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Iain Macleod, head greenkeeper at Tain Golf Club, reckons that education is key to the development of the industry and is


Leading by


As befits a Scotsman, Iain Macleod wears his colours on his sleeve. A Greenkeeper for more than 30 years he is as enthusiastic and as passionate about his profession as anyone I have met in the industry. For 27 of those years he has been the Head Greenkeeper at the picturesque Tain Golf Club alongside the Dornoch Firth, a place where the North Sea winds can whip up quite a gale. Tain is a traditional links course, designed by Old Tom Morris, which has been developed during


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Iain’s tenure from a standard scratch par 70 to a 71, with a longer-term aim of getting to 72. “We have extended every tee on the course, revetted all the bunkers and added one new hole (the ninth) in the mid nineties. As far as we are concerned the main development work on the course is now complete,” said Iain.


In 1998 the clubhouse was rebuilt and


refurbished, and the club is now benefiting with an increase in member and visitor numbers. “The course and club facilities have a good reputation,” added Iain. “Membership-wise we are around the 560 mark, including juniors and country members, and visitor numbers are increasing each year. We benefit from being close to


“I try to get all my staff on courses so I thought I better do some myself!”


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