In the 1890s the Great North of Scotland Railway built the Cruden Bay Hotel and golf course, together with the associated transport links (the Boddam Branch and Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway).
The tournaments consisted of a 36-hole stroke-play qualifying day followed by a knock-out match-play stage.
These were mostly Scottish professionals although Harry Vardon made the trip north.
Vardon led the 36-hole qualifying day with rounds of 79 and 83 and went on to beat James Kinnell in the final.
The first day consisted of 36 holes of stroke play with the leading 16 moving to the knock-out phase.
Taylor and Harry Vardon, the field included ex-Open champions Arnaud Massy, Sandy Herd and Jack White, future Open champions George Duncan and Ted Ray and most of the leading England-based professionals.
Ray had played excellent golf in all his matches while Braid had beaten both Taylor and Vardon.
Braid took an early 2-hole lead but Ray had levelled by the turn and threes at the 15th and 16th put him dormie-2.
Braid hit his second shot out-of-bounds and took four to reach the green, so that Ray's 5 was enough to win the match.
A number of the players had competed in the Port Seton Professional Tournament earlier in the week.