The Event

The Lothians Boys Championship is being held at the Braids once again this year. Qualifying will take place on the 3rd August with the matchplay taking place over the next week with the final on the 7th August. 

This is an event for boys who are under the age of 18 on 31st December in the year prior to the year of competition, it is open to players whose home club is affiliated to the Lothians Golf Association. Its roll of honour makes for impressive reading, the winners including Andrew Oldcorn (1977), Ian Young (1978) and David Inglis (1998).

The tournament will consist of an 18 hole stroke-play qualifying event on Sunday 3rd August with the players with top 8 scratch scores going on to play match play, in the evenings, on the following week. The champion receives the Spiers Trophy. The leading qualifier will receive the Lindsay Trophy. The Speirs Trophy is the second oldest of the trophies held by the Lothians Golf Association, having been first contested in 1925. 

The championship was, in fact, originally organised by Edinburgh Town Council. It ran the event until the mid-1960s, when it asked the Lothians Golf Association to take over that role. The event allows the Lothians Golf Association to work together with Edinburgh Leisure and the City of Edinburgh Council in their joint aim of promoting junior golf in the area. 

Thanks to support from the Stephen Gallacher Foundation there are also trophies for the leading Under 16 and Under 14 players in the qualifying event. This is a good opportunity for the younger players to get familiar with the Braids course, win an age range trophy and set themselves up for the main championship in future years.

The history of the event and a list of the winners can be seen by clicking the 'History'  heading at the bottom of the list at the left side of this page.

2025

                           2025 Boys Champion                       2025 Lindsay Trophy winner

                      Hayden Fowler (Bathgate)                        Fraser Black (Mortonhall)

In the championship qualifying Fraser Black (Mortonhall) won the Lindsay Trophy with a great score of 72 which was 2 ahead of Alexander Yuill (Gullane) with Fraser Masting (Turnhouse), Rory laird (Merchants) and Louis Arthur (Royal Burgess GS) one shot further back. Louis Arthur (Royal Burgess GS) won the Stephen Gallacher Foundation (SGF) U16 trophy and Rory Laird (The Merchants) won the SGF U14 trophy.

            Louis Arthur (Royal Burgess GS)   (U16)                 Rory Laird (The Merchants) (U14)

In a closely contested final of the matchplay championship Hayden Fowler (Bathgate) beat fellow Bathgate member Oliver Henderson by 1 hole with Rory Laird and Alexander loosing out in the semi finals.