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Category: Administration

Visitors Welcome

Posted on April 15, 2021 | by Michael McKeown

Green Fee

Monday – Friday £30

Saturday – Sunday £35

Book your tee time by clicking on BOOK NOW on the opening page of the Windyhill Website

OR

Contact the Pro Shop 0141 942 2349 extension 3

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Assistant Greenkeeper Opportunity

Posted on April 14, 2021 | by Michael McKeown

Role: Assistant Greenkeeper
Location: Windyhill Golf Club, Baljaffray Road, Glasgow, G61 4QQ
Tel No: 0141 942 2349

Windyhill Golf Club, situated in the Baljaffray area of Bearsden, is looking for a full time Assistant Greenkeeper who is a motivated and enthusiastic individual with good communication skills to join our existing talented, hard working and committed greens team.

Working under the guidance of the Head Greenkeeper or his Deputy, the Assistant Greenkeeper will be responsible for ensuring the course and practice facilities are maintained to the highest standards, as well as assisting in other course projects.

The ideal candidate should have the following:
• Minimum 2 to 3 years greenkeeping experience.
• Minimum SVQ Level 2 or Level 3 Sports Turf Management
• Good knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety in the workplace
• A good understanding of machinery operations and ability to carryout minor repairs if possible
• A flexible attitude and be capable of prioritising work schedules

This is a physically demanding role and, while there is some indoor work, the majority of work is outdoors in all weather conditions with rostered weekend shifts required during the main golfing season.

There is a range of benefits for the successful candidate:
Competitive Salary
Pension Scheme
29 days annual holiday (incl bank holidays)
Full uniform & PPE provided
BIGGA Membership
Training and development opportunities

If you are interested in this rewarding role please forward your CV to manager@windyhillgolfclub.co.uk
Closing Date for applications is 23rd April 2021

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Corporate & Golf Society Days

Posted on April 12, 2021 | by Michael McKeown

Whatever your reason Windyhill is the perfect venue for corporate golf, whether it’s in the form of a single day company golf event, or if you are looking to reward staff, thanking clients, or entertaining potential new clients, or even participating in the clubs competitions, or just wanting to have a relaxing round of golf. Windyhill with its panoramic views, provides a friendly welcome and relaxed clubhouse atmosphere makes it the ideal location.

The Braid Package: (£525 + vat)

  • single company golf day up to 24 players (6×4 balls) or 30 rounds of golf either in single, 2 or 4 ball format over the period April 2021 to March 2022 (Mon to Fri).
  • Option to play in clubs midweek medals.
  • Membership card offering a 15% discount on all beverages and 10% discount on food.
  • Reduced buggy hire rate
  • Company name on club website and company advertisement on the tee box marker board.

The Langfaulds Package: (£675 + vat)

  • Single company golf day up to 32 players (8×4 balls) or 38 rounds of golf in either single, 2 ball or 4 ball format over the period April 2021 to March 2022 (Mon to Fri).
  • Option to play in midweek medals.
  • Membership card offering a 15% discount of beverages and 10% discount on food.
  • Reduced buggy hire rate.
  • Initial 20 minute golf swing check by our PGA Professional for membership card holder.
  • Company name on club website and company advertisement on the tee box marker board.

The Baljaffray Package: (£945 + vat)

  • Single company golf day up to 60 players (15 x 4 balls) or 66 rounds of golf in either single, 2 ball or 4 ball format over the period April 2021 to March 2022 (Mon to Sun).
  • Option to play in midweek & weekend medals.
  • Membership card offering a 15% discount on all beverages and 10% discount on food.
  • Reduced buggy hire rate.
  • Initial 20 minute golf swing check by our PGA Professional for membership card holder.
  • Company name on club website and company advertisement on the tee box marker board.

Society Golf Days

Windyhill is pleased to offer discounts for groups of 12 or morem

The club is a popular and excellent venue offering great warm up facilities including :-

  • practice nets
  • covered driving bays,
  • practice putting greens
  • good clubhouse facilities.
  • well stocked Professional shop

After a game make use of the club lounge to unwind, chat, or just relax and enjoy the views.

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Windyhill Corporate Opportunities

Posted on April 12, 2021 | by Michael McKeown

Windyhill Golf Club is delighted to announce details of its corporate course advertising and membership opportunities for 2021/22.

The club are keen to work with a limited number of local business by offering them an attractive and unique platform to showcase their company details on the new high quality Tee Box Marker with integrated Advertising Boards being installed on the course for the start of the 2021/2022 golfing season. The corporate golf membership packages can be tailored to offer flexibility to suit both business and individual lifestyle requirements and society golf days can be arranged to suit your special days.

Windyhill Golf Club is a long-established parkland golf course situated in the Baljaffray area of Bearsden with panoramic views over the City of Glasgow and surrounding countryside.

The course offers an enjoyable and challenging layout to all categories of golfer. The high standard of maintenance, dedication and care of the course helps not only towards the club having a thriving membership, but allows it to attract substantial numbers of visitors, around 750 visitors per annum, along with golfers playing in corporate days, open competitions and charity events hosted by the club. In addition to this the club website attracts over 45,000 views every year.

Advertising Opportunities

Below is an example of a Tee Box Marker Board. Advertising costs £200 + Vat for 1st year & then £100 + Vat per annum thereafter. All that is needed is a JPEG file or PDF file detailing your company name, contact details, advertising slogan/image, and it will be displayed on a 540mm x 140mm panel.

In addition, your company details, logo, etc, would also be displayed on the clubs re-launched website, therefore reaching a wider advertising audience.

There are also opportunities to advertise your company details on the following:   practice putting green general practice facilities support club competitions and open competition events support the next generation of young junior golfers.  
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Apprenticeship Opportunity

Posted on March 28, 2021 | by Michael McKeown

Apprentice Greenkeeper Opportunity
To ensure the course continues to be maintained to the highest standards, Windyhill is now looking
for a young person who is a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our existing talented and
ambitious Greenkeeping Team as an Apprentice Greenkeeper.
The position to be offered will be a full 3-year apprenticeship where practical skills and knowledge
will be developed on the job. There will also be the requirement to attend college for further training
and educational courses to gain professional qualifications.
To help support this new position the club has made a funding application to East Dunbartonshire
Council (EDC) through its Regional Employment Incentive Programme. This is designed to give a
young person (16-24 years) an opportunity to get into employment.
For the clubs funding application to be successful the following EDC key criteria is applicable.
• The young person must be resident within East Dunbartonshire Council boundaries.
• Must be aged 16 – 24 years (at start of employment).
• Must have the right to live and work in the UK.
• Must currently not be engaged in employment, training, or education.
Prior to externally advertising this opportunity, the club would like to make members aware as they
may know of some young person who meets the above key criteria and may be interested in this
career opportunity. If anyone does, the Executive Board would grateful if the individual would send
their CV to manager@windyhillgolfclub.co.uk.
Closing dates for application will be 5th April 2021

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Windyhill Website Opening Page

Posted on March 16, 2021 | by Michael McKeown

Here members can :-

  • book casual golf tee times
  • enter competitions
  • view booking history
  • top up General Account
  • view club documents
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ORIGINS OF WINDYHILL GOLF CLUB

Posted on February 21, 2021 | by Michael McKeown

Originally located on land near Canniesburn Toll, Canniesburn Golf Club opened as a 9 hole course towards the end of 1908. By Spring 1910, it had been extended to 18 holes and was formally opened with an International Match and Exhibition Game between four of Great Britain’s leading golf professionals – James Braid, Sandy Herd, J H Taylor and Harry Vardon. These players, who between them had won 16 Open Championships, played 2 rounds over the Canniesburn course

By the 1920’s, with the course reduced to 9 holes again due to agricultural demands during the First World War, and the lease for the land about to expire, the club moved to its current location and was renamed Windyhill Golf Club on a new course designed by 5 times Open Champion, James Braid.

Situated at the foot of the Kilpatrick Hills, near Bearsden, and with panoramic views over Glasgow, Windyhill is now recognised as one of the best courses west of the city and a rewarding challenge for golfers of all levels.

3rd Green at Canniesburn GC

Recently the club was contacted via email by a gentleman in Holland who had acquired two postcards which featured pictures of Canniesburn Golf Club. He was happy to send them to us and they are reproduced here.

8th Green

Further references to Canniesburn Golf Club can be found at

 Canniesburn Golf Club, Glasgow. (1908 – 1924) (golfsmissinglinks.co.uk) 

forgottengreens the golf history website – Canniesburn

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Setting Up The Scottish Golf App

Posted on February 4, 2021 | by Michael McKeown

USING THE SCOTTISH GOLF APP

To use the App efficiently, you are advised to set up properly by following the two steps shown below.

Due to Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), your booking can only be seen by others if YOU allow this.

1. To allow your name to appear on any booking (when others are looking at the booking list), you need to:

– Open the App

– select More at the bottom of the screen

– select My App

 – scroll down to SHOW MY BOOKING TO ALL MEMBERS and enable this.

2. To allow your name and contact details to appear on the Club Directory (which can be found by selecting GolfApps, next to More at the foot of the screen), you need to:

– Open the App

– select More

– select My Personal Data

 – scroll down to ADD TO VENUE DIRECTORY and enable Windyhill Golf Club.

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Windyhill Golf Club Look Up Charts

Posted on January 29, 2021 | by Michael McKeown
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World Handicap System

Posted on January 29, 2021 | by Michael McKeown
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WORLD HANDICAP SYSTEM [WHS]

Once the competition season starts in 2021, all submitted scores and handicaps will conform to the WHS. The key elements of WHS are outlined below.

A Handicap Index – a measure of your golfing ability that you can take with you anywhere and use at whatever course you are playing.

Course Rating and Slope Rating – every set of tees will have a course rating and slope rating based on course difficulty. These will normally be available on a Look Up Chart on the first tee or through an App. These Look Up Charts apply to the White & Yellow Courses. The Course Handicap calculation converts a Handicap Index to the number of strokes a player requires to play any golf course with a Course Rating and Slope Rating.

Playing Handicap – depending on the tees you are playing from and your chosen format of play, your handicap index will be converted into a playing handicap, representing the number of strokes you will receive for the round.

Handicap Index – The measure of a player’s demonstrated ability calculated against the Slope Rating of a golf course of standard playing difficulty

Course Rating – The difficulty of a course for the scratch player under normal conditions.

THE COURSE RATINGS FOR WINDYHILL GOLF CLUB ARE :

WHITE TEES 69.8              YELLOW TEES 68.7           RED TEES 70.9

Slope Rating – The relative difficulty of a course for bogey players compared to scratch players

THE SLOPE RATINGS FOR WINDYHILL GOLF CLUB ARE :

WHITE TEES 124               YELLOW TEES 121            RED TEES 115

Scratch Player – A player with a 0.0 Handicap Index

Bogey Player – A player with a Handicap Index of about 20.0 for men; 24.0 for women

At the end of each day, a Playing Conditions Calculation (PCC) takes place automatically, behind the scenes, to determine if scores made at a course were significantly higher or lower than expected.

If scores were unusually low or high, a PCC adjustment between -1 and +3 will be applied to your score differential calculation to reflect the playing conditions on the day. Once the PCC is determined, your final score differential will be calculated – representing the handicap you “played to” for that round relative to the difficulty of the course played, as determined by the Course and Slope Ratings, and the playing conditions. This means a high score on a tough day may result in a lower Score Differential and has the potential to be a good score and one of the best 8 in your scoring record.

Members can read more about the World Handicap System by clicking the link shown below:-

World Handicap System for Golfers | Scottish Golf

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