Bob Abercromby's Golfing History

1914 Born 6 June at Culloden
1922 Started playing golf at Brechin Golf Club
1925
Played first match for Brechin Golf Club, aged 11
1926 July - played in the Open Tournament at the opening of Caird Park Golf Club, Dundee
1945 November - demobbed at Tournai
1946/47 First post war Captain and Hon. Sec. of the British Golfing Society, Berlin, Germany
1947/51 Captain and Hon. Sec. of Bielefeld Golf Club, Germany
1948 Bielefeld Golf Club voted to welcome German golfers as members, the first British golf club to do so, postwar. I was in continuous contact with Frau Nora Zahn, Secretary, Deutscher Golf Verband (German Golf Federation).
1952 Assumed control of Marienburg Golf Club, Cologne, vacated by German members on completion of the new course at Renfrath.
1953 All "plus" amateurs converted to scratch and all scratch golfers set to 3.
I was playing off scratch until1953.  I did get back to 2 but never again to scratch.
1962/65 Secretary, Civil Service Golf Society - the largest golf society in the UK.
1973 Won home international, Daily Express/Evening Standard Centenary
1973 Won the Gibraltar Plate at the Royal Tangier Golf Club, and awarded Honorary Life Membership
1976/83 Secretary, Corhampton Golf Club, Hampshire
On leaving, awarded Honorary Life Membership
1983 Team winner in the Secretaries International versus Scotland at Royal Birkdale despite being a Scot
1985 Won the Alverstone (Open) Trophy at Woodhall Spa
1986 Scored an Albatross at the 1st hole (481 yards) in the Secretaries Spring Meeting at Whittington Barracks
1986 Won the British Seniors Open (Over 70s) Championship at Panmure and Carnoustie Golf Clubs
1987 Won the British Seniors Open (Over 70s) Championship at Deal and Sandwich Golf Clubs
1991 Awarded Honorary Life Membership of Brechin Golf and Squash Club (Founded 1893) where I first played golf in 1922
  Other successes include:-
  • MOD Champion, West Hill
  • Chiswick Cup, Fullwell
  • Nations Cup, Fullwell
  • Team member 1990 Golf Club Secretaries Winners, Kubota Centenary Trophy, Belfry
  • Team member Cooden Beech Golf Club Cyril Blake Trophy, 3 in 4 wins