home, which is just over a mile northwest of Peterhead town centre, as a nine-hole course in 1892, designed by Willie Park Jr, dual winner of The Open Championship. Known colloquially as the "Old Course",History - Peterhead Golf Club's official website it was extended to eighteen holes in 1908. A second 18-hole course was established in 1923; however, due to the intervention of World War II, it became neglected about twenty years later and today exists as the nine-hole "New Course".
Today's 18-hole course is par 70 and 6,147 yards.Peterhead Golf Club scorecard Members and guests who arrive at the club by car park their vehicles on the southern side of the River Ugie on Golf Road, itself off Riverside Drive, Blackhouse Terrace or Ugie Road, depending on the direction of approach. A pedestrian bridge, around in length, takes them to the dunes on the northern side of the river. From there, it is about a walk due north to the club house.
Old Course details Peterhead Golf Club (White Tees)HoleNameParSSIYardsHoleNameParSSIYards1Ugie4933910Cottage3181362Ravenscraig31713811Mains463833Aden41136212Mt. Pleasant4123504Pitfour4740013Scotstown484095Mount Zion4538514Burn424136Inverugie31517615Castle4103737Valley41334916Target3161718Rattray5348617Craigewan4143139St. Fergus4145718Home54498Out35 3,103 In353,044 Out353,103Total706,147
History For about 25 years after the move to Craigewan Links, the only access across the River Ugie to the golf course was by ferry-boat.
In 1894, a dispute began between the club and the landowner on the town side of the river, Colonel Ferguson. He wanted to have control of the ferry and to employ his own ferry-man. Ferguson threatened to withdraw permission for the club to use the golf course, even destroying one of its greens with a plough. A compromise was finally reached, however.
The original clubhouse burned down in the early 1890s. Its replacement, built at the cost of £200, was opened in 1897.A photo of the original club house - Peterhead Golf Club's official websiteA photo of the second clubhouse - Peterhead Golf Club's official website
In 1905, a discussion took place regarding the possibility of extending the course along the riverside in the opposite direction. The following year, an agreement was made to purchase part of the adjacent St Fergus Links. By 1908 the course had been extended to eighteen holes.
The ferry lasted until 1925, when a pedestrian bridge (the George Birnie Memorial Bridge)George Birnie Memorial Bridge at Geograph.co.uk was built across the river. The bridge was replaced again in 1990.
In 1926, a shelter and tea-room were erected near the 16th green. The following year, an extension to the clubhouse was approved, as well as a shop and a workshop for the green keeper.A 1920s view of the clubhouse - Peterhead Golf Club's official website
In 1969, a new clubhouse was opened.1969 clubhouse, pictured in the 1970s - Peterhead Golf Club's official website It was expanded nine years later, and rebuilt in 1996.
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Hole by hole - Peterhead Golf Club Score card and hole layout - SkyGolf