THE CLUB
Caledonian Golf Club was founded in 1899 and members have golfed on the adjacent Kings Links for over 125 years. The club is affiliated to Scottish Golf, North East District and North East of Scotland Senior Golf Association. There are active Men’s, Lady’s and Senior Section’s. We offer a warm reception to members and non-members to our comfortable and welcoming clubhouse.
BOOKING TEE TIMES
Club tee-times are allocated by Sport Aberdeen for the Saturday medal, the Senior Section on a Friday morning and the Ladies medal on a Thursday. Other than this, members are required to use the BRS booking system managed by Sport Aberdeen. We use the V1 Club System, which works in conjunction with How Did I Do.
THE COURSE
The Kings Links course was established in 1872, and is a historic links with a deserved reputation as a true test of golf, due to the lay of the land as sculpted by Mother Nature and by the hand of multiple Open Champion Willie Park. The course has a par of 71 and measures 6,442 yards in length and provides a stiff examination, more so on a windy day.
The course is a managed and run by Sport Aberdeen, on behalf of Aberdeen City Council. A season ticket can be purchased from Sport Aberdeen, which also allows play on the Kings Links as well as other golf courses run by Sport Aberdeen across the city.
1925 U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
William “Willie” MacFarlane was a Scottish professional golfer who was born on 29th June 1890 in Aberdeen, Scotland, and a past member of the Caledonian Golf Club. He went to the United States to become a professional at the Oak Ridge Golf Club in Tuckahoe, New York and won the U.S. Open in 1925, defeating the great Bobby Jones in a play-off.
Macfarlane’s historic major victory took place at the Worcester Country Club in Massachusetts in 1925, where he defeated legendary amateur Bobby Jones in one of the most grueling finishes in golf history
After the regulation 72-holes, the scores between Willie MacFarland and Bobby Jones were 291 (+7). During the secound round, MacFarlane set a then-U.S. Open record by shooting a low score of 67 (-4).
The two men played an 18-hole playoff, but the scores remained tied after both carded a 75 (+4).
In a second 18-hole playoff, MacFarlane narrowly edged out Jones by a single stroke, finish 72 (+1) to Jones (+2) to secure the championship.
McFarlane went on to win over 20 professional tournaments on the historic PGA circuit.
To this day, MacFarlane holds the distinction of being the last golfer from Scotland to win the U.S. Open.
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