Scottish Open Golfers Face New Challenges At Castle Stuart

Scottish Open Golfers Face New Challenges At Castle Stuart

The course management team at Castle Stuart Golf Links are going to great lengths – and sometimes depths – to put some changes in place for the 2016 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open this summer. Two new bunkers have been created at 320 yards on the 560-yard sixth hole to give professionals and caddies a new strategic challenge. Areas of rough have been bulked out and new fairway lines adopted on holes six, seven and 18 to further tighten the course. Castle Stuart, which has hosted three previous editions of the Aberdeen Asset…Read more …
Carnoustie Golf Links Wins Major National Environmental Award

Carnoustie Golf Links Wins Major National Environmental Award

Carnoustie Golf Links, a regular host to The Open championship, has been awarded a major national accolade for its work in protecting native bumblebees. Representatives of the club attended the annual Golf Environmental Awards held by the Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI) in Harrogate, where they received the prestigious Operation Pollinator Award. The award was given in recognition of the work undertaken by Championship Course Head Greenkeeper, Craig Boath and his dedicated team who have developed habitats around the course that are suitable for bees and other pollinating insects. The team was applauded for…Read more …