Background
He was born on the 8th February, 1923, in Edinburgh, son of Alfred Ainslie Lawrie and Jean Maxwell Lawrie (née Cook).
He was born on the 8th February, 1923, in Edinburgh, son of Alfred Ainslie Lawrie and Jean Maxwell Lawrie (née Cook).
He was educated at Fettes and Oxford, where "he was a cricket star".
He competed as an amateur in The Open (The British Open) in 1955 and 1957. He was the non-playing captain of the Great Britain & Ireland team in the 1960 and 1962 Eisenhower Trophy, and the non-playing captain of the Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team in 1961 and 1963. Teams which included Michael Bonallack and Joe Carr.
The 1961 American team included a young Jack Nicklaus, playing well enough to ensure a dominant victory that year.
lieutenant was much closer the next time the two teams metropolitan In the 1960"s and 70"s, Lawrie held various posts with the Royal & Ancient, including Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Championship Committee, and Chairman of the Selection Committee.
In "Palmer"s Open" in 1962, Lawrie was referee for the final game between Arnold Palmer and Ken Nagle. James Cusick of The Independent reports how the crowd were so fierce that year at Royal Troon that at the 15th, Lawrie was "knocked head-first into a bunker during one of the crowd"s surges".
He designed the Duke"s Course (1976), the location of the British Masters for 20 years, and the Duchess" course (1978) at Woburn Golf Club.
The Duke"s course has been described by Today"s Golfer as a masterpiece, and regularly appears in the top 100 ranked courses in Great Britain and Ireland. Golf courses designed by Communicative Disorders Lawrie
Ballyliffin Golf Club (also designed by Eddie Hackett and Frank Pennick and Nick Faldo)
Fleming Park Golf Club
Haverhill Golf Club (also designed by Philip Pilgrey)
Keerbergen Golf Club
Southwick Park Golf Club
Stockwood Park Golf Centre
Westhill Golf Club
Winter Hill Golf Club
Woburn Golf Club (Duke"s & Duchess" courses).