Winter Newsletter 2022 FINAL for WEB

The Foundation expanded its reach to support
hockey and football development. Further support
for golf saw support for amateurs making the
transition into a career on the Professional circuit.
Ritchie Ramsey, David Law and several others
benefited from financial support from the
Foundation as well as advice from Lawrie and
more recently Hannah McCook when she joined
the Ladies European Tour.
In 2018 the Foundation expanded to support golf
development in Highland as well as Grampian.
Service/support to Royal Dornoch.
In 2013, Paul helped launch the PhD for Wade
Cormack which was sponsored by the Club to
research golf and sporting activities in the
Highland area in the 1600 – 1800’s.
In 2016 Paul Lawrie played with Sandy Lyle along
with our juniors as we celebrated 400 Years of Golf
at Dornoch.
In February 2019 Paul gave freely of his time to
entertain us with a Q&A session in the clubhouse.
In 2020, Lawrie officially opened the new 7th hole
on the Championship Course which gave us
valuable video footage to use on social media as
well as material for golf publications.
Paul Lawrie loves coming to Dornoch and
promotes our golf course and Golf Club. He will
be a reliable ambassador for Royal Dornoch and I
ask for your support for the Council of
Management’s proposal. Council of Management
proposes Honorary Membership for Mr Paul
Lawrie MBE OBE.
Unanimously approved by a show of hands.
16. Life Membership
Lorne Rubenstein has been a golf journalist for
over 35 years. His writings have appeared in golf
magazines, newspapers and on websites around the
world. He has written or co-written 14 books,
working with such notable golfers as Tiger Woods,
Nick Price, and Moe Norman.
In 2018 his career was recognized and honoured
as the recipient of the USPGA Lifetime
Achievement Award in Journalism. The press
release for that award includes the following:
• Lorne Rubenstein is a four-time award-winner
for the Golf Writers Association of America;
• He won the 1985 Canada National Magazine
Award;.
• He was inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall
of Fame in 2006 and the Canadian Golf Hall
of Fame in 2007
• Lorne received the PGA of Canada’s
Distinguished Service Award (2013)
He has been a tireless supporter of the Royal
Dornoch since becoming a member. His book, A
Season in Dornoch, did as much to promote and
raise the visibility of our golf course and golf club
as Herbert Warren Wind’s writings did over 50
years ago.
A Season in Dornoch was the catalyst that brought
so many golfers to Dornoch and from this our
World Rankings improved as more overseas
visitors spread the word about our unique
traditional links Championship Course.
Council of Management proposes Life
Membership for Mr Lorne Rubenstein
Unanimously approved by a show of hands.
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