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:-
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