This
9- hole golf course was designed and built by W.S. Fulton and Ram
Goberdhan in 1927 and is set in the middle of sugar cane fields. Mr
Fulton was a golfer and employed as a chemist at the nearby Brechin
Castle Sugar Cane Factory and Mr Goberdhan, who came from India in
1917
with
his parents, also worked at the sugarcane factory. W.S. Fulton was
the national golfing champion at that time and he taught Ram Goberdhan
the game, who later played golf "all over the world". Mr
Goberdhan is now 95 years old and plays golf every day at Brechin
Castle. His
golf
buddies at Brechin Castle call him affectionately "the oldest
golfer in the world". Mr Goberdhan said that the Brechin Castle
Golf Course started out as a 9-hole course in 1927 and was increased
to an 18-hole course in 1929/1930, but by 1938 nine holes had been
reclaimed by the sugar cane factory when sugar cane crops were planted
on the site and houses were built on it. The course at present used
regularly for tournaments by other clubs and it also has its monthly
medal games.
The club
house, called Seville Club, was formerly the residence of the manager
of Brechin Castle.
The
officers for 2006/2007 are:
Shabir Khan - Captain
Raj Rampersad - Vice Captain
Jai Bharmal - Sec/Treas -
e-mail: jaib50@yahoo.com
Bhola Laggan - Match Secretary |

The
9th hole at right-
in the background: the 8th hole and 9th
hole tee
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