Armorial Bearings

In 1974 it was decided that we should have a club tie, and in order to do the job properly, a letter was written to the Court of the Lord Lyon. The reply from Sir James Monteith Grant, Lord Lyon King of Arms is reproduced below although the heraldic language is not the easiest to understand!

Kilmacolm Golf Club – Armorial Bearings

“The petition of Kilmacolm for a grant of armorial bearings is before me.
I enclose a photocopy of a rough pencilled sketch of the design which I have in mind. It is blazoned thus:
Or, on a fess vert two ancient wooden golf clubs in saltire, heads downwards and outwards, cantooned between four plates, in chief two doves, and in base a goat’s head erased all proper. The field is gold.
The doves refer to Saint Columba, and the goat’s head was the crest used by Fleming of Barochan in former times. It is no reflection on the skill of the present members! The fess is green, and the charges are the usual heraldic representation of golf clubs and golf balls.
The whole design is, I think, pleasing and will lend itself to reproduction, whether on a flag or on notepaper. I shall be pleased to learn if it meets with acceptance.”

The design was indeed accepted and adopted as the official Club Coat of Arms. While this remains the official registered crest the goat’s head logo was adopted on its own in centenary year and this now adorns our ties and notepaper.