The Course

Founded in 1891, the course today bears no resemblance to the original layout. In the early days the course was only 9 holes and the golfers had play around the local flock of grazing sheep. With the addition of four new holes in 1909 including the infamous 'Bullfield' holes the club then became a 13 hole club. A regulation round of 18 holes was achieved with the members playing the first five holes twice. In the early nineties, under the guidance of Head Greenkeeper, Sid Mercer, Greens Convenor, Jimmy Cathcart and Committee member, Nigel Wright, the groundwork for 5 new holes was laid. In August 1997, Club Captain, Nigel Wright, proudly opened the new 18 hole layout and the oldest 13 hole club in the world was no more. The new holes have now fully matured and Skelmorlie is now an excellent example of a moorland course with testing par 4 holes and a number of extremely testing par 3 holes. Any visitor playing to their handicap around Skelmorlie will be well pleased with their game.