On the 11th and 12th of September 1999 Nairn Golf Club hosted one of the oldest and most historic events in amateur golf. This exciting Golf match brought together the ten best amateur golfers from Great Britain and Ireland and the ten best amateur golfers from the United States. The match is held every two years and alternates between Great Britain and Ireland and the U.S.A.

The Nairn Golf Club links bore witness to the biggest points victory for Great Britain and Ireland in the history of the Walker Cup. The final score was 15-9. The winning Captain, Mr Peter McEvoy, upon accepting the trophy praised the course. "I hope the reputation of Nairn will grow and it will join the very best clubs in its recognition."

With such a pedigree it is little surprise that so many fine golfers have enjoyed Nairn. A century ago these included Harry Vardon and Horace Hutchinson, twice Amateur Champion. Fifty years on it was the redoubtable Major David Blair, Scottish Champion and Walker Cup player, who gladly extolled Nairn’s virtues. Indeed, since the early 1900s Nairn has seen many Championships be they Amateur or Professional.

In the 1960s Nairn was Britain’s first club to instigate Golf Weeks. Henry Cotton, three times Open Champion and later knighted, was the prime draw. Others to participate were another Open Champion in Max Faulkner, Ryder Cup captain Dai Rees, Kent’s Sam King and Belgium’s Flory van Donck.

However, not until 1979 did Nairn host its first national event. This was the British Ladies Open Amateur. Since then other notable occasions have been the British Boys championship in 1989, the Ladies Vagliano Trophy in 1991, and the British Amateur championship in 1994. In 1996 sixteen nations competed for the European Lady Juniors team event, when Spain triumphed over France. Best of all – in 1999 a gallery of some 10,000 witnessed the historic Walker Cup match when Great Britain and Ireland ran away on the second day to beat an excellent American team by 15 - 9. Major events in store include the Amateur Strokeplay European Championship and Ladies British Open Amateur Strokeplay.