DEATH OF FORMER SGU SECRETARY

IAN HUME DIES IN EDINBURGH AFTER
RETURNING FROM NEW ZEALAND

J W “Ian” Hume, former secretary of the Scottish Golf Union, died today in an Edinburgh hospice.
Born in Edinburgh in 1947, Ian spent all his working life in the city. He became a member of Broomieknowe Golf Club in 1966 and served six years on its council before being appointed to the executive of the Lothians Golf Association in 1975.
He succeeded Archie Jamieson, who died in August, 1985, as secretary of the Scottish Golf Union on January 1, 1986. At the age of 38, he was one of the youngest ever to hold the post.
For many years, the Scottish Golf Union full-time staff consisted of Ian Hume, Graham Ewart as championship secretary and two ladies who looked after the small office’s administration near the Royal Burgess Golfing Society clubhouse at Barnton, Edinburgh.
When the SGU moved its headquarters to Drumoig in 1999, Ian retired as secretary. He emigrated to New Zealand and returned to Edinburgh only about a month ago.
Gordon McInnes, president of the Scottish Golf Union, paid tribute to Ian tonight when he said: “I always found him to be a very level-headed man in all aspects of golf administration.”
Ian is survived his sister.