Glenmuir Archived 2020-08-03 at the Wayback Machine is a famous golf knitwear and clothing company founded in 1891 in Lanark , Scotland. For the past 25 years it has been the Preferred Supplier of shirts and knitwear to the European Ryder Cup Team. Glenmuir's factory and factory shop are located 27-29 Delves Road, Lanark, Scotland ML11 9DX. Their factory shop is open from 10am to 4pm (Mon-Sat, closed on Sun).
7-474: In 1891, local businessman Andrew MacDougall established a hosiery factory in the small village of Kirkfieldbank near Lanark, in the Clyde Valley. MacDougall’s first work force initially consisted of five women, all called Mary. MacDougall was the inventor of a new power-driven machine that greatly simplified the design and manufacture of fancy golf hose. Before the turn of the century the company moved to
14-462: A new factory on Delves Road in Lanark, which remains its headquarters to this day, and soon the premises were extended to accommodate the growing business. From its beginnings as a hosiery and knitwear factory, the company’s Lanark site has developed over the years to provide a club, corporate, and event embroidery programme. The Ruia Group acquired Glenmuir in 2002. The Ruia Group, owners of Sock Shop
21-597: Is a family run textile business based in Lancashire. In November 2009, an agreement between Glenmuir and Sunderland of Scotland Archived 2023-12-05 at the Wayback Machine meant Glenmuir became the official European distributor of Sunderland of Scotland golf products. Glenmuir's long-standing association with the Ryder Cup began in 1987, when Tony Jacklin captained the first-ever European Team to lift
28-595: Is a small village and parish in Scotland , on the banks of the River Clyde . It is close to the town of Lanark and is part of the current South Lanarkshire local authority. The village of New Lanark is also close by, some ten minutes drive upstream. The fertile Clyde Valley lands surrounding Kirkfieldbank are noted for their fruit farms, many with greenhouses specialising in tomatoes . One of these, Linmill Farm, which in former times specialised in soft fruit,
35-647: The largest annual competition for registered PGA Professionals, won in 2011 by Craig Goodfellow. In 2010, Glenmuir also received a 25-year service recognition from Sandy Jones, Chief Executive of the PGA of GB&I. Glenmuir is also a Corporate Partner of the PGAs of Europe and in 2011 was the Preferred Supplier to both teams in the Vivendi Seve Trophy . Kirkfieldbank Kirkfieldbank
42-572: The trophy on ‘foreign soil’ at Muirfield Village, USA. Since that 15-13 victory the partnership between Glenmuir and the European Ryder Cup committee has been one of the longest-running in the world of high-profile professional sport, with Glenmuir the Preferred Supplier of shirts and knitwear from 1987 to 2014. Glenmuir is the longest-running sponsor of the Glenmuir PGA Professional Championship,
49-466: Was the birthplace of the dramatist and writer Robert McLellan (1907-1985). His Linmill Stories , a cycle of short stories written in homage to the summers he spent there as a child, strongly evokes the places and people in and around Kirkfieldbank in the period immediately before the First World War , as well as skilfully employing the rich, evocative Lanarkshire Scots spoken in the area at
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