There are many courses in Scotland no longer in play. I am slowly uncovering their locations, one recently with much help from Niall has been finally put to bed. It was called Kelvinside a 9 hole course by Old Tom and Willie Fernie based in Glasgow. We now have its location but it’s under a housing development.
I have passed on to Gordon Irvine a site at Collieston which is another 9 hole Morris course commissioned by Lady Cathcart (of Askernish & Braid Hills fame). Currently have locations for nearly a couple of dozen courses mainly in Scotland but a few in England (Hanger Hill Course West London now a housing estate. There is a course in Darien Georgia dating from the 1880's but that’s under a School. Have found the site of another course on Islay (a links) some 10 miles from Machrie. As I sad about another couple of dozen sites are known, many now just under the plough, some never touched since they closed.
The site I would like to find is the Crieff course at called Dornock, but I have mislaid my file on that site so can't confirm original location, but that’s the next to look at.
As for archaeology, the best known must be Askernish, but there are many that could with money be reopened but a few that will never be able as they have been built upon.
The search is most enjoyable am currently looking for Sir Donald Curry’ private course at garth House nr Loch Tay and recently found Broughton Ferry Ladies course in Dundee, it’s now in part a park at Barnhill, but Dornock is the one that is eluding me but that’s down to lost information.
Melvyn