, Minto, Hawick, Roxburghshire, TD9 8SA, e-mail: mintogolfclub@btconnect.com
01450 870220 [Option 1: Course conditions; 2: Lounge Bar, Bookings and all other issues]
| Thursday December 13 - Bridge Club |
| Friday December 14 - Friday Girls |
| Friday December 14 - Friday Midday Seniors |
| Saturday December 15 - Mixed Winter League |
Welcome to Minto Golf Club
Minto is a gem of a parkland course set within the beautiful scenery of the Scottish Borders. Minto is located close to the village of Denholm and is less than 15 miles from each of the attractive border towns of Melrose, Jedburgh and Hawick. Edinburgh is only 50 miles away. You can combine golf at Minto with...
Winter Mixed 10-holeTexas Scramble - December event
The third event of the Winter Series of monthly mixed 10-hole Texas Scrambles took place today (11th December) in cold, but calm conditions. Although it was a bit damp underfoot as the fairways thawed, the main greens remained unsuitable for play, so Winter Greens and the two putt rule were in play. There were sixteen players, giving is four four-balls. The handicaps of each team were well balanced with a 10.2, a 10.4 and two 10.7s. Three of the four returned net scores of under 30 against a par of 37 (3rd hole played as par 3). However, one of those three teams....
Mixed Winter League - Week 7 - 8/9 December
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Numbers rose this week with fourteen members playing in the 7th round of the 2018 / 19 Mixed Winter League. This was a weekend for calculators as four players tied on 27 Stableford points. Joyce Michie took first prize on the basis of her best inward nine holes of 20 points. Second and third could only be separated by looking at the last six holes as both Ricky Tait and Anne Paterson recorded 19 points on the back nine. One of the two ...
Seniors Winter League - Week 6 - 10th December
Ten hardy souls ventured out on a bright cold frosty morning battling with the frozen worm casts on the temporary greens. Norman Howitt returned a tremendous score of 44 points, winning by an impressive margin of 8 points from Alec Lauder in second place with 36 points. Norman's handicap is cut by 5 shots to 25. The results only show eight scores as Eddie Berridge and Pim McDonnell retired hurt!. At the top of the table, Pat Jubb retains ...
Minto welcomes Captains' Outings and Society bookings
Minto Golf Club is an ideal venue for Captains' Outing and Society bookings. We welcome bookings at weekends as well as during the week. The views from our Clubhouse and Course are stunning across the rolling hills of the Borders. Minto is a par 69 course for Gents and par 71 for Ladies with a good mix of pars 3, 4 and 5. The course is gently with undulating with just a couple of steep uphills. For more details ...
Join Us for 2019 - New!
We have membership openings for Gents, Ladies, Seniors and Juniors. We are very keen to develop our Junior Section further. At the recent Annual General Meeting on 26 November 2018 the Club Membership Rates for 2019 were agreed. For full details ...
Scottish Golf National Conference 2018 - New!
The second annual Scottish Golf Conference was held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre last Saturday with the game’s digital future top of the agenda. Scottish Golf set out its plans to overcome the challenges faced by golf clubs, building on the key themes arising from the inaugural event last year, which identified technology, pay-per-play golfers, changing club culture and the recruitment of more women and young people as the most important areas for the governing body to focus its work on. Andrew McKinlay, the recently appointed Chief Executive of Scottish Golf, said:...
Burns Supper 2019 - Tickets now available
The Minto Burns Supper will return on Friday 8th February 2019 when Allan Learmonth will host a evening of celebration, feast, toasts and entertainment in the Clubhouse. Tickets, price £18, are now available from Allan at his butcher's shop in Jedburgh or on 01835 869593. Allan has organised the speakers already including Jane Brown who will toast the Immortal Memory and reply to the Lassies. Jane is a former President of the The Robert Burns World Federation and former proprietor of the Globe Inn Burns pub in Dumfries. Former Jethart Callant Garry Hogg will ....
Christmas Fayre 2018 - over £1000 raised!
Anne Paterson reports that huge thanks go to all members and visitors who supported the Christmas Fayre, held on Saturday November 24th. Members from the ladies’ section worked their socks off setting up the clubhouse, making up a seasonal hamper for the raffle, serving coffee, washing dishes and manning the stalls. As ever, there's little to let you know that there's any response to emails sent to club members .. that is, until the day, when there are bottles, cakes, raffle prizes appearing. And then the people .. members and friends began to appear .. what a relief! Mary Glendinning had
Gents Seniors Matches - Finish with a win at Goswick
Minto Seniors rounded off their busy match season with an excellent away win at Goswick. Goswick is a venue that everyone enjoys playing an the team captain had an array of Seniors to choose from for this match. At least nineteen Seniors expressed an interest in playing. It's not easy to win away from home, so congratulations to the team. The team has had a good year with...
Joker jackpot increases - rising steadily towards Christmas
This is a little bit of a catch up as we announce on the website, the winners of Draw 5 (24th September) and Draw 6 (24th October). Last month Angus Towers won £9 when he picked card G6 which revealed the 7 of Spades. That draw raised the jackpot to £132. Yesterday, there was another draw where Ross Pringle's envelope was pulled out of the hat. Ross wins £10. He chose card D5 which flipped to ...
Members Winter Golf
Daylight is reducing, the clocks go back in two weeks time, the main competition season is virtually over and the temperature will soon drop. That can only mean the winter season is almost upon us. That also means a few changes to the activities of Ladies and Seniors in particular. It also means the start of the Club Winter League is imminent. For the Ladies, the Winter 10 hole Friendly takes place on Wednesdays with the first tee booked from 10:00 to 10:52. On Fridays, the Friday Girls have the first tee from 10:15 to 10:45. On the Gents Seniors ...
Scottish Golf Affiliation Fee increase - New!
At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Scottish Golf in Stirling, yesterday evening (4th October), delegates voted in favour of an increase in the individual affiliation fee from £11.25 to £14.50 with effect from 1st January. This fee is collected by Clubs and passed to Scottish Golf once a year. As you will know from your subscription invoices we itemise this fee separately from your membership fee for Minto Golf Club. You may remember that there was an attempt to instigate this increase earlier in the year when it was voted down. It soon became clear that there would be another attempt to seek a vote on the subject. The vote last night resulted in a 60.2% to 39.8% win for those who favoured the increase. At both votes, Minto ...
Rules of Golf 2019 - New!
Many of you will be aware that there a number of changes to the Rules of Golf in 2019. We highlighted a few of them on the website earlier this year. To coincide with the new Rules, the Royal & Ancient (R&A) and the United States Golf Association (USGA) have worked together to prepare a more readable rule book which is now available in the Clubhouse. There are quite a few atricles about the changes and the design of the new rule book on the web. A few of these links are ...
Win a 2019 membership - A winner!
Congratulations to Christine Fitzgerald who wins her 2019 membership of Minto Golf Club in the first 'Win a 2019 membership' draw at the Golf Club. The Draw was made in the Clubhouse during the Juniors Prizegiving event. Captain Gary McDonagh's nephew Hayston activated the random number generator which produced the number 73. Thanks to everyone who purchased numbers, these small fundraisers help club funds and gives someone the chance to win a great prize. There is a second draw started now and...
Minto Golf Club - How Did I Do, ClubV1 and BRS
This article contains a few videos that try to explain how to make the best use of How Did I Do, ClubV1 and BRS and why it will be beneficial to Members and Club Officials alike if we all make the optimum use of the facilities available to us. We know that some Members are not keen on anything that involves usernames and passwords, so the first two videos focus on how to enter Medals using only the Lounge Bar laptop with touchscreen entry. Other videos show the power of ClubV1 and BRS in particular and illustrate how you can be in complete ...
Bridge Club - meeting at 2pm in summer
The Bridge Club plays regularly on Thursday afternoons from 2pm to 4.30pm. Membership of the the Bridge Club is free for all Golf Club and Social members. For further details contact...
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