Golf clubs

The original Keith Golf Course was situated to the East of the town in the valley of the Drum Burn. It consisted of nine holes with very little opportunity to expand, but at the time, from the early years of the twentieth century, it sufficed, and had a pleasant little Clubhouse overlooking the valley and the Balloch Hill beyond.In the 1920's, before tractors became common, the Fairways were cut by a horse drawn mower, the horse carefully shod in leather overboots to stop hoof marks.Greens were good, and cut with a hand Mower by the Greenkeeper George MacPherson, who had a little hut where he repaired hickory-shafted clubs.The length of the course was such that a Driver was rarely required and modern clubs would have made it short indeed. One hole, the 6th, had no Fairway at all. it consisted of a shot of 110 yards, across the corner of a field (out of bounds), and the inevitable Drum Burn, on to green surrounded by rough, and on a fairly steep slope.