Hidden Gem: Cullen

[Marty Bonnar]

The 'Cullen Skinks' (Nancy's ladies golf buddies) had their annual piss-up and golf outing at Cullen a couple of weeks ago.
Since it got a few mentions on the HG thread, here it is for the uninitiated (myself included!)
On the friday night she phoned home. First thing she says: "You'd love it. Loads of quirk". The brainwashing is almost complete....


































Some truly wonderful geology. I blame the 'wonky' horizons on an over-exposure to inkyhol.....

FBD.

[Tony_Muldoon]

Thanks Martin.  Why is it that despite unlimited budgets, CAD and modern buldozers, no one builds rocks on top of dune's these days?   Magic

[SPDB]

Martin -
This is terrific! What is the line of play in relation to that dune-top boulder?!

Hope you're well, my friend.

Sean

[Marty Bonnar]

Tony,
in Scottish golf course architecture, we have so much to thank the ice age and the glaciers for that perhaps we should revere them as much as we do Braid, MacK and OTM!?

Sean,
isn't it wild? As far as I can gather, one plays to that green in the foreground between the sea stack and the raised beach. Let's visit the next time you are here!

Quick geological lesson for all:
Since the last ice age - between 20,000 and 10,000 years ago, Scotland has been rising. The enormous weight of the ice, which was over a mile deep, pressed the land down and it is now springing back. The 'raised beaches' are one result. That 'boulder' atop the dune once had the sea lapping about it's base. That's how much the land has risen. Unfort., global warming is probably about to reverse the trend!

FBD.

[SPDB]

Martin:
I would like that, and let's hope it's sooner rather than later!

What on earth is a sea stack?

Where is Cullen?

[Pete_Pittock]

I made a point of driving past Cullen on the way from Cruden Bay to Dornoch a few years ago. Alas, some back problems kept me from playing here.

[Marty Bonnar]

Four and a half thousand yards, Par 63. This must surely be the epitome of GCA 'must-play'!?!

Sean,
Sea stack: Pretty much a lump of hard rock which has been left after surrounding erosion.

Cullen located on Moray Firth:

http://www.cullengolfclub.co.uk/index.htm

Certainly worth a visit by architecturally-interested young tyros...

Peter,
perchance next time...

FBD.

[Norbert P]

 The course is a lot of fun although I was a bit terrified of hitting someone with a golf ball as the course has many crossing shots.  I felt like I was in a giant pinball machine when playing through the sea stacks.  The dropshot on 7 is unmatched in my memory banks. I went there because Robert Price wrote quite a bit about it in his book "Scotland's Golf Courses", and it did not disappoint.  The skink afterwards was excellent also.  

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