lanark

Lanark is one of Scotlands hidden treasures, with the course laid out on sandy moorland turf, with its members keenly aware of their fortune of having such a fine course and historically important Club.

Four portraits hang on the walls of the Lanark club testifying to the fact that golf was played in these parts long before the formation of the club itself. the portrait's subjects are Stalwarts who regularly played on the heath, in the days before any organised golf was found in this part of the country. Rightly honoured as the founding fathers of the Lanark club, one of the world 's oldest. Just before the turn of the twentieth century St Andrews lead by example by standardising golf courses to layouts of 18 holes, Lanark followed suit and drafted in the services of Old Tom Morris to layout a course of 18 holes, charging the sum of 3 pounds 10 shillings. During 1927 James Braid was called upon to make a number of alternations to the original Morris course, with Braid and his partner John Stutt creating new holes at the 13th and 14th. The course of today remains much as it did after the departure of Braid and Stutt.

Lanark has been the venue, on many occasions, as a regional pre-qualifying course for the Open Championship. One interesting aspect of the club's history is the 'Silver Claret Jug' created back in 1857, three years before the first Open Championship, bearing a striking resemblance to the more famous 'Claret Jug' which has been the Open Championship trophy since 1872.