Hayston Golf Club

According to the book James Braid and his Four Hundred Golf Courses by John F Moreton and Iain Cumming, the course at Hayston Golf Club came about because the nearby town of Kirkintilloch (which had once boasted fourteen public houses) was declared “dry” in a local veto poll in 1920, closing all the drinking establishments within the town. The book explains: “One of golf’s happy traditions is the playing of the 19th, where suitable refreshment encourages…