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Category: North Coast / Northeast

Off day – Stonehaven & Beyond

No golf today – probably a good thing as we head into the final stretch.  A short drive from Stonehaven is Dunnottar Castle, a ruined medieval fortress located on a…

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Cruden Bay

We spent the evening in the Kilmarnock Arms hotel in Cruden. Very interesting place where Gram Stoker holidayed and was inspired to create his classic novel ‘Dracula’ after viewing the…

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Bunker Play – Proper Form

In preparation for our trip, each of the group researched techniques for playing on links-style courses – how to handle the wind, gorse, and the fearsome pot bunkers which are…

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Old Moray

First day of golf! Play today was at the Moray Golf Club (ranked #30 world wide) on the ‘Old’ course in Lossiemouth, Morayshire, about a 20-minute drive from our hotel…

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Fàilte gu Alba! ✈️

Fàilte gu Alba!   –   “Welcome to Scotland”   And, a fine welcome it was (‘fàilte mhath’ in the local dialect). It was a long trip – Pittsburgh to…

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East Lothian
East Lothian All Done!
Holes
Holes 207
Lost, Bunkers (foursome)
Lost, Bunkers (foursome) 24 Lost, 158 Bunker
Walked
Walked 81,649 Yards; 46.4 Miles

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