A few pics from Scotland...

[Michael Christensen]

What doesn't seem right about this picture?  Was taken from upstairs at Greywalls (was a little nervous about taking pics on course the Tuesday we played):



The swale in front of #5:


My new scottish friend in that swale....believe his next shot was closer to red flag than white (or was that James, Martin?)



Pin for #1 Reverse:






Hopefully will post a few more from Old/New/N Berwick!

[Garland Bayley]

Oh look! A golf cart in Scotland. Must be used to transport the dog, since dogs don't have free run of the place.

[ed_getka]

keep 'em coming Michael. Especially North Berwick, the soul of golf.

[Ron Farris]

Garland, They may have used the cart to get the starter-dog to the tee complex.

[Bryan Izatt]

Garland,

Notice one bag on ground, one bag in the buggy.  My guess is that one player had a medical exemption.  Scottish courses have a few buggies for such occurences.

Michael,

In the picture of the pin #1 reverse, tell me the two monuments in the foreground are not the tee blocks for #2.  Looks like it would be an awkward stance for the drive.

[Craig Sweet]

One golfer might have had a medical condition? Was that a "guide dog"?  

[jeffwarne]

See,they took the sign down and the whole place went to sh&#$

Perhaps it could be replaced with "no dogs or carts"

[Ken Moum]

Garland,

Notice one bag on ground, one bag in the buggy.  My guess is that one player had a medical exemption.  Scottish courses have a few buggies for such occurences.

When we were in Scotland last summer, both Brora and Boat of Garten had buggies for hire with no requirement for disability. My wife and our friend Sue did ride at both courses as my wife was 8 month from a total kneee replacement, and Sue would not have been able to play 11 times in 12 days without a break

At Boat we ran into the Secretary of Royal Dornoch, and he said they could have provided my wife with a ride if she had needed one when we played there two days earlier.

I believe The Old will provide a buggy for people with disabilities, but the also have to hire a driver--to prevent someone driving into a revetted bunker, I suppose.

Ken

[Bill_McBride]

In the picture of the pin #1 reverse, tell me the two monuments in the foreground are not the tee blocks for #2.  Looks like it would be an awkward stance for the drive.

I'm not sure what those two stones were there for, but the tee for Reverse #2 was actually the back tee for #18 normal routing, so it was off to the right of the Road Bunker.

The Links Trust did a very good job of moving the tee boxes, etc around to set up for the Reverse Old Course; there was no feeling that this was jury-rigged in any way.

There actually was one tee that was just a mowed rectangle of flattish fairway.  This was for the Reverse #12, just after the Reverse #11 which played from the normal 9th tee to normal 7th green, a bit blind over gorse.  Reverse #12 then played from in front of the Shell Bunker and the green was, I believe, #6 normal or #12 Reverse, beyond a bunch of gorse.  The tee shot played down the area of the drive on #7 normal routing, so that nest of bunkers was definitely in play.  

[Garland Bayley]

One golfer might have had a medical condition? Was that a "guide dog"?  

Yes, the golfer with the medical condition had a guide dog to help him drive the cart.
 

[Tiger_Bernhardt]

Your room at Greywalls is one down from the one I request. I like taking a morning constitutional looking at the 10th tee and hole at Muirfield.

[Michael Christensen]

I had plenty of time to kill on that Sunday after landing.....I relaxed for 3-4 hours out on the putting green watching the Muirfield groups go up #10......I saw at least 8 carts being used....so, they seem to be used quite frequently (used by the older members)