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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 […]
On Sunday 28th June the Club hosted our Club Championship. Our new Club Champion is Matthew Craigie, the “B” Champion is Ross Larner, The “C” Champion is Eddie Whoriskey and the Senior Champion is Alan Tweedie. The picture shows from the left Ross, Matthew our Captain Gordon Henderson, Eddie and Alan.
The first competition of the season that members invite a guest from another club is our Invitational Silloth. For those that do not know the calculation of the handicap for the better ball pairs competition, is somewhat complicated. With a magnificent turnout of 44 members and 44 guests, made for a great days competition. The […]
One of the first major competitions of the season is the Captain’s Cup. Gordon Henderson our new Captain is seem presenting Liam Smith, who had a net 62.
In our last post from our presentation night it was missing one important person, who could not make the night. Our Club Champion David Service was unable to attend. So we managed to catch him this Sunday to make the above presentation which includes our traditional hallmarked silver medal. The reason we caught him was […]
Our annual Presentation Night, when the major winners of the last season are celebrated took place on Saturday 14th March, just along the road from the Clubhouse, at the Masonic Hall. The night included a magnificent buffet and live music, to dance the night away. We are very fortunate that the majority of our competition […]
Sunday 1st March saw the Club holding the Annual Hickory Championship played over 9 holes with hickory clubs. Ross Noon is seen being presented with the trophy by our new Captain Gordon Henderson. It was a tight competition as Ross posted a 36 the same as Alan Tweedie, but Ross was the victor on countback. […]
Dates for the diary. The Club AGM will take place in the Club lounge on 20th February at 7pm. Members are reminded that to be able to attend and vote, you must have paid your subscriptions. The 2025/26 Presentation Night will be held at the Masonic Halls on Saturday 14th March.
Newsletter 11, the winter 2025 is now available
A Special competition The Committee and Competition Secretary thought it was a good idea to have a trophy and competition / championship for our older members. A Veteran Championship was put in place, over 70 years old. The competition took place on Saturday 25th October over 9 holes. A great turnout of 10 members played […]
The Secretary Trophy was won by Liam Smith. The following week, John McFeely won the 9 hole Willie Jarvie Trophy
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 […]