Golf: Nairn,Scotland - Nairn and Nairnshire

Golf

Nairn is home to two top quality championship links golf courses - The Nairn Golf Club and Nairn Dunbar Golf Club. Both have hosted a number of national and international competitions. The clubs offer first-class facilities including a well equipped professional's shop, year-round catering and practice facilities. Both welcome visitors and stage a number of open competitions, including five-day Opens (men), one-day Opens (men's and ladies') and open mixed foursomes.

The Nairn Golf Club (est. 1887) has played host to the Scottish Ladies' and British Ladies' Championships, Scottish Men's Strokeplay Championship, the Vagliano, the Amateur Championship, the Walker Cup, the European Strokeplay Championship, the Jacques Eglise Trophy and is due to host the Curtis Cup in 2012. The club also offers the nine-hole Cameron Course which is also open to visitors.

For more information contact:- David Corstorphine, Secretary on             +44 (0) 1667 453208        or by e-mailing bookings@nairngolfclub.co.uk or visiting the web site at http://www.nairngolfclub.co.uk/

Nairn Dunbar Golf Club (est. 1899) has played host to the Scottish Ladies' Championship, the Northern Open, the Scottish Men's Strokeplay, Scottish Girls' (Close) Championship, the Scottish Boys' Strokeplay Championship and the Scottish Open Amateur Mixed Foursomes Championship. With three new holes completed in 1994, the course provides a challenging round.

For more information please contact:- Scott Falconer, Secretary on             +44 (0) 1667 452741        or by e-mailing secretary@nairndunbar.com or visiting the web site at http://www.nairndunbar.com/

Courses within an hour's drive of Nairn are listed by clicking here.

On the outskirts of Nairn is Cawdor Castle Golf Course (est. 1976). Lying within the grounds of Cawdor Castle , the nine-hole golf course offers a variety of challenges that will test the seasoned player and the beginner. A licensed restaurant and snack bar are available at the castle.

For more information please contact:-             +44 (0) 1667 404615        or by e-mailing cawdor.castle@btinternet.com or by visiting the web site http://www.cawdorcastle.com/

Nairn provides everything for the golfer and, with its full range of accommodation, is an ideal base for a golfing holiday. Within an hour's drive is a choice of a further 40 courses, including Royal Dornoch, Moray and Boat of Garten.

Further information on these courses is available at Golf Highland.

CONVENER WELCOMES CONSULTATION ON BYPASS

Highland Council Convener Cllr Sandy Park is urging the Nairn public to turn out in numbers for next week's public consulation in the Courthouse on Nairn's long awaited bypass.

SCHOOL ENROLEMENTS TAKING PLACE THIS WEEK

Parents and guardians of children are being informed by the Highland Council that it is time for enrolment into pre-school and primary school in the Highlands.

LUCY WILL BE THERE TO CAPTURE ALL THE CUP DRAMA

The countdown has started with a vengeance towards the June 8-10 staging of the 37th Curtis Cup encounter at the Nairn Golf Club - a biennial, eight-a-side three-day match between the best female amateur golfers in Great Britain and Ireland and their counterparts from the United States.