Allan Fullerton Macfie, born January 1854 in Liverpool son of John Macfie a sugar refiner and his wife Liias Macfie. Allan who was stone-deaf since birth, moved with his parents to 14 Hope Terrace, Whitehouse Gardens, Edinburgh where he learned to play golf. In 1877, Allan sailed to Australia on the City of Adelade and arrived in Melbourne on 29 March. On his return to Scotland he settled in St Andrews. Macfie was a familiar figure in North Berwick having played the West Links on several occasions. He was in the team representing Royal Liverpool against North Berwick in 1881. Allan Macfie died in St Andrews on 15 January 1943.

FREDDIE G. TAIT

Freddie Tait was a member of many golf clubs and represented his regiment the Black Watch when he won the Amateur Championship in 1896 and 1898. He joined Tantallon Golf Club in 1899 and that year he was defeated at the thirty-seventh hole in the Amateur Championship at Prestwick by John Ball Jnr. This was the fifth time Ball had won the championship. Only four players Hutchinson, Laidlay, Maxwell and Tait have scored double wins up to 1909.

JOHN R. GAIRDNER

John R. Gaidner played in the Amateur Championship in 1896 (Sandwich), 1899 (Prestwick) and represented Mid-Surrey Golf Club in the championship in 1900 (Sandwich), 1901 (St Andrews) and 1902 (Hoylake). He entered from Tantallon Golf Club in 1903, and 1909 at Muirfield and 1905 at Prestwick. Gairdner played for the Scottish team against England at Holylake in 1902 watched by over a thousand spectators. At Prestwick in 1905, Gairdner and Robert Maxwell met in the 5th round. Maxwell won the dual of the Tantallon members but was defeated in the next round by A. Gordon Barry who went on to win the Championship. Gairdner was elected Captain of Tantallon Golf Club in 1908-10 and on his death in 1919 his family presented all his medals to the Tantallon Club.

ALEX. M. ROSS

Alex Mackenzie Ross learned to play golf on Bruntsfield and Musselburgh links. He won the Hope Challenge Medal at Kilspindie in 1893 and 1900 and was the first winner of the Braid Hills Tournament in 1889. Alex played in the Amateur and Open Championship and was elected Captain of Tantallon Golf Club (1900-02).

JOHN E. LAIDLAY

Johnny Laidlay winner of the Amateur Championship in 1889 and 1891, was a pioneer of the overlapping grip, twice Amateur Champion, runner-up three times and leading amateur in the Open four times. He played for Scotland against England every year from 1902 until 1911 when he was fifty-one. Laidlay was elected Captain of Tantallon Golf Club (1906-08). It was in 1902 when the Royal Liverpool arrange the first amateur international match between England and Scotland. John Ball and Robert Maxwell led out their respective teams.

ROBERT MAXWELL

Robert Maxwell won the Amateur Championship at Muirfield in 1903 and 1909. He presented the Amateur Trophy to Tantallon Golf Club for safe keeping throughout the year. In 1909, Ben Sayers designed a driver called 'Dreadnought' and gave one to Maxwell who used it to great effect in the final against Captain Cecil Hutchison. Following Maxwell's triumph in 1909 every golfer wanted a ‘Dreadnought’ and the Ben Sayers factory could not keep up with demand. Maxwell played every year for Scotland against England from (1902-07 )and then (1909-10). Bob Maxwell was Captain of Tantallon from (1902-04).