Hawick at Hawick Golf Club

Hawick Golf Club sits on Vertish Hill above the historic textile town of Hawick in the Scottish Borders, approximately fifty miles south of Edinburgh. The course was designed by James Braid, the five-time Open Champion who became one of Scotland's most prolific golf architects in the early twentieth century. Braid's work here reflects his characteristic approach to upland sites, routing holes across rolling terrain that offers both strategic interest and natural drainage.

The course occupies elevated moorland with views across the Borders landscape and the surrounding hills. The terrain features the kind of undulating ground typical of Braid's hillside designs, with holes that move across slopes and require thoughtful club selection and course management. The layout incorporates the natural contours rather than fighting them, creating holes where positioning and local knowledge matter as much as distance.

Hawick serves a traditional membership drawn from the town and surrounding area, maintaining the kind of accessible, community-focused golf club culture common in Scottish Borders towns. The course provides year-round play in a region where golf remains an everyday pursuit rather than a destination attraction. While not among Braid's most famous designs, Hawick represents his widespread influence across Scotland, where he created playable, enduring courses for local communities throughout the 1920s and 1930s.