The Harthill Trophy is a golf trophy contested annually in an event officially called the Harthill Trophy Matches by teams from the East Coast and the West Coast of Scotland. The Harthill Trophy was born in 1998, with the East Coast competing against the West Coast in Elgin, Scotland. Currently, the Harthill Trophy Matches are jointly administered by the respective team captains. For the West, this is Stu Hendry and for the East, this is Watty. However, since 2016, it has beome clear that most of the administration is delegated to Mr Chris Gotts.

   

The competition has now taken place nineteen times. An amazing PDF supplied by Watty can be found here

The Harthill Trophy Name

The name comes from the Harthill Service Station which lies equidistant between Glasgow and Edinburgh on the M8. Harthill is a town split between West Lothian and North Lanarkshire in central Scotland.