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Stay At Castle Stuart And Improve Your Golf

Posted on September 8, 2017
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A world-renowned golf course is pitching a new accommodation and coaching package to visitors to help them make the most of their stay in the Scottish Highlands. The deal includes staying in luxury on-site lodges at Castle Stuart Golf Links, which has hosted the European Tour’s Scottish Open four times since 2011, with introductory lessons in links golf by former tour pro Gillian Stewart. Gillian, a former Curtis Cup player and four-time winner on the Ladies European Tour, is now a respected coach based at Castle Stuart, near Inverness. Stuart McColm, Castle Stuart’s…Read more …

Castle Stuart Greenkeepers Are A Cut Above

Posted on July 25, 2017
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Two teenage employees at the internationally-renowned Castle Stuart Golf Links are not letting the grass grow under their feet after completing the first part of a greenkeeping qualification. Reece Haspell and Kerr Edgar, both 17 and apprentice greenkeepers at the Moray Firth links, are studying for an SVQ in greenkeeping and sports turf. The three-year distance learning course is hosted by SRUC Elmwood in Fife, part of Scotland’s Rural College. The course covers a range of topics, including golf course construction, turf grass identification and production, soils and root zones and golf course…Read more …