Founding of the club
The Course
The First World War
Search For A New Course
1924 Canniesburn
1924 Windyhill
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THE SEARCH FOR A NEW COURSE
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In January 1919, in order to restore the full 18 holes, the Club attempted to reclaim the fields, which had been taken for agriculture. After this first approach was rejected as premature, a second request was made three months later.
This second attempt was again refused, this time with reasons which gave little hope for the future, not only was the farmer unwilling to give up the fields, but the local authority were also looking for ground on which to build workmen’s houses.
With the lease at Canniesburn due to end on Whitsunday 1923, the prospect of rebuilding the 18-hole course rapidly disappeared and the search for a new home began.
Several possible locations in the area were considered before agreement was reached to locate to an area adjacent to Langfaulds Farm at what was then called, Whindyhill.
James Braid was asked to survey the site and he reported back favourably with some suggestions as to design.
The years of transition from 1922 to 1925 were difficult and complicated for those serving on the Management Committee of the Club. At the AGM in 1922 the Club Secretary, who had served since the creation of Canniesburn Golf Club in 1908, resigned and his long experience was greatly missed and the Club now committed to a move; had given notice to the Garscube Estate for Whitsunday 1923 and negotiations were well underway at Windyhill.
In the meantime, life had to continue as normally as possible at Canniesburn.
By November 1923 plans were far enough advanced for a letter to be sent out to all members entitled: -‘New Course at Windyhill’.
This announced that the lease had been signed on approximately 104 acres of ground at Windyhill, including two small cottages, for a term of twenty-one years with a rent of £200 per annum which would be offset by the sub-letting of sheep grazing rights to a local farmer for £45 a year.
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