Pitchcare
milestone bicentenary project
We’re trying to mould the course into something that is playable for both members and visitors
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by local dealer The Double A Trading Company of Cupar, Fife.
One of Scotland’s oldest golf clubs has undertaken an unprecedented project to return its famous layout to the original specifications in time for its 200th anniversary. Scotscraig Golf Club, which was founded in 1817, is the world’s 13th oldest golf club and boasts an 18-hole championship course originally laid out by James Braid
“The amount of work carried out in the last 15 Anderson, Scotscraig’s vice captain. “The conclusion of the current programme will be later this year when all the remaining fairway bunkers will be returned to their original dimensions. We’re
redesign, rebuild and expansion of the fourth green and its associated sand trap which are both now open for play. Stage two will see 26 fairway and as much to do with reviving James Braid’s ingenious course and one of Scotland’s true hidden gems. “Although the work is extensive, we are also mindful of the club’s history and what the course looked like in years gone by,” said Anderson. “At development to maintain the challenge of the layout. Scotscraig is a championship course with an changes are designed to celebrate the past and prepare the club for what lies ahead.” is Chris Barnard; Scotscraig’s talented course manager who took up the post in March 2015 Barnard acknowledged his homecoming had a lot
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layout and the opportunity to reawaken one of Scotland’s most cherished courses.
to move Scotscraig forward, so this year we’ve bunkers in advance of the bicentenary year, and then we’ll move on to the fairway bunkers. These are big changes and the members are desperate to get on and play them.”
the green. With more fescue grasses also being at Scotscraig are being introduced from the ground the course into something that is playable for both test for tournaments and low handicappers.”
made at Scotscraig. The club has also completed a with new John Deere kit, supplied and supported
years has resulted in two new fairway mowers, two compact tractor with loader, an aerator and a Gator Deere now,” noted Barnard, “and we’re much more mowers, for example, we can do all the fairways in less than a day, whereas before it would take us a towards a single machinery supplier. “John Deere and our dealer Double A Trading are proud to support the redevelopment of Scotscraig’s historic course, and the work being done by Chris Barnard and his team,” said John Deere’s turf division sales manager Chris Meacock. mowers of today, two examples of which have been partnership with the club and to being part of this Scotscraig Golf Club is currently in the design will include further considered changes to the the club is preparing for a year of bicentennial
Course Manager, Chris Barnard
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