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Kelso Golf Club's 18-hole course was designed by James Braid and opened as a nine-hole course on the present site in 1913. It was extended to 18 holes in 1980. The present clubhouse was opened in the same year and extended with changing rooms in 1993. The parkland course is, unusualy, set within Kelso Race Course. Unsurprisingly, for that reason, it is generally flat, which makes for easy walking. Although it is only just over 6, 000-yards, it's not an easy course to score well on. The 'Stank', an open ditch now thankfully paved, is a feature on many of the holes in the middle part of the course. The feature hole is the 15th, a par-3 to an elevated green, regarded by many as the finest short hole in the Borders of Scotland.
