Royal Dornoch Helps Nature Hold Back The Tide

Royal Dornoch Helps Nature Hold Back The Tide

A world-renowned golf club is supporting a pioneering project that will help prevent part of its course succumbing to coastal erosion by rebuilding natural defences. A number of gaps in the saltmarsh habitat in the Dornoch Firth means part of Royal Dornoch’s Struie Course is vulnerable to flooding and even being lost to the power of the waves. However, a project starting next month will transplant hundreds of greenhouse-grown native saltmarsh plants to help restore the natural defences. Saltmarshes provide important habitat for a wide range of wildlife and protect coastal land from…Read more …
Rankings Don’t Stop Royal Dornoch Pitching For Improvements

Rankings Don’t Stop Royal Dornoch Pitching For Improvements

The final part of a series of major improvements to historic Royal Dornoch Golf Club’s Championship Course has got underway. Work is ongoing at the 7th hole and will continue in three phases over the next four winters, with the new hole opening for play during the 2021 season. The changes are part of Royal Dornoch’s long-term strategy to continually seek to improve the world-renowned course, which earlier this month was ranked 2nd best in the world in the latest Golf Digest list. The club’s own greenkeeping team is carrying out the work…Read more …