1877

The Silver Medal is engraved with the Dornoch Golf Club’s crest, incorporating the inverted horseshoe of Dornoch which commemorates the 13th century Battle of Embo and the Highland wildcat. 

In the first decade, the Club’s most prestigious medal is won five times by Alex McHardy. John Sutherland is also a dominant figure, winning a total of 11 medals, nine of them consecutively from 1888. It is a record which still stands today.  

The Silver Medal is now played for by members during the Carnegie Shield week in August.