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GOLF What’s in the shed


Jacobsen Eclipse triples x 2 Jacobsen Eclipse 2 hand mowers x 6


Jacobsen Eclipse 2 hand mowers with rotating brushes x 3


Jacobsen Super LF 1880 fairway mowers x 6


John Deere 8800 terrain cut mower Eclipse rotary hand mowers x 2 Cushman Hauler PRO-X x 8 Air2G2 Toro ProCore 648 TruTurf rollers x 2 Jacobsen SprayTek XP Sprayer Vredo disc seeder Toro Sand Pro 5040 New Holland tractor Class tractor


of them had last January off as owed leave. We are closed from the middle of November and don’t open again till March and, although we are still busy, it gave us the opportunity to give the lads their time back in lieu - some of them had nearly 700 hours they had to get back.”


“I’m the only one left from the original construction team, but the lads had heard all about the fun we had and what was involved, so they were desperate to get their teeth into the new par 3 project. It was basically just flat fields, so we had to undertake the same process as when initially building the course - but on a smaller scale.”


“We had to strip the soil to see what we had underneath then, shape the subbase to one per cent so it was all falling for drainage. Next, we put in 20,000 tonnes of sand giving us 500-600mm blanket in each area. We hired a local firm to come in with heavy plant machinery to help us; I didn’t want to take 30-tonne dumpers in, due to there being a lot of movement, so we used 14-tonne dumpers instead. Robert and I were on the diggers spreading out and then we had our own team come in with the hand rakes, tracking in with the Sand Pros. Finally, we turfed it all and we hope to have it open soon … it was a hard process, but one we have all enjoyed.”


Background of the course


Scotland, the home of golf. History and diversity make Scottish golf courses famous throughout the world. As Turnberry is to Ayrshire and Gleneagles is to Perthshire, Castle Stuart has been conceived to be for the Highlands - a beacon reaching out to golfers throughout the world.


The centrepiece for this Scottish destination golf resort is Castle Stuart Golf Links, a championship links course overlooking the Moray Firth and well-known landmarks that are synonymous with Inverness and the Black Isle - Kessock Bridge and Chanonry Lighthouse perhaps the most notable.


Castle Stuart’s goal is to add to the rich fabric of golf in the Scottish Highlands - a fabric made rich by Royal Dornoch, Nairn, Brora, and many other fine Scottish golf clubs. The cornerstone links course enjoys a setting and topography that combine to make the golf experience visually memorable. The golf holes are 18 compositions that place the notable landmarks of the Moray Firth directly into the player’s perspective.


For the holes immediately abutting the sea, the Kessock Bridge, Chanonry Lighthouse,


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Fort George (home of the Black Watch) and Castle Stuart. Atop the ‘old sea cliff,’ these same Black Isle landmarks are often presented from towering heights that offer palpably different and perhaps even more spectacular visual aspects. It would be impossible not to enjoy these Highland landmarks when seen through greens with seemingly nothing beyond but a shimmering firth and the landmark itself.


Surrounding the golfer is a rugged and natural landscape comprising vast expanses of gorse, broom, heather and sea marram. This mosaic often tightly frames the vistas beyond and combines an immediacy of natural surrounds with a grand sense of distant vistas. Enjoying the visual experience on any given hole is a private pleasure, as other holes and conflicting inland views are out of sight. Castle Stuart’s presentation of its manicured playing surface within its rugged natural beauty harkens back to a simpler era of golf, the ‘transitional period’ 1890 to 1935. Wayward shots and thin wispy fescue and pockets of bare sand where balls are easily found and recoveries manageable.


The bunkering is characterised more by open sandy areas with pockets of light vegetation than by formally revetted (stacked sod or turf) manicured bunkers. And from some tees and greens, the 1930s style white ‘Art Deco’ clubhouse can be seen sitting prominently atop its viewing.


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