Last week on 1st May, Gleneagles in Scotland celebrated the 100th birthday of its iconic King’s and Queen’s Courses. You will find a selection of images of today’s centenary celebrations to download here. A list of photo captions is also below, for your reference.

Designed by James Braid and created using nothing more than manual labour and horse and cart, both courses, which were officially opened on 1 May, 1919, have an illustrious history.

The King’s Course hosted a famous match between the ‘Big Three’ of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player in 1966, as well as the popular Bell’s Scottish Open on the European Tour from 1987-1994, the largest spectator event after The Open at the time.

The Queen’s Course has also hosted great names from entertainment and sport, including Sean Connery and Alan Shepard, the only man to hit a golf shot on the moon!

In recent times, and under Gleneagles’ new ownership by Ennismore, both courses have benefitted from extensive renovation projects that have seen them re-aligned to Braid’s original design vision with wider fairways, bringing strategically-placed bunkers back in play, and the re-introduction of Scottish heather in key areas.

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1. The 14th hole of The King’s Course at Gleneagles, circa 1920s
2. The 14th hole of The King’s Course at Gleneagles, 1 May 2019 (credit Kenny Smith)
3. The 18th hole of The Queen’s Course at Gleneagles, circa 1920s
4. The 18th hole of The Queen’s Course at Gleneagles, 1 May 2019 (credit Kenny Smith)
5. Golf professional and golf vlogger, Peter Finch, swinging it easy with a hickory wood at the iconic 14th hole of The King’s Course, Gleneagles
6. The 18th hole of The Queen’s Course, Gleneagles, which celebrates its 100th birthday today, 1 May, 2019
7. David Blackadder, Gleneagles’ Golf Operations Manager, dresses in traditional 1920s golfing attire as part of Gleneagles’ centenary celebrations for the King’s and Queen’s Courses, which officially opened on 1 May 1919
8. Golf professional and golf vlogger, Peter Finch, and Gleneagles’ Golf Operations Manager David Blackadder, testing out a traditional hickory putter on the 18th hole of The Queen’s Course, as part of Gleneagles’ centenary celebrations for the King’s and Queen’s Courses, which officially opened on 1 May 1919
9. Gleneagles’ greenkeeper, Bobby Wheadon, tries out a 1941 John Deere tractor with gang mower as part of Gleneagles’ centenary celebrations for the King’s and Queen’s Courses, which officially opened on 1 May 1919
10. Gleneagles’ greenkeeper, Bobby Wheadon, tries out a 1941 John Deere tractor with gang mower as part of Gleneagles’ centenary celebrations for the King’s and Queen’s Courses, which officially opened on 1 May 1919
11. A Greenkeeper at Gleneagles in 1949, using a tractor with gang mower.
12. Golf professional and golf vlogger, Peter Finch, and Gleneagles’ Golf Operations Manager David Blackadder, dressed in traditional 1920s golfing attire at the iconic 18th hole of The Queen’s Course – as part of Gleneagles’ centenary celebrations for the King’s and Queen’s Courses, which officially opened on 1 May 1919.