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Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society in Edinburgh has teed-up an ambitious £1m investment.
The capital club, one of the oldest in the world dating back to 1761,
has commissioned highly acclaimed golf course architects Mackenzie
& Ebert to roll-out a series of improvements.
The course already bears the stamp of legends Willie Park Jnr, Dr
Alister Mackenzie of Augusta National fame, and James Braid and, in
Mackenzie & Ebert, has brought onboard architects who have modified
seven of the nine courses currently on the Open rota.
Mackenzie & Ebert won the Bruntsfield Links
commission after a tendering process involving several other UK-based
golf course architects, with the near £1m development set to be a phased
investment over the next two to three years.
Re-bunkering will provide the main focus of the Bruntsfield scheme,
with the aim of re-styling the bunkers to be in keeping with the
original Dr Mackenzie shapes, while harnessing modern lining technology
and repositioning them to reflect the distances club golfers are now
striking the ball.
Additionally, the course will be restored to a par-71 by extending
the current par-4 13th to create a par-5 and introducing a new signature
par-3 16th to replace the current par-3 12th.
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Club captain David Paterson said: “Bruntsfield Links has always been
one of Edinburgh’s premier courses but more than 40 years have passed
since the last major course work by Fred Hawtree in 1974.
“We are delighted to appoint Mackenzie & Ebert to lead this
project to ensure our members and visitors will enjoy our course for the
next four decades and beyond.”
Architect Tom Mackenzie added: “It’s a great privilege to be
appointed to advise Bruntsfield on this project and we are confident
that the work will elevate Bruntsfield to be one of the top parkland
courses in Scotland.”
Initial course work will commence later in 2017. The new signature
par-3 16th is to be built on an area of practice ground and new green
surfaces, tees and improved bunkering will be phased in, with completion
set for April 2019.
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