Anything out of the ordinary at your home course?

[fundy]

I guess the strangest at our course is a recent change. One of the senior members dying wish was to have a tree he donated planted in the middle of the first fairway about 150 yds from the green.

Not only did the club follow his wish, they thought it looked lonely so planted 5 or 6 others in a small copse, so we now have a weird split fairway

 

[thecraw]

Nothing a chainsaw wouldn't fix fundy. Under the cover of darkness there is nothing to stop you!

 

[Albanach]

Elie also has a periscope on the first tee so the starter can see when the fairway is clear.

I should have said Golf House Club Elie - can't be many "Golf House Clubs" around?

 

[funkyfred]

Apparently, about 15 years ago at our course, long before I was a member, a guy actually went out onto the course one night with the intention of chopping down a tree that is about 70 yards from one of our tees.
He made a fair go of it but finally gave up. The club found out who it was and the guy was thrown out of the club. A big metal plate was put over where the guy had hack away in an effort to save the tree.
I can report that this plate worked and the tree still stands in the way of the very very slightly pulled drive.

 

[HRC99]

Our rough is kept down by a herd of cows that graze on the Westwood.

 

[19thagain]

Fortrose and Rosemarkie golf course, in the most beautiful Black Isle, not very far from Inverness, has a headstone on the edge of the 17th fairway.

This was where a famous, for us, Seer was burnt to death on the orders of the local land owner Countess Seafield, for having the courage to tell her that her husband was misbehaving with young ladies, when away from home.

The raised area, on the golf course allowed the death to be witnessed by her from the other side of the water.

Where she stood, back then, will be around the same area many people will stand on when watching the Scottish Open so if there, at the Open or watching on TV ... when the lighthouse across the water is in view with the dolphins offering a distraction from the golf, this high point on the course, with it's sad history, will be in view.

 

[RobCowan]

Just the usual assortment of wildlife at Nairn Dunbar, but along the road at Lossiemouth the course is right under the flight path for the Tornados at the RAF base. And I believe that one of the greens was put out of action years ago by a SAR helecopter having a bit of a failure and landing on it. Was apparently a week or two before it could be moved successfully which would have p£$%ed off a few members...

 

[pokerjoke]

Yes the greens are in relatively good condition