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The Musselburgh Amateur Competition was played over Friday 5th September for Seniors and Juniors, and Saturday 6th for the main competition over our beloved course. The Committee of the competition realising the significance of it being the 100th playing agreed that it should be at our course to host it. Entrants must either be a …
The wee club with a big heart, once again delivered when we had our Charity Day on 10th August. The winner of the competition was our Secretary, Mike McVean but the big winner was our chosen charity. Clark’s Concert Party formerly St. Ninian’s Junior Concert Party in memory of Robert Clark. Once again we are supporting …
One our wee clubs most important days is our Charity Day. A fuller post will happen tomorrow, but just as a filler, the winner was our Club Secretary Mike McVean.
Joe Scott seen here being presented with the Rosebowl by our Club Secretary Mike McVean. Joe has been a member since he was a junior, and in his thank you speech, stated this was his first major Trophy. A net 66 (2 under) was a great score as the wind was blowing rather hard. It …
The Sunday of The Open is always a great day at the Club. Not just our connection to the tournament but also we run two competitions, one for the Claret Jug and the other is a Pro Am. Musselburgh has a great connection to the original Claret Jug, and therefore this is one of our …
Saturday 5th July the Club hosted the 24th Musselburgh Challenge, a competition where teams of 4 playing in pairs with hickory clubs on our great course. Teams associated with our course and our local friends made up the line up, however there was one team you could not call local. The Taiheiyo Club from Japan, …
Sunday 29th June was the finals day of our Club Championship. Following 2 qualifying rounds in the 4 categories (Championship, B Section, C Section and Seniors). Then followed by quarter and semi final rounds of matchplay on a scratch basis, the 4 finals were established. Our Champion, who was defending his title, David Service defeated …
The Clubs Invitational Silloth competition took place on 8th June, its a competition where a member invites a golfer from another club to play in a pairs competition. The winners of the trophy were Anton Larner and his partner Graham Souness, Anton is seen above being presented with the trophy by the sponsor Matthew Craigie. …
The 2025 R&A 9 hole stableford competition has a regional Final at Bonnybridge Golf Club near Falkirk in June. Each Club is allowed to put forward a pair following a dedicated 9 hole stableford pairs competition. Our event took place on Sunday 27th April and the winners Ralph Rennie and Raymond Henderson won the comp …
The latest issue of our newsletter has been published
Martin Mulligan is the winner of the “Captain’s Cup” this year. Martin is a new member to the Club this year so well done. The Captain, Billy Alexander, although he played in the competition, was unable to present the trophy, so we volunteered a past Captain. Here you can see Alex McGregor presenting the Cup …
The first Medal of the new season is named after the first winner of the Open on our course. As you can see it was won by Grant Campbell.
The Club held their Presentation Night at the Masonic Hall on Saturday 29th March, to celebrate the major winners throughout the last year. Following the formalities a buffet was on offer and we then had live music, obviously the bar was open too. The pictures show the winners with their trophies, some dubious outfits and …
With all the history and reputation our club has with that piece of land we know as the Old Course, our Hickory Championship has special meaning to the Club. Last year a previous Club Champion won, as Ross Noon was victor. This year another previous Club Champion Euan Glen was the our new Hickory Champion. …
Attached is the latest issue of our Club Newsletter
The Club has been redecorated in the club colours, as you can see from the stunning repainted ceiling. A lot of hard work by a number of people. A more detailed article is in the next newsletter that will be out shortly.
Our 2025 Presentation Night will be held on Saturday 29th March starting at 7pm. We are using the Masonic Hall as the venue and tickets are £10 each. The ticket includes a buffet and musical entertainment, might even have dancing…… A sheet is up in the club if you want to come or see Mark …
The team only have one game left against Kilspindie, and a win may give them a good final position in the league, all the best boys.
Mark MacWhinnie helped by his family organised a team match against the Ship Inn in aid of the above charity. A huge success and their Facebook page sums up everything, and shows the gratitude of all their efforts.
The club held a Race Night to support the Winter League Team, helping to provide funds for dedicated clothing and to provide meals for our home matches. A hugely successful night, with a packed hall of punters, digging deep into their pockets. Well done to all those who sponsored races, bought horses and betted on …
It was the Old Course’s turn to host a team from Dalmeny. This event started just a few years ago and we play home and away. Their course in in the grounds of the Dalmeny estate, with the Main house dominating some of the holes. A number of their team were playing the Old Course …
Saturday 26th saw the Final of our League Cup competition between Paul Marshall and Matty Craigie. The competition requires a Sunday qualification followed by the top 16 playing off in a stroke play format over a number of weeks. The double celebration comes in that Paul not only won the trophy by 4 shots but …
The 5th issue of our newsletter, “The Cradle of Golf” is attached
Following our Charity Day, today 7th October we presented our cheque to the Changes representatives. Here is seen our Secretary, Alan Tweedie and Mike McVean with our cheque for £2,000. Again well done to everyone who donated raffle prizes, bought tickets, played golf, our sponsors on the day “Quicklube” and everyone that contributed to the …
The 2024 Musselburgh Amateur competition took place at Royal Musselburgh Golf course on 21st September 2024. The historic competition is restricted to members of the three Musselburgh course, those that live in Musselburgh or work in Musselburgh. It is now played in rotation between the three and next year will be at our course. Once …
One of the major trophies within the Club is the Secretaries Cup and on 1th September Kevin Wyllie seen here with the Club Captain , who was a previous Secretary, won from Clifford Livingstone on count back..
Sunday 25th August 2024 was our club Charity Day and our nominated charity this year was Changes, a Musselburgh based mental health support charity. For the last few years we have chosen a local based group to support. The members once again turned out in force not only to play in the competition but also …
The invitational Texas Scramble was played on Saturday 17th August. Teams had to have at least two guests so lots of visitors to the club. The winners were a team lead by club member Ian Boggie seen receiving the trophy from our vice captain Gordon Henderson
Sunday 11th August was finals day in our Club Championship after two rounds of qualifying the previous two Sundays. With midweek quarter finals and Saturday semi finals, the stage was set for all 4 finals to take place. A great line up and even the weather was perfect for playing golf. Our Club Champion for …
Sunday saw the last day Jan was behind the bar and she is seen here receiving our farewell gifts and wishes. We all look forward to welcoming her back to have a drink from the other side of the bar. All the best Jan.
Sunday 4th August was the second qualifier for the Club Championship. The finalists are shown below and the dates of the quarter and semi finals 2024 MOCGC Club Championship Tuesday 6th August (5.10pm) Quarter Finals 1 N. Free V D.Service 8 (A) 2 C. Livingstone V S Fairgrieve 7 (B) 3 …
In the 1st Round Qualifier for the Club Championship John McFeely had a hole in one at the Sea Hole (14th). Well done chef.
As our course has a very proud tradition of The Open (6 time venue) and the Claret Jug (Musselburgh, Prestwick and St Andrews paid for it), an annual competition on the Sunday of the Open takes place. In fact two competitions, one for the Claret Jug but also one as a pro am with a …
Claret Jug and Pro Am (Kindly sponsored by Alex MacGregor) Read More »
The latest edition of the MOCGC newsletter is attached
Saturday 6th July 2024 saw our club host the Musselburgh Challenge. A hickory competition held over 9 holes with invited teams from some of our neighbours but also from some of The Open host clubs. This year saw 12 teams including the R&A Golf Club of St Andrews and Prestwick who together with our course …