Match v West Lancs - The Result !

We had an fantastic day on Tuesday at Luffness hosting West Lancs GC on the first leg of their Scottish tour. Luffness were kind enough to give us courtesy of the course to play the match, given that Gullane has been busy with other things. The weather was good on Tuesday ! Luffness's hospitality was splendid including an excellent lunch enjoyed by all. West Lancs made presentations to both Gullane and Luffness of their history and detailed past historic connections between the clubs - Barry Coyne is a budding Archie Baird !  Our Captain Greg Houlston spoke well on behalf of Gullane and our boys welcomed the opportunity to play another fine local course.

The visitors were taken by the fantastic golfing opportunities available in East Lothian, particularly at Gullane. A few ventured out again for some holes in the late afternoon after being impressed by what was on offer at the British Girls.

There was a high quality scratch match, 4 ball better ball, between 16 young golfers with handicaps ranging from Scratch - 10, and featuring a sprinkling of national & county players. The Gullane 4th pairing combined particularly well !

Match results 

Greg Houlston & Anthony Blaney beat  James Rooney & Matthew Thomson  3&1
Michael Williams & Thomas Simmonds lost to Grace Cannon & Josh Curtin 1up
Graham Swan & Scott Gillies beat Henry Gibbs & Liam Nolan 2&1
Jamie Black & Olly Ladbrooke beat George Apel & Matthew Wilcox 4&3

A fine "away" win for Gullane 3 -1 against a strong touring team from an excellent Club ! 


Bring on the remaining league fixtures and matches against the Men and away to Kilmarnock ( Barassie )

Match v West Lancs @ Luffness - 9th August

We are playing West Lancs GC today at Luffness who have kindly allowed us courtesy given that The British Girls is on on Gullane No 1. The match will be followed by lunch in Luffness's newly extended Clubhouse.



Our team is

Greg Houlston ( Capt )
Anthony Blaney
Michael Williams
Tom Simmonds
Graham Swan
Scott Gillies
Oliver Ladbrooke
Jamie Black

West Lancs are on tour playing Tantallon and Longniddry in addition to ourselves. They are accompanied by 4 convenors including their Lady Captain.

Their team is

James Rooney 4

Matthew Thompson 4

Grace Cannon 6

Hemry Gibbs 7

Liam Nolan 8

Josh Curtin 9

George Apel 10

Matthew Wilcox 11

The West Lancashire Golf Club was founded in 1873 and is  among the ten oldest golf clubs in England, and boasts one  of the most natural and testing links in the British Isles. Imaginative and varied in layout, the course has so much more  to offer than simply a wonderful experience of classic links with  stunning views of the Mersey Estuary, Anglesey and the Welsh  Mountains. The West Lancashire Golf Club has hosted Final Qualifying for  The Open Championship when it has been played at Royal  Liverpool, Royal Lytham and Royal Birkdale and will do so  again in 2012 when the The Open returns to Royal Lytham. The Club co-hosted The Amateur Championship in 2009 which  was won by the Italian teenage sensation Matteo Manassero who  joins an illustrious list of golfers (see History) who have played in  competition on the links that are ranked among the UK's "Top One  Hundred Courses" Our recently refurbished modern clubhouse offers state of the art  facilities. In its comfortable bars, dining rooms and lounges you can  relax after your round on the links and take in the spectacular views  while enjoying a drink and sampling our excellent food. At West Lancashire we are proud of our history and challenging  championship links where visitors are most welcome throughout  the year. We look forward to welcoming you for a round in the  near future.