History The land for the Golf club was originally part of Drumadoon Farm. Prior to 1900 the port of Blackwaterfoot was a vital link for the Shiskine area. The formation of the golf course on its present site would have been in doubt had the feasibility study for a deep-water pier gone ahead, as the only viable location for it would have been at The Point, adjacent to the present 5th fairway. The accompanying buildings and access road would have rendered the land suitable for commercial use only. Alexander Boyd, a banker based in Glasgow, is credited as the founder of the club. In June 1896 the club was opened by the then Lord Advocate, Mr Graham Murray. James “Tobago” Currie, the brother of Alexander Boyd’s wife, was farmer-tenant at Drumadoon Farm at that time, and a sub-lease was obtained from the farm. Some years later, following Mr Currie’s death, his wife re-married to John McCallum, the farm grieve, and the lease continued until 1926 at £15 per annum. In 1927 a direct lease with Arran Estate was made. In 1961 the course and the adjacent foreshore were purchased outright for £1000.