It was with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Allan Brodie, one of Scotland’s truly great golfers.
Allan passed away at home on Tuesday aged 76.
Allan won many DGU honours including the Strokeplay Championship in 1975 & 1976 and the Matchplay in 1987. A member of Balmore, we were proud to have…
DGU Finals
Milngavie Golf Club
2nd September 2023
After a day of excellent golf in wonderful weather the following are our Inter-club champions for 2023.
Champion of Champions - Cairn Smith (Clober)
Seniors Scratch – James Paterson (Hayston)
Team Championship – Bearsden
Handicap Championship - Ian Ryan (Milngavie)
Seniors Handicap Championship - Charlie McIntosh (Windyhill)
Fourball Championship – Westerwood
Junior Champion of…
Hayston Golf Club
Our new Matchplay Champion, Chris Clark of Bearsden Golf Club.
Chris defeated Clober’s Iain MacCalman 4&3 in tonight’s final. We believe Chris at 17 may be the youngest winner since the Championship started in 1897.
Chris Clark, Matchplay Champion 2023
Chris Clark, Referee Jim Paton and Iain MacCalman.
Chris being presented with the trophy by DGU Executive…
Wylie Trophy
The Wylie Trophy is awarded to the club with the best 3 gross scores in the 36 hole DGU Strokeplay Championship.
The winners this year, and retaining the trophy, are Clober Golf Club with a total of 422 from team members, Iain MacCalman, Gavin Roger and Cairn Smith.
Runners up were Hayston on 426.
Hayston Golf Club
Sunday 27th August 2023
Congratulations to Iain MacCalman (Clober) who won the Strokeplay Championship with a 2 round total of 133 (69,64) 7 under par. In second place was Matthew Allen (Hayston) with a total of 134 (65,69). Third was Junior Strokeplay Champion Chris Clark (Bearsden) with a 2 under par 138 (71,67).
Some…
The draw for the first round is available here:
Round 1 draw
Players only playing in the 18 hole Seniors Championship have the last 5 times starting at 10.40.
For players playing in the 36 hole Championship, the tee times for the second round are here:
Round 2 draw
The players with the best 8 scratch scores over 36 holes…
Hilton Park Golf Club
Tuesday 15th August 2023
Congratulations to Fergus Allan (Windyhill) who overcame Sam Somerville (Bearsden) in a very competitive match. In a re-run of last year's final, Fergus was 2 under par when the match ended. Fergus became only the second player in the Championship's history to win the trophy two years in a…
Congratulations to Chris Clark (Bearsden) in winning the Junior Strokeplay Championship at Hilton Park, Allander course with a very fine level par 69.
The best of some really good net scores was Kai Wilson (Overtoun) with an 8 under par 61.
The players with the best 8 gross scores go on to play in the Matchplay Championship…
Seniors Strokeplay Championship 2023
Sunday 27th August 2023
Hayston Golf Club
This is an 18 hole strokeplay competition being run in conjunction with the DGU Strokeplay Championship.
Players may choose to only play in the Seniors Championship over 18 holes in the morning or play 36 holes in the DGU Championship with the score in the morning round…
Cathkin Braes Golf Club
July 2023
A great performance by Windyhill's Fergus Allan in winning the West of Scotland Boys Matchplay Championship with a 3&2 victory over defending champion Joseph Kelly (Cambuslang).
The final was played in fairly constant rain and both boys played to a very high standard. Fergus recorded 4 birdies in the match with Joseph…
