
Do you know more about David Patrick? Do you have any of the clubs or balls that were made in Lundin Links? If so, please comment.
In June 1896, David Patrick resigned from his post as greenkeeper at the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club, and returned to his native Fife to set up as a maker of golf clubs in the house and workshop adjacent to the Lundin Golf Club (now 7 Golf Road). He was part of a family of golf club makers. His father, John Patrick, had a thriving business in Leven, before dying suddenly during an outbreak of Cholera in 1866. Three of John Patrick's sons went on to become golf club makers themselves - the eldest, Alexander, being the best known. He continued the Leven business. ![]() David worked for many years in Lundin Links at his house (then named 'Links View') and workshop on Golf Road (see left) - a stone's throw away from the Club House- before retiring. He died there at the age of 90 in 1948. Do you know more about David Patrick? Do you have any of the clubs or balls that were made in Lundin Links? If so, please comment.
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Vintage Lundin Links
10/9/2014 07:04:11 pm
It seems certain that the Golf Road house and workshop were built around 1895/96 for D.M. Patrick and that he operated his business from there as soon as it was complete - see link to Dictionary of Scottish Architects...
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John Baxter
10/8/2019 08:17:12 am
Number 9 signified the 9th club as generally there were only 8 then the putter. Hence 9.
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Arthur Smpson
18/7/2023 02:02:48 am
I have a lovely all original D M Patrick Lundin Links youth's cleek.
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