Back Nine Boost For Stoke Park’s Historic Course

Back Nine Boost For Stoke Park’s Historic Course

Following a widely acclaimed renovation of its first nine holes last winter, Stoke Park Country Club, Spa & Hotel, in Bucks, is to follow suit on holes 10 to 18 from November. In keeping with the work undertaken on the Colt course last winter, the scheduled refurbishment of the Alison course, comprising holes 10 to 18, will see every bunker fully renovated, with the addition of new tees and an extensive reworking of the water features on holes 12 and 17, plus some cosmetic tweaks to the water hazard on 16. The Alison…Read more …
Castle Stuart Tees Up Leading Edge Series Talks

Castle Stuart Tees Up Leading Edge Series Talks

The challenges presented by the Scottish weather to golf course managers – highlighted at this year’s Scottish Open – will be discussed by an international audience at Castle Stuart next week. The acclaimed links course near Inverness staged the Aberdeen Asset Management-sponsored European Tour event in July for the fourth time in six years. The opening day of the tournament was hit by gusts of 43mph which led to balls oscillating on the greens. The course management team had to avoid cutting to stop the balls moving on the putting surfaces during the…Read more …