St Andrews Golf Tours
- Scotland's Finest Golf Courses
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Andrews Golf Tours Proudly Present - Fraserburgh Golf
Links. Fraserburgh Golf Links can be incorporated into
your Scotland Golf Vacation.
Founded in 1777 and later
redesigned by the five times open champion James Braid
in 1922 the course is a good yet fair test of golf. The
fairways are well separated by seaside grasses and many
species of rare wild flowers flourish including the
Northern Marsh Orchid.
Golf is however first documented as having been played
at Fraserburgh in 1613 when the Parish Kirk Session
records refer to a young lad named John Burnett who was
chastised for 'playing at the gouff" on a Sunday instead
of going to church. He was ordered by the Session to be
sent to the "maister's stool for correction".
According to the display boards in the British Golf
Museum, St Andrews, Fraserburgh Golf Club is the 5th
oldest club in Scotland and the 7th oldest in the world.
Fraserburgh Golf Club would appear to be the oldest golf
club in the World still operating under its original
name. |
