SUN SHINES ON SUTTON Finally the sun shone on a wonderful Society day at Sutton Coldfield Golf Club on Thursday 10 August. Eighteen members and friends enjoyed a glorious day’s golf at the old course. Conditions were excellent, the greens were fast and true and the rough encouraged straight play. The Green Staff were congratulated…
Under challenging weather conditions leading up to the event, AMGS had an excellent day at South Moor GC on Sunday 14th May. Club officials Ronnie, Doug and Neil (Course Manager) joined in the day and made the event run very smoothly. The course played very well under very difficult conditions leading up to the day…
Winners Sitwell Park GC MacKenzie Medallion 2023 – Morecambe GC Celebrating 100 years of moving to the location the 2023 Medallion was held at Morecambe Golf Club on Sunday 3 rd September. All eyes were on the returning 3 players from Hadley Wood to see if they could complete a hat-trick of wins but it…
The MacKenzie Society returned to Horsforth GC in Leeds on 12th June and were welcomed with a course presented in excellent condition by Course Manager, Kyran Lilley. Weather conditions were excellent, too, if a little hot. The golf wasn’t quite so hot, but the steak pie following the game was delicious and fully made up for…
The AMGS had an excellent day at Seaton Carew GC on Monday 15th May in great sunny conditions, and we were made to feel very welcome. Captain of SCGC, Eddie I’Anson represented the Club – it was great to have the opportunity to see how the course should be played. The bar and catering team…
Match vs BGCS The annual match at Cavendish G C against the British Golf Collectors’ Society took place in glorious sunshine on July 7th. We scored a resounding win by 5 ½ matches to 2 ½ to regain the trophy relinquished last year. As previously, hickory shafted clubs were used by some players on each…
We are pleased to welcome Faversham Golf Club to membership of the Society. The club was founded in 1902 and a course was laid out on low-lying land in the Nagden Marshes near Graveney. In 1910 club moved to ground at Belmont leased from Lord Harris. This site benefited from undulating terrain with free draining…
We are pleased to welcome Limerick Golf Club to membership of the Society. The club was founded in1891, and is the oldest club in the West of Ireland, After several changes of location around the city, the club bought the present site and built a 9 hole course which opened in 1920, this was extended to…
The annual match against the Golf Collectors resulted in a resounding victory for the Collectors by 4 matches to 2 thus breaking the sequence of wins by the Society. Pic. is Bob Fletcher(l) handing the trophy to Bob Chadwick(r), Captain of the Collectors’ Society
The team from Hadley Wood Golf Club successfully retained the Medallion, played at their home club at Hadley Wood on Sunday September 4th . The team, comprising the 3 successful players from the event at Bramall Park in 2021 scored 72 points, with Crowborough Beacon and Alwoodley tied on 70 points. On countback, Crowborough were…