Golf Love of Castle Stuart

smilence · Post by **smilence** » Sat May 28, 2011 4:18 am

Picky Tour pros rarely enjoy playing a new venue for the first time. But that sentiment may very well change next month in conjunction with the Barclays

Scottish Open, to get played at Castle Stuart near Inverness, three hours north of Glasgow and Edinburgh. There's a lot more than enough to love, if not

love, with this two-year-old links, including an especially enjoyable routing created by Mark Parsinen (of Kingsbarns fame) and Gil Hanse. The opening three

holes on both sides sit at the property's lowest point, sandwiched from a gorse-filled

hillside additionally, the water, even though the remaining holes climb up, down and around multiple plateaus. Drivable par 4s, like the third, 14th and 16th

offer eagle chances, and quite a few fairways are often wider than the wingspan of the planes flying directly overhead to nearby Inverness Airport.

Still, you have to choose your angles wisely in to the smallish greens, which are encompassed by miniature mounding that can easily devour strokes. The

course namesake has become a B&B but dates back to 1625, its distinctive turret and Scottish flag

visible with the distance behind the par-3 4th. A clubhouse that appears more South Beach than Scottish Highlands stands out amid the fescue, along with

other quality venues like Nairn (five minutes to the east) and Royal Dornoch (45 miles north) within easy driving distance, what's not to love? Even the pros

should find that to be the situation you will come to Castle Stuart.

rad resistance · Post by **rad resistance** » Sat May 28, 2011 4:28 am

Its a goddamn mongel invasion.

Yonmanc · Post by **Yonmanc** » Sat May 28, 2011 5:34 am

DAC - A post nuclear golfing community

Tofu Man · Post by **Tofu Man** » Sat May 28, 2011 5:57 am

DaC's new fp.

All it needs is the logo and a couple of local's faces shopped on and it's good as gold. Manc can be Donald Sutherland, now do we have a dacker with a moustache?

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Sat May 28, 2011 6:27 am

Yonmanc wrote:DAC - A post nuclear golfing community

That should be in the caption database.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Sat May 28, 2011 2:26 pm

maybe if theres a sandwich weapon well get some androids talken about sandwich recipies

which reminds me; im hungry!

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I need to eat some food! : D

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probably just some olives

Post by **Retlaw83** » Sat May 28, 2011 7:58 pm

This is what happens when I don't delete the spambots first thing in the morning before work.

rad resistance · Post by **rad resistance** » Sat May 28, 2011 8:26 pm

Tofu Man wrote:DaC's new fp.

All it needs is the logo and a couple of local's faces shopped on and it's good as gold. Manc can be Donald Sutherland, now do we have a dacker with a moustache?

Well I had a stache but shaved it off last week.