Kilsyth Lennox Golf Club

About the club

The History of Kilsyth Lennox Golf Club is a more turbulent one than most. In the last hundred years, the club has been through two world wars and a serious fire, not to mention countless changes to the course layout. The original nine hole course was founded in 1899, in the Balmalloch area of the town, but moved in 1905 to the present position North East of the town.The holes built here, overlooking the Kelvin Valley, became known as the inside six, and remain part of the course to this day. Back then, the clubhouse was a corrugated iron and timber construction, affectionately known as the Wee Green Hut, and this was transported to the new site on the back of a horse and cart! In 1962, the area of the ‘inside six’ was gifted to the Club by a local solicitor, William Mackay Lennox, Kilsyth Golf Club became Kilsyth Lennox Golf Club and the scene was set for the remarkable evolution of Club and course to its present incarnation. As the years went by, the club continued to expand. Land from two surrounding quarries was bought and infilled, while other land was resold. With each change, holes were added or decommissioned, until the course finally became 18 holes in 1992. Unfortunately, members barely had time to enjoy the new course before disaster struck. The dark and stormy night of Jan 16th 1993 was the worst in the club’s long history. Though firemen tried their hardest to control it, a fierce fire swept thoughout the clubhouse, completely destroying it, along with most of the Club records and all of the trophies.