To be a member of the association, courses have to have been designed by Braid or redesigned or altered by him. Braid was involved in designing or redesigning 411 courses, of which 39 no longer exist.
He was the professional at Romford Golf Club for eight years and from 1904 up to his death in 1950 he was professional at Walton Heath Golf Club. Braid was Open champion five times, and runner-up four times and was a member of the Great Triumvirate of Golf alongside Harry Vardon and JH Taylor. He formed the Professional Golfers Association with Taylor and Vardon and is credited with inventing the ‘dogleg’. Braid was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1976.
The advantages of being a member of the association is that the members of the clubs, can play at all the other member clubs for a reduced green fee, subject to tee time availability, thus increasing the awareness of Braid’s work and of course the man himself.
