In 1999 Downfield Golf Club hosted the Open Final Qualifying for the first time in its history and proved a great venue for the worlds top players. Indeed the eventual winner of the 1999 Carnoustie Open Championship, Paul Lawrie came through the final qualifying at Downfield. The honour of hosting Open Final Qualifying will be repeated in 2007.

In 1972 the first ever Scottish Open was held here and Peter Alliss filmed one of his many TV specials from Downfield in the late 70's.

Course Improvements

David J Russell, former European Tour player and now one of the best Course Designers/Architects around has taken on the task of improving Downfield for the future. Most of his design work is now done with Ian Woosnam who had David as an assistant at the 2006 Ryder Cup. To look at their philosophy on golf course design and their courses go to http://rawgolfdesign.com

David's plan is to make our course even better and more appealing to one and all, with subtle changes to the course bunkering and the general look. With technology in golf changing the way it is played, we want to ensure Downfield remains at the top of Scottish golf as a destination for visitors, for tournaments as well as increasing the enjoyment for the members. David does not feel that just extending tees is the answer, so he is trying to make the course even more interesting by making the most of our wonderful water and tree features. Downfield will be softly changed over the next 4/5 years with holes 13 and 15 getting his first attention. While all this happens over the winter months there will be no disruption to main season play.

2007 Scorecard & Stroke Index