History Minutes of the Bridge of Allan Golf Club date back to 1892 when golf was becoming popular around this small town on the outskirts of Stirling in central Scotland. On May 29, 1895, the golf club committee invited Tom Morris for his advice on construction of a course. The committee took Old Tom to three different sites: Blairforkie, Cornton Vale and Sunnylaw. He recommended the latter site as the best of the three and laid out the course. In these times, the landowner of Sunnylaw granted farmers grazing rights for sheep. Today, grazing is not permitted. A week after the Club opened an article appeared in the Bridge of Allan Gazette:- ‘From the number of golfers who have suddenly sprung into prominence with the opening of the Fairy Knowe course it is apparent the gowf fever has attacked the Burgh. The course is getting better every day with constant playing on it, and even if one is not a disciple of the Ancient and Royal game, a walk up the Fairy Knowe will be amply repaid by the beautiful panorama’ This delightful course lies in the shelter of the Ochil hills. Of all the courses Tom Morris designed, this is the best preserved on that the layout and the length of the holes, and greens are exactly the same as they were in 1895. Over the years, some sand bunkers have been added but the ancient stonewalls and the fairy knowe, an ancient druid meeting place, are still intact. To be fair, players should use hickory shafts and the gutty balls to relive the bygone era here. However, to play the course, even the modern with modern equipment, still takes the golfer back in time.