The Event

One of the most popular events on the fixture list, it involves both handicap and scratch events. The prize for the overall winner is the Ian MacNiven Quaich, which was donated in 2011 by Renton Laidlaw in memory of the late Edinburgh Evening News golf correspondent. Prior to that, the champion received the Buisitron Trophy.

Our recent governance review highlighted the fact that we should do more for players in the higher handicap ranges. This competition caters for all people with a national handicap whose home club is in the Lothians and who are over the age of 55 on the day of the competition so it certainly addresses that issue. There are handicap and scratch prizes in 3 age ranges.

The R M Lees Trophy is the top scratch prize. The 2025 competition had a slightly different outcome for the Scratch competition with the four best Scratch players being invited to play in a play off for the R M Lees Trophy. That will also be the case in 2026 with the play offs taking place in August at Newbattle GC as part of a festival of golf with the culmination of the Seniors Scratch, The Junior Champion of Champions Scratch, the Champion of Champions and the Handicap Matchplay tournaments.

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 on the left hand side of this page.

2026

This will only be the second time that Broomieknowe have hosted the Seniors Championship where          H F Renwick of Newbattle won in 1984. They have however hosted many Lothians events and the players are in for a good challange on this excellent parkland layout and a warm welcome in the new clubhouse which many will be visiting for the first time since it opened in 2020. We are indebted to the club and members for hosting the event.