Scotland's Durness Golf Club Needs Help Surviving The Pandemic
/I’m sad to say I have not found time when in the Highlands to get to Durness but the repeated posts on social media have me hoping I someday get the chance to see one of Scotland’s newer gems.
Unfortunately, as Craig Berktram reports for National Club Golfer, a 9-holer that gets half its necessary revenue to survive from guest play needs help. They are offering some nice membership options to get needed funds if you message them on Twitter.
From Bertram’s story:
Head greenkeeper Alistair Morrison said the club had been contacted by people who had played the course and wanted to help and others who had never set foot on the links but wanted to make sure they’d still have the chance.
“I put the post on twitter and within a couple of minutes someone messaged me from India,” he explained. “He had played last April and fell in love with the place and wanted to come and visit again. You wouldn’t imagine it would get around the world so quickly.
“Some (of those who responded) had been here and some hadn’t. Some of their friends had been and they had seen the photos. Anything would be a huge help at the moment.”
Full membership, which offers unlimited golf when the course is open and reciprocals at the likes of Tain, Brora and Golspie, is £185 for 12 months starting from May 1.
Ru Macdonald’s Vlog on the course from two years ago.
And more pics…
