Golf in Stewarton

Stewarton Golf Club, Ayrshire.

Thanks to David McKie, past captain and honorary member of Stewarton Golf Club, for providing some of the pictures, and also for his invaluable help in locating the Stewarton courses. David was born on a farm called Meikle Cutstraw ,which was over the fence fom the course. David’s mother remembers moving into Cutsraw in 1942, to find pails of golf balls in the barn. The previous owner George Logan, refused to allow golfers to come on to his property to retreive out of bound balls. David’s father often traded these in for motor bike batteries at the local garage whose owner, John Dickson, played golf at Caldwell Golf course at Uplawmoor.

The course was first laid out in 1912, on 17 acres of land belonging to John Sim, a Butcher in Stewarton. It was situated on the south side of the Cutsburn, land now occupied by Avonside homes. Golf Loan and Fairways are streets in this estate.

Provost Sim hit the opening drive on the course. Mr Thomas Mackie was the captain. Sunday play was not allowed. The railway station was 5 minutes from the course..

Originally a 9 hole course at Gameshill, it was later, briefly, extended to 18 holes, the extra 9 holes constructed on the fields of Draffen.

Although Stewarton Golf Club was listed throughout the 1950s ,the course had disappeared by the late 1940s. However, the Stewarton Club lives on, affiliated to the SGU, with its current membership playing at Annanhill Golf Course, Kilmarnock.

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