The river flows into the sea through the seven-span Banff Bridge,[9] which was completed in 1779 by John Smeaton, and forms the backdrop to the closing holes.

Maj McKenzie, Leeds, the managing director of the British Golf Course Construction Coy would use horse-drawn scoops for bunkers and all eighteen greens where to be lifted, weeded and relayed on suitable foundations.

[11] On 5 August 1924 the Mackenzie course was formally opened with a match between Sandy Herd of Moor Park and Ted Ray of Oxley, both returning scores of 71 On 1 January 1925, the two Banff golf clubs formally amalgamated as the Duff House Royal Golf Club.

The union of the two Clubs survived, with tolerance and restraint being exercised on both sides, but it was only a matter of time before the axe would fall on the Links Course.

While expressing regret that such a motion should be necessary, Mr. Spence pointed out the annual financial loss to the club, the changed circumstances at the Links which "are now over-run in the summer by picnic parties and motor vehicles; also to the few members of the Club who play there and small support received from other players in the town and from visitors, also that this was an opportune time to give up the leased portion of the course in view of the cropping rotation of the Landlord's farm" In 1949 the course was restored and re-opened following the "ploughing up" required during the Second World War and in 1962 an additional 35 acres were purchased at a cost of £3,000.

In that year it was reconstructed around the shell of the original Barton Pavilion and formally opened by Sir George W. Abercromby on 6 April 1963.

At the Annual General Meeting in December 2000 the membership authorised the Committee of the club to proceed with extensive redevelopment of the Clubhouse at an estimated cost of £400,000.

Aged 40, he astonished his close friend, Edward, Prince of Wales, by seeking to marry his eldest daughter, Louise, who was then just 22.

The marriage took place at Buckingham Palace on Saturday, 27 July 1889 [17] Their enthusiasm for the Royal and Ancient game was boundless so much so that they employed a professional for the maintenance of the few holes which surrounded Duff House.