July 2026

On the Sunday of The Open the club runs two competitions in one. A medal round to claim the Claret Jug and before you tee off you draw a golfer in the last round of The Open. The net score plus the pros score combined to lift the Pro Am trophy.

An incredible score by Jackie Brown a gross 77 less 21 giving a net score of 56, winning by a massive 8 shots. The club Captain Gordon Henderson seen with Jackie and “our” Claret Jug. With Musselburgh’s connection to the original trophy this is one of our major competitions and we had a full entry sheet.

As we can not present the Pro Am until the actual Open finishes it was a full club waiting to see who would win. Eddie Whoriskey shot an 80 less 16 for a net score of 64, and luckily he had drawn Thomas Detry as his pro, who shot a 69.

Well done to all that played, and celebrated with the winners.

On Saturday 4th July we hosted the 25th Musselburgh Challenge, an invitational team event played with hickory clubs. Teams from Muirfield, The R&A, Bruntsfield Links, Musselburgh GC, Kilspindie, Port Seton, The Thorntree GC, Dunbar, British Golf Collectors, Leith Links and two teams from MOCGC, arrived on a windy day to compete. The first match saw one of our pairings play with a pair from the current holders The Thorntree. At the halfway stage one of our pairings Euan Glen and Kevin Wyllie led the way with an impressive 36 for 9 holes, with The Thorntree holding second spot. Our last pairing of Kieran Blyth and Alan Tweedie playing the absolute match of the day. At this point The Thorntree pairs had accumulated a total of 77 and were leading the pack. However our pair returned another 36 to win the trophy for the first time in 20 years by a margin of 5 shots. Our team shown above with the trophy.

The runners up receiving their medals