Peterhead Golf Club

For about 25 years after the move to Craigewan Links, the only access across the River Ugie to the golf course was by ferry-boat.[2]

In 1894, a dispute began between the club and the landowner on the town side of the river, Colonel Ferguson. He wanted to have control of the ferry and to employ his own ferry-man. Ferguson threatened to withdraw permission for the club to use the golf course, even destroying one of its greens with a plough. A compromise was finally reached, however.[2]

The original clubhouse burned down in the early 1890s. Its replacement, built at the cost of £200, was opened in 1897.[4][5]

In 1905, a discussion took place regarding the possibility of extending the course along the riverside in the opposite direction. The following year, an agreement was made to purchase part of the adjacent St Fergus Links. By 1908 the course had been extended to eighteen holes.[2]

The ferry lasted until 1925, when a pedestrian bridge (the George Birnie Memorial Bridge)[6] was built across the river.[2] The bridge was replaced again in 1990.

In 1926, a shelter and tea-room were erected near the 16th green. The following year, an extension to the clubhouse was approved, as well as a shop and a workshop for the green keeper.[2][7]

In 1969, a new clubhouse was opened.[8] It was expanded nine years later, and rebuilt in 1996.[2]

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  George Birnie Memorial Bridge

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