Minto Golf Club

A Huge Thank You to Our Sponsors 🙌⛳

Minto Golf Club had the pleasure of hosting our 2026 Annual Sponsors Day, giving us the opportunity to thank our incredibly generous sponsors for their continued support throughout the year.

We were delighted to welcome 18 sponsor teams to the club today for a four-person team scramble. The day started with coffee and bacon rolls on arrival, followed by some great golf, and finished off with a two-course meal.

There was some fantastic golf played, with all teams enjoying a course presented in excellent condition once again by Paul Cranston & JP. 👏

🏆 Sponsors Day Results

Congratulations to all our teams, with some fantastic scores across the field:

🥇 1st Place – Team 4: Earlston Golf Club & Joyce Michie – 51.5
🥈 2nd Place – Team 7: Brian Howden & Paul Cranston – 53.9
🥉 3rd Place – Team 2: Alderbank Joinery & Towergate Insurance – 54.5
4th Place – Team 8: SMB Ink & Hastings Legal & Property – 56.1
5th Place – Team 1: Fox & Hounds & Border Safeguard – 57.6
6th Place – Team 9: Bannerman Burke Property & Border Global Travel – 57.9
7th Place – Team 5: M&JS Joinery & Thos B Oliver – 60.1
8th Place – Team 3: Hillside Filling Station & Adam Purves – 60.6
9th Place – Team 6: Phil Stewart Ltd & John Biggar – 61.9

A huge thank you to all the teams who joined us today, and to every one of our sponsors for your continued support of Minto Golf Club. Your backing makes a huge difference to our club, and we genuinely appreciate your contribution throughout the year. ❤️

A huge thanks also to our Sponsors Committee, Joyce Michie & James Gillespie, for all their hard work in making the day happen.

Finally, thank you to Scott for the wonderful food, and to Lucy & Abbie for looking after us on the bar. 🍻👏

🙏 Our Amazing Sponsors:

Adam Purves, Alderbank Joinery, Allied Surveyors Scotland PLC, Bannerman Burke Law, Bannerman Burke Properties, Border Global Travel, Border Safeguard, CMES, Chrystie’s Furnishing, Cullen Kilshaw, Dan Monks, Earlston Golf Club, Greaves West & Ayre, Hastings, Hawico, Hawick Harlequins, Hillside Filling Station, Howdens, Jewson's, John Biggar, Johnstons of Elgin, Joyce Michie, London Design Group, MJS Joinery, Muirfield Energy, Phil Stewart Ltd, Ron Eliot, SMB Ink, St Boswells Mowers, Thos B Oliver, Tweed Blinds and Weensland Motor Centre.

Thank you all for your continued support of Minto Golf Club — we couldn't do it without you! 💙⛳

We are turning our minds back to golfing matters and our remaining open competitions of the 2026 season. With a ladies pairs event, two senior gents competitions and our primary gents open, there is something for everyone.

You are guaranteed a warm Borders welcome, a golf course in great condition and a chance to win some generous prizes, all at highly competitive entry fees.

Spots are filling up fast, so to book, go directly to https://visitors.brsgolf.com/minto #/open-competitions

We very much look forward to welcoming you to Minto whether you have played here before or are coming to experience the Scottish Borders' most picturesque course for the first time.

Note, we are operating a HCI limit for our Ladies Pairs of 36. A course handicap limit of 28 will apply to the senior gents events.

We are devastated to share that our club was broken into around 22:45pm last night after what was an amazing Captain’s Charity Day, with thieves stealing all of our trophies.

These trophies are far more than pieces of silverware. They represent almost 100 years of history, achievements, friendships and treasured memories of generations of members. To see that history taken from our club is absolutely heartbreaking.

We would like to thank Police Scotland for their swift response and for their efforts to investigate the incident and, hopefully, recover our trophies. We sincerely hope that these irreplaceable pieces of our club’s history can be returned.

We would also like to highlight this incident to other sporting clubs across the Borders. Please be aware of the potential threat and consider taking whatever additional security measures you can to protect your own clubs and their history.

If anyone has any information which may assist Police Scotland, please get in touch with them.

These trophies belong to our club, our members and our community. They are irreplaceable, and we desperately hope to see them come home!

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Championship Finals Day Brings Superb Golf to Minto

Minto Golf Club hosted its annual Championship Finals Day on Saturday 8th August, with golfers, spectators and guests enjoying a fantastic day of competitive golf and a great atmosphere around the clubhouse.

The golf course was in outstanding condition thanks to the hard work of Head Greenkeeper Paul Cranston and the greens staff. Despite the course having experienced a particularly dry spell and challenging conditions in recent weeks, the team presented the course in excellent shape. With some pin positions providing a stern test even for the best golfers, spectators were treated to some superb golf across all classes.

Thankfully, the weather decided to behave itself for Finals Day, with dry conditions throughout the day. However, changing temperatures and gusting winds added another challenge for the finalists and ensured there was plenty of drama across the various matches.

The headline event of the day was the Championship Final, where Craig Smith defeated Ewan Redpath 3&2 in an absorbing contest.

Craig made a flying start to the match and was an impressive 7 up after the opening 18 holes. Ewan's ball striking during the first 18 holes was exceptional, but his putter was a little on the cold side. However, Ewan showed tremendous determination and produced a fantastic fightback during the second 18 holes, managing to bring the match all square after 31 holes.

With the momentum firmly shifting, Craig regained the initiative on the 14th hole, winning the hole to move back ahead. He then followed this up with victories on the 15th and 16th holes to finally secure the match 3&2 and claim his second Championship title.

Craig previously won the Championship in 2017 during his first stint at Minto Golf Club, making this latest victory a particularly special achievement after returning to the club.

Describing his victory, Craig commented: "I've added another! Absolutely buzzing after what was a complete rollercoaster of a game and emotions. After six years away from golf during that stretch, it feels incredible to get back into the winner's circle!"

It was a superb display of match play from both finalists, with Ewan's fightback providing one of the highlights of the day's golf, while Craig showed great composure to regain control and finish the match strongly.

Finals Day Results

2nd Class (10-15.9 H/C)
Kerr Scott beat Craig MacDougall 1 up after 19 holes

3rd Class (16 + H/C)
Andy Mitchell beat Drew Minto 3&2

Senior Class
Colin Gibson beat David Ritson 3&1

Ladies Silver Class
Jean Beattie beat Cherry Thom 7&5

Ladies Bronze Class
Caroline Fairnie beat Julie Ritson 4&2

Junior A Class
Charlie Thomson beat Toby Anderson 2&1

Junior B Class
Finlay Prowse beat Annabel Thomson 5&4

Alongside the Championship finals, Minto also held its Best of the Rest Medal, giving golfers who had not progressed to their respective finals the opportunity to compete for another prize.

The competition was won by Brian Howden, who recorded an excellent nett 69. Ricky Tait finished runner-up with a nett 71, while Angus Towers completed the podium places with a nett 72.

As winner of the Best of the Rest, Brian also secured his Golden Ticket to the Fox & Hounds 36-Hole Final on Saturday 12th September, giving him another exciting competition to look forward to later in the season.

Minto Golf Club would like to thank all the spectators, members, family and friends who came along to support the finalists throughout the day. Their encouragement and support helped create a fantastic atmosphere around the course.

The club would also like to thank everyone involved in preparing and running Finals Day, with particular thanks to Head Greenkeeper Paul Cranston and the greens staff for presenting the course in such excellent condition, along with Scott Nichol for his usual high standard of catering and Mollie Crozier on the bar for keeping everyone watered throughout the day.

Finally, thanks go to all the committee members, volunteers and referees who helped ensure the day ran smoothly.

The day concluded with an enjoyable prize giving in a full clubhouse, providing a fitting end to what was a fantastic day of golf and a memorable Championship Finals Day for Minto Golf Club

Congratulations to all our winners 🏆

Congratulations to our finalists and good luck on Saturday ⛳️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♂️🏆

In challenging, blustery conditions a full 120-man field competed in our Senior Gents Strokeplay Open yesterday. Recent rain has taken some of the fire out of the fairways, but Minto's tricky greens provided a stiff test, as ever.

Congratulations to Gareth Pugh of Tantallon GC who carded 70, the lowest gross of the day. The net category winners were as follows:

Division 1 (50-64 years)
1st Kenneth Alliston, Pumpherston GC - 71
2nd Richard Jackson, Kelso GC - 72 (on count back)
3rd David Hope, England - 72

Division 2 (65-74 years)
1st Alistair Jack, St Boswells GC - 66
2nd Alister Mackenzie, Minto GC - 67
3rd Steve Bramwell, Cochrane Castle GC - 70

Division 3 (75+ years)
1st Gordon Sadler, Cochrane Castle GC - 69 (on count back)
2nd Chris Toyne, England - 69
3rd John Lunn, Minto GC - 70 (on count back)

Nearest the Pin
8th Andrew Hardie, Woll GC
17th Allan Learmonth, Minto GC

For full results: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:90b00618-ff61-4e0b-8699-c1fb2eeb060d

Thanks to all of you who played, particularly those who travelled to be with us (including one of our early starters who came all the way from Brighton on the south coast!). We hope you enjoyed your day. We'd love to welcome you back for our other senior gents events of 2026:

Tuesday 8 September: Senior Gents Pairs Open Betterball
Wednesday 7 October Senior Gents Open Stableford
To book: https://visitors.brsgolf.com/minto #/open-competitions

Saturday saw our annual Margaret Donaldson Memorial Greensome open event. With the course in great condition after the welcome rain of recent days, the scores just seemed to get better and better as the day progressed.

Congratulations to our winners and many thanks to all of you who participated.

Scratch
1st: Angela Heads, City of Newcastle GC & Graeme Heads, Hexham (78)

Net:
1st Mary Glendinning & Hector Macdonald, both Minto (60)
2nd Marion King & Jim Short, both Minto (62)
3rd Karen Swanston, Childwell GC & Allan Swanston, Minto (65)

Ladies NTP at 4th hole Marion King
Gents NTP at 8th hole Andrew Thom

Also held on the day, our raffle in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support raised £108.

Our next event is just a couple of days away. There is already a very full field for our Gents Senior Strokeplay Open on Wednesday, with over 120 players registered. There are a just a few spots left, so sign up via https://visitors.brsgolf.com/minto #/open-competitions for this and our other 2026 open competitions.

Brilliant deal for August and September Sundays at Minto Golf Club!! £20 per person for 18 holes ⛳️

Book now at https://visitors.brsgolf.com/minto #/course/1

Our recent Ladies Open Tri-Am produced a close finish, with the winners Julie Ritson, Christine Malcolmson and Marion King coming out on top after a count-back. See the full results below.

Julie was also winning nearest the pin on the 8th hole and Susan McCall was nearest the pin on the 17th.

Congratulations to all our winners and thanks to all who took part. We look forward to welcoming you all to our next ladies open, a pairs betterball competition on Saturday 5th September.

To enter this, and all our other open events go to: https://visitors.brsgolf.com/minto #/open-competitions