Aberdeen

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Size: A5 with 1 inch border.

The Aberdeen Golf Club was formed in 1815 on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo and its members continued to play on the Queens links (a strip of common land between the Rivers Don and Dee) until 1888 when they picked up their hickory clubs and gutty balls and migrated to the magnificent links at Balgownie.

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Size: A5 with 1 inch border.

The Aberdeen Golf Club was formed in 1815 on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo and its members continued to play on the Queens links (a strip of common land between the Rivers Don and Dee) until 1888 when they picked up their hickory clubs and gutty balls and migrated to the magnificent links at Balgownie.

It was Captain H V Brooke in 1886 who moved that 'considering the way that the links was being cut up by cricket and football players, a private course at Balgownie should be procured for 'golfing purposes'. Less than two years later, with very little ado the Aberdeen Golfers ''folded their tents and silently stole away'' to the peaceful seclusion of Balgownie Links bringing with them the old ballot box bearing the 1780 date and the Captains Chair dated three years earlier. Both can still be viewed within the clubhouse.

In 1872 the club received the patronage of Prince Leopold. However the Royal title was not applied for until 1903 and conferred on the club by His Majesty King Edward VII.