History
MEDAL COURSE ORIGINS
Golf has been played at Monifieth since at least 1639 when Parish records show a local citizen being officially admonished for playing golf before noon on a Sunday, when they should have been in church. By 1649 church law had decreed that golf was not to be played at all on the Sabbath.
1845
1859
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1845
First proper golf course (9 holes) laid out on land leased from the Earl of Panmure.
1880
Course extended to 18 holes.
1912
Land bought to lay out a new 9 hole course called the Ashludie.
1930
Ashludie Course extended to 18 holes.
MEMBER
Ian Hutcheon
In 1958, a 16 year old boy who had only been playing golf for one year joined the Monifieth Golf Club as a Junior Member and so began the remarkable golfing story which is Ian Hutcheon. Ian’s golfing successes are so numerous that a detailed account would run to many pages so it is only possible within this article to summarise his illustrious golfing career and highlight episodes from it.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Scottish Central District Amateur Champion 1972
- North of Scotland District Strokeplay Champion 1975-76-82
- North of Spain Strokeplay Champion 1972
- Tennant Cup 1976
- Craigmillar Park Open 1975-79
- Lytham Trophy 1980
- Leven Gold Medal 1976-77-81-82-83
- Ralston Rosebowl 1981
- Craws Nest Tassie 1982
- Glenrothes Cup 1983
- Scottish Champion of Champions 1980-81-86-88
- Scottish Open Amateur Strokeplay Champion 1971-74-79
- Scottish Amateur Champion 1973
- Scottish Seniors Open Amateur Strokeplay Champion 2003,2004,2007.
- Winner of Moroccan International Tournament 1979
- Scotland v. Wales 1971-72-73-74-75-76-77-78-80
- Scotland v. Ireland 1971-72-73-74-75-76-77-78-80
- Scotland v. England 1971-72-73-74-75-76-77-78-80
- Scotland v. Belgium 1973-75-77-78-80
- Scotland v. France 1978-80-81
- Scotland v. Italy 1979
- Scotland v. Spain 1972-77
- Played for Scotland in European team Championships 1973-75-77-79-81
- For G.B. – Great Britain v. Europe 1974-76
- For G.B. – Commonwealth Team 1975
- For G.B. – Colombian International 1975
- For G.B. – Dominican International 1973
- Eisenhower Trophy 1974, 1976 (team winners and joint winning individual)
- 1980 Walker Cup ( U.S.A. v. G.B. & Ireland ) 1975-77-79-81.
MEMBER
Kathryn Imrie
Kathryn started playing golf at the age of 10, with her mum, Addie, dad, Bob and brother Graeme all keen players. As with all juniors at Monifieth, she learned to play on the Ashludie – a course she still loves to play to this very day!
Kathryn was the 1981 and 1985 Scottish Schools’ champion, 1983-85 Scottish Youth’s champion, the 1983 Scottish Girls champion,and the Scottish Junior Open Strokeplay Champion 1985, 1986, 1987. She was a member of the 1990 Curtis Cup team. She played her collegiate golf at the University of Arizona where she was 1989 All-American.
Kathryn turned professional in 1990. She played on the Ladies European Tour from 1991 to 2008 and the LPGA Tour from 1993 to 2006. She won one LPGA event, the 1995 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic. She played on the 1996 European team in the Solheim Cup and has since supported successive teams as a helper and Vice Caption to Catriona Matthew in the amazing victories at Gleneagles and Inverness Golf Club,
Kathryn also held an LPGA record for making eleven birdies in one round at the 1997 State Farm Charity Classis in Illinois. She played professionally until 2009 and went on to teach at the Jim McLean Teaching Academy in Palm Springs, Ohio and Stanford University.
In 2022 she joined Scottish Golf responsible for Women and Girls within Performance and Pathways, working closely with Catriona Matthew and the rest of the Performance team.
