Outer Hebrides

Going there in the spring.
Anyone golfed there?

I played at Stornoway Golf Club on Lewis last year.

It's very nice, not at all what I expected. Didn't expect trees, and there quite a lot of trees. Green fee was about £20, well worth it. Nice people in the clubhouse too.

Played Harris.

A little tricky 9-holer, with a trust box.

Superb fun.

Quite fancy playing the re-discovered Tom Morris course at Askernish.
One of the places I am booked into has corporate membership of Harris so the clubs are definately going.
The Barra course sounds good as well. Going in May so I'd better take yellow balls as I have found that the daisies on island course fairways can be a problem

George1507 wrote:I played at Stornoway Golf Club on Lewis last year.

It's very nice, not at all what I expected. Didn't expect trees, and there quite a lot of trees. Green fee was about £20, well worth it. Nice people in the clubhouse too.

Well, I don't know about you Doon, but that sounds just the ticket!

Cheers OS

Going to play Ullapool on the way up, I walked over it about 5 years ago and told her that I would come back and play one day. Beautiful little 9 holer, right on the edge of Loch Broom.

George....I would not have expected trees either!

Lewis wasn't at all what I expected for some reason.

I thought it would be like Orkney and Shetland, rather barren.

Then I got there and it was green, with some wooded areas. It occurred to me later I shouldn't have been surprised -

Step we gaily on we go
Heel for heel and toe for toe
Myrtle green and bracken brown
Past the shielings through the town
On to Marie's wedding