{"id":30845,"date":"2025-07-29T10:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/30845\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:23:06","slug":"historic-scottish-golf-club-to-open-new-course-and-clubhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/30845\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Scottish golf club to open new course and clubhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Royal Dornoch Golf<\/a> Club in Sutherland is consistently ranked among the world\u2019s finest golf courses, and is now forecasting a 30 per cent rise in advance bookings for the 2026 season compared to the same period last year.\n<\/p>\n

\n To meet this demand, the club has unveiled a master plan designed to reimagine its courses, enhance player facilities and amplify the region\u2019s golf tourism appeal.\n<\/p>\n

\n It said: \u201cAt the heart of the vision is a revamped Struie Course, a brand-new 18-hole championship layout on prime Scottish linksland, and two additional short courses \u2013 one of which will be ideal for the club\u2019s growing junior programme. A state-of-the-art practice facility, a Himalayas-style putting green and the potential for lodges are also in the pipeline.\n<\/p>\n

\n The expansion is expected to create full-time and seasonal jobs once the new courses and accommodation are fully operational.\n<\/p>\n

\n Its new energy-efficient clubhouse funded through a \u00a35 million package from Bank of Scotland\u2019s Clean Growth Finance Initiative is on track to open this December.\n<\/p>\n

\n Built to blend sustainability with tradition, the space will include solar panels, battery storage, underfloor heating and a dedicated archive room celebrating the club\u2019s history, which dates to 1616.\n<\/p>\n

\n Neil Hampton, general manager at Royal Dornoch, said: \u201cThere\u2019s something really special about Royal Dornoch, you can feel the history under your feet. But that doesn\u2019t mean standing still. This isn\u2019t just about building new courses, it\u2019s about shaping what the next 50 years of golf in the Highlands can look like.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u00a0\u201cWith international visitors inspired by events like the Scottish Open, we\u2019re proud to offer a world-class links experience that reflects the scale and passion of the golf season. Supported by the Bank of Scotland and with our new clubhouse nearing completion, we\u2019re now perfectly positioned to meet that global interest with facilities to match. It\u2019s a special moment for the club, our members and the wider community.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Michael Thomson, relationship director at Bank of Scotland, said: \u201cRoyal Dornoch is a jewel in Scotland\u2019s sporting crown – rich in heritage, but never afraid to innovate. What Neil and the team are building isn\u2019t just ambitious, it\u2019s thoughtful and forward-looking.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019ve proudly supported the club for over 40 years, and I can\u2019t wait to see what this next chapter has to offer, from sustainability to new jobs and visitor experiences.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Cottage offering gated access to Royal Troon listed for sale<\/p>\n

\n This\u00a0Troon<\/a>\u00a0cottage just on the market for offers over \u00a3375,000 is definitely one for the golf fans<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\n Set on a private plot at the end of Crosbie Road and immediately adjacent to Royal Troon<\/a>, ‘The Cottage’ has an enviable position within one of the town’s\u00a0most prestigious addresses.\n <\/p>\n

\n There is gated access directly out to the 17th and 18th holes of the Portland Course and there are\u00a0“views out across this beautiful links course from the lounge windows”.\n <\/p>\n

\n The agent said: “This unique location is also within walking distance of the popular seafront, countryside and woodland walks, the amenities of the town centre, and within close proximity of the A77\/M77<\/a>\u00a0road network.”\n <\/p>\n

\n Money HQ \ud83d\udcb7\n<\/p>\n

How you can beat unwittingly falling into 60 per cent tax trap<\/p>\n

\n This article<\/a> appears as part of the\u00a0Money HQ with Ben Stark<\/a>\u00a0newsletter.\n<\/p>\n

\n If you\u2019ve just joined the 4% of UK individuals with an income of \u00a3100,000 or more, congratulations.\n <\/p>\n

\n It\u2019s a personal achievement that likely took years of hard work, late nights and careful saving and budgeting. And the number of those earning \u00a3100,000 or more is growing \u2013 in the 2022\/23 tax year (the last year that data is available from HMRC) there were 1.35m people in the higher tax bracket \u2013 up 16% on the previous year.\n <\/p>\n

\n Since the national average UK salary is \u00a337,500, earning \u00a3100,000 should feel more than comfortable. Yet often, it doesn\u2019t. Partly, because the cost of living has soared \u2013 but that affects all of us. More importantly, while wages have been steadily rising, personal tax thresholds have remained frozen since April 2021. As a result, more people are tipping into a higher tax band, and finding themselves falling unwittingly into the 60% tax trap.\n <\/p>\n

\n Earning a six figure sum can feel like being caught between a rock and a hard place.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Royal Dornoch Golf Club in Sutherland is consistently ranked among the world\u2019s finest golf courses, and is now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-30845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}