Ronnie Clark
Ronnie has been a member of Erskine Golf Club since 1966 and was invited to become an Honorary Member in 2018
Golfing Career to Date
Junior Champion 1979
Newton Shield Team Player 1979 - Current (10 years as playing Captain)
25 times Club Champion
Course record holder - 63 on Aug 6th 2013
3 times Glasgow Golf Club Strokeplay Champion
Nineteen 36 hole open competition wins
Evening Times Champion of Champions 1990
East of Scotland Champion (72 holes) 1991
The British Amateur Turnberry - last 16 - 1996
Renfrewshire Golf Union
Renfrewshire Youths Match and Strokeplay Champion 1982
Order of Merit Winner - 1991
6 times Renfrewshire County Champion
A Team player 1982-2019 (last 8 years as playing Captain)
6 man Area Team Champions 1996, 2005, 2009, 2014
RGU Vice President 2025
Scottish Senior International Career
Scotland Senior Team Captain 2019 - 2024
Senior Home International Team
2016 Machynis Peninsula Wales
2017 Rosslare Ireland
2018 Southerness Scotland - Winners
2019 Alnmouth England
2021 Woodhall Spa England
2022 Pyle & Kenfig Wales - Winners
2023 West Kilbride Scotland - Winners
2024 Castlerock Ireland
Senior European Team Championships
2016 Slovenia - Champions
2017 Sweden
2018 Austria
2019 Denmark - Bronze medalists
2021 Slovakia
2022 Estonia
2023 Czech Republic
2024 Bulgaria
Scottish Senior Golf Events
Scottish Seniors Order of Merit Winner 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022.
Scottish Seniors Matchplay Champion 2016, 2018; Runner Up 2019
North of Scotland Seniors Champion 2015 2022
East of Scotland Seniors Champion 2017
West of Scotland Seniors Champion 2017 2020 2025
Central Scotland Seniors Champion 2013 2014 2015 2016
Autumn Meeting 2014
Spring Meeting 2022
The Presidents Cup 2022
SSGS President 2021- 2024
Scottish Senior Team Championships
Renfrewshire 6 man Senior Team
Glasgow Gailes 2021 Winners
Glasgow Gailes 2025 Winners
Scottish Seniors Open Strokeplay Championship
2016 at Killermont - Runner Up
2018 at Irvine Bogside - Champion
2022 at Arbroath - Champion
English Senior Open Strokeplay Champion 2023
French Senior Open - Champion 2024
Italian Senior Open - Champion 2025
French Senior Open - Runner up 2025
Concession Cup Player
A Ryder Cup style event for Mid Amateurs & Seniors
GB & I v USA 2016 The Concession Course Bradenton Florida
GB & ! v USA 2018 The Concession Course Bradenton Florida
Europe v USA 2024 The Landings Savannah Georgia
James Cameron joined Erskine Golf Club in 1950, aged 12 where his father, two uncles and grandfather were members. It was difficult in those days to get into a golf club unless you had a family connection. The Junior section was very small with only about 12 playing members.
In1953 the first British Youths Championship was held at Erskine which James played in, without distinction.
He was called up for National Service from 1956/58 and returned to Erskine as a Senior member.
On the playing side his lowest handicap was 4. and he played in Club matches and a few Newton Shield matches. He also played in The Pro/Ams at Erskine and qualified for the Club Championship a few times but never got past the first round.
In the mid sixties he won the T.C.Scott trophy, a foursomes competition along with his cousin. In the nineties he won the Winter League with Ian Riddell.
In 1989 he presented The Cameron Trophy to the club which is awarded to the leading qualifier in the Club Championship.
In 1966 he became Member of the Board for 3 years and then again in the mid seventies he had another spell on the Board serving as M/H Convenor for 4 years. Finally in 1987/8 he was appointed Captain of the club. Then again in 2003 he was appointed Captain of the Past Captains Society which is still very active today with golf, dinners, meetings and in general support of the club.
James was appointed Honorary President in 2020 a position he was very proud to accept, and has now completed 75 years as a member of Erskine, one of our longest serving members. After golfing for over 60 years he had almost given up on getting a hole in one, however in 2010 two came along at Erskine , firstly at the 11th, then the 6th, a few months later. So, he finally made it!
Alan Baird joined Erskine Golf Club in 1973 on his return from an extended work trip to the USA with IBM. He was Captain of the club in 1994 and then again in 2001, being only one of 2 members to have the exclusive honour of being Captain twice, the other being Duncan MacGregor in 1988 and 2004. Alan and his wife Ann (now deceased) were always great supporters of championships and events at Erskine. Although no longer golfing, Alan is still a regular at Club Championships and lunches at the club.