Helensburgh Golf Club

At a glance

Helensburgh Golf Club is a golf course in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute. Although we do not yet list its holes or par, the map will help you plan a visit.

We hold the address, a map pin, the club website and a phone number. We do not yet hold its number of holes, par, length and green fees. The club is the best source for those.

About Helensburgh Golf Club

Helensburgh sits on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde in Dunbartonshire, a planned Georgian town of grid-pattern streets, birthplace of television pioneer John Logie Baird and within sight of Loch Lomond to the north. Helensburgh Golf Club was founded in August 1893, with a nine-hole layout in play by that October; the course was extended to eighteen holes by 1905 under club professional Tom Turnbull, who went on to serve the club for fifty years. James Braid visited in the 1920s and made changes to the layout still in place today. The course is moorland, gently undulating, with views over Loch Lomond and the Clyde Estuary, and draws membership mostly from the town itself. The first clubhouse was a corrugated tin hut costing around £350, later sold to Vale of Leven Golf Club for £35 in 1910; the present clubhouse opened in October 1909, formally by the Duke of Argyll. Additional ground was purchased in 1978 and is kept for maintenance rather than play. The course measures 6,104 yards against a par of 69 and a standard scratch score of 70; the record of 62 was set by Simon Barras, aged sixteen, on 3 July 2005, improving on Alan Scott's 64 from June 1985.

Where to find it

The address is 25 East Abercromby Street, Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, G84 9HZ. It is about 21 miles from Glasgow. That is a straight-line distance. The sidebar links to the club website and lists its phone number. The map below shows the exact spot, because that helps with satnav.

Check the club website for tee times, because visitor rules differ by club. Ask for the current green fee, since we do not list one. Pack a waterproof layer, because UK weather changes fast.