Today we played our scheduled round at Royal Dornoch Golf Club. Golf has been played here since as far back as 1616, when the first account is found in the public record at Dornoch. The course is very picturesque and is known as one of the more difficult courses in Scotland due to the gorse, plateau greens, and pot bunkers. We were paired with another single golfer and his caddy. As it turned out, he was born and raised in Fayetteville and Hinton, but now lives in Wilminton, NC. His caddy was a former club champion at Royal Dornoch named Hamish Sutherland. Both were extremely pleasant and we enjoyed the round with them.
After a late lunch at the clubhouse, we headed over to Golspie to Dunrobin Castle. The castle sits on a hill overlooking the Dornoch Firth and was largely constructed in the 16th and 17th centuries, with extensive renovations in 1845. The Sutherland clan had a castle on the site since sometime in the 1200's. We arrived too late for the tour, but did walk around the grounds and the gardens, which are very impressive. We will leave tomorrow morning (Friday) for a 3 1/2 hour trip down to Cruden Bay and a round of golf at the Cruden Bay Golf Club.
2 comments:
So, did you feel like royalty? Being able to play at the Royal Dornoch Golf Club? The castle looks amazing, but of course I am most impressed by the grounds. Keep having fun! Love you.
This has got to be one of the most amazing things in your life so far. (Besides children of course) I am SO amazed by everything you guys are doing. This is just so incredibly cool. I don't get on here everyday but I sure am thinking of you guys everyday!! This is just so cool!
What a castle. I really enjoyed those when we were there. There's a lot of them. It just blew me away that they would decide to build something and knew it was going to take a hundred years.....
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