Sean
Yes, this was the first "BUDA." I called it "Barona in Dornoch" to distinguish it from King's Putter #1 (which I attended and helped organise). As noted in my initial post, it was a "Not an Official GCA Event" in that the powers that were a bit snooty at the time about outsiders stealing their thunder. Come to think of, they still are, and all BUDA's except the one that Ran attended (IV @ Hoylake) were and are still unoffical (although if the Emperor does make it to Deal, maybe the Imprimatur will again be temporarily granted......
BinD (notice the similar consonant structure to Buda....) was attended by about 15 people and included particupation in two medal/stroke play rounds at Dornoch, many of which prizes were won by Budaites/BinDites. WE played Brora also and a great time was had by all--so great, in fact, that we decided to set slomething up at Painswick the next year, and the rest is history....
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