Ross golfers urged to help tee-up charity drive
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THE North Golf Alliance members are not having much luck with their fixtures after another postponement at Reay last Sunday. The frost-bound course was declared unplayable and fingers are being crossed the competition can go ahead on Sunday with the same starting times in force.
THE prestigious Royal Dornoch Golf Club are coming to the aid of the Burgh’s other major tourist attraction, Dornoch Cathedral, by giving the use of its world famous golf course to help raise funds for the re-development of the Cathedral’s West Church Hall.
Golf is first recorded to have been played in Dornoch in 1616, this momentous year being marked by the club in three years time. The Cathedral pre-dated the arrival of golf by four hundred years, and while the golf course has seen many upgradings and the Cathedral’s fabric remains intact, its associated church hall is in need of redevelopment.
To help raise funds towards the estimated £750,000 bill, the golf club are giving members and non-members alike the chance to play both the championship links, rated 15th in the world, and the charming relief Struie links for two days in September in a 36-hole competition.
On Sunday, September 8 an 18-hole stableford round will be played over the Struie and on completion of the round the Cathedral Minister, the Rev Susan Brown will hold a short service of thanks on the first tee before the golfers retire to the clubhouse for an evening dinner.
The next day the competitors will switch to the championship course where they will enjoy teas and coffees and home baking at the half-way house beside the 10th tee. Then a tournament prize giving at the end of play.
The entry fee for the two day event is £140 per player. Initial enquiries should be made to John McMurray, Rowan Avenue, Dornoch, IV25 3QW by January 31. Entry and accompanying fee to be confirmed by March 31.
More local sport in this week's Ross-shire Journal.
