Open Competitions


Our annual J N Smith and James Braid Open will be played on Saturday 11 June 2022.  Online booking is now live and the cost of entry is £25.

There are two Cups to be played for and place prizes for scratch and handicap sections.  The J N Smith Cup is for the best net score and the James Braid Cup for the best scratch score.  There is a handicap limit of 20 for entry to the Competition.


The draw and results are published on the Club's page in Master Scoreboard.  See the links above.  Following the draw your starting tee time can also be confirmed by the Course Starter from the Saturday before. Telephone 01333 330301.   Any queries about your time or entry should however be directed to the Secretary of Earlsferry Thistle Golf Club and not the Secretary of Elie Golf House Club.    


The Cups are named after two of our most illustrious former members. James Braid the renowned golf course designer and five times Open Champion and John Nelson Smith who played in the Walker Cup team in 1930 and played in the final of the British Amateur the year before.


J N Smith and James Braid Open

(Saturday 1 June 2024)


Download the Full Net Results Pdf


Download the Full Gross Results Pdf


PRIZE WINNERS (Handicap)


J N Smith Winner - Raymond Gillon, Anstruther Golf Club


Second - Gregor McCulloch, St Andrews New Golf Club


Third - David Hayward, Enville Golf Club


PRIZE WINNERS (Scratch)


James Braid Winner - George Murray, Earlsferry Thistle Golf Club


Second - Paul Docherty, St Andrews New Golf Club


Third - Hamish Spilsbury, Golf House Club Elie


Prizes will be be posted out to the prize winners who were not present at the Prize Giving.



J N Smith and James Braid Open

(Saturday 3 June 2023)


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J N Smith and James Braid Open

(Saturday 11 June 2022)


View the Results on Masterscoreboard


Download the Full Net Results Pdf


Download the Full Gross Results Pdf


PRIZE WINNERS (Handicap)


J N Smith Winner - Stew Fowlie, Lundin Golf Club 


Second - Douglas Brown, Galway Bay Golf Club


Third - Raymond Gillon, Anstruther Golf Club


PRIZE WINNERS (Scratch)


James Braid Winner - Michael Kean, Torrance Park Golf Club


Second - Stuart Wylie, Elderslie Golf Club


Third - John Mathers, Haggs Castle Golf Club 


Prizes will be be posted out to the prize winners who were not present at the Prize Giving.



J N Smith and James Braid Open - Saturday 5 June 2021


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View the Results on Master Scoreboard


PRIZE WINNERS (Handicap)


J N Smith Winner - A Rintoul, Dunfermline Golf Club 


Second - D Craig, Pumpherston Golf Club


Third - K Roy, Merchants of Edinburgh Golf Club


PRIZE WINNERS (Scratch)


James Braid Winner - John Mathers, Haggs Castle Golf Club


Second - R McKean, Forrester Park Resort


Third - George Glen, Earlsferry Thistle Golf Club


Prizes have been be posted out to the winners.