Dornoch Newsletter 21 LR

President’s Report
I think I can say, without fear of contradiction, that
2020 has been a strange year. It had started
promisingly with a diary even fuller than usual…
holidays, a wedding, a golden wedding celebration
(not mine, that’s not till 2021!) and numerous
golfing events and refereeing assignments. However
more or less all were cancelled or postponed because
of the Covid restrictions.
Although this has been very disappointing, we have
at least been fortunate here in the Highlands that
the restrictions imposed have not been as severe as
in other parts of Scotland and the UK. We are able
to play golf and both our courses are in splendid
condition having been maintained to a very high
standard by our green keeping staff. They are to be
congratulated on their efforts which have been
rewarded by the Championship Course having been
named as Scotland’s Best Golf Course 2020 by the
World Golf Awards.
In the early days of lockdown we had the rather
unusual experience of being able to walk round the
courses when they were closed and to enjoy the
peaceful atmosphere at that time. I am ever hopeful
that perhaps by the time you are reading this we will
be over the worst and heading towards something
resembling normality. However I suppose it’s better
to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a
pessimist who is always right.
Sadly we had to cancel quite a number of our events
including the Carnegie Shield and postpone our
AGM. Scottish Golf also cancelled the Men’s Home
Internationals which had been due to be held here
in Dornoch. This was particularly disappointing on
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