\n A new six-hole Park Golf course is being created in Dunfermline. (Image: Fife Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n An update confirmed work was underway and explained: “Park Golf is a form of golf that makes it inclusive and accessible for those of all abilities and ages without taking away all the fun competition from the normal game.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The plans for the six-hole course show each hole featuring astroturf greens and tee areas, grass fairways and concrete platform tee boxes.\n<\/p>\n
\n It’s being created in the south east corner of the campus – an area that was initially set aside for a community growing plot but will now become a sports facility.\n<\/p>\n
\n This is what the new Park Golf course in Dunfermline will look like. (Image: Fife Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n The areas surrounding the holes will be planted with wild flowers, shrubs and a mix of trees with timber knee rails to separate parts of the course.\n<\/p>\n
\n The council previously said that material from the old schools, which were demolished last year, would be used in the construction of the facility.\n<\/p>\n
\n The site is around 3,000 square metres in size.\n<\/p>\n
\n The council said more information, regarding opening dates, the operation of the site and opening dates, will follow as the course takes shape.\n<\/p>\n
\n Driving ambition. Teeing off at Park Golf. (Image: Fife Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n Park Golf originated in Japan in 1983 and is a simple and safe version of the game that requires only a mallet-style club and a hard, hockey-sized ball.\n<\/p>\n
\n Played on shorter courses in parks and gardens, it’s inexpensive and easy to learn, making it suitable for all ages and skill levels.\n<\/p>\n
\n When the plans were approved last June, Scott Fenton, team manager for community use in West Fife, told the Press: “It will be free to use for the schools and community groups.\n<\/p>\n
\n The new Park Golf course is being created at the southern end of the Dunfermline Learning Campus (Image: Fife Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is also hoped to encourage families to come along and play for a small fee.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The potential for this facility to enhance the already strong links the campus has with the community is huge.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It’s a great development for the campus and wider community.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Drainage will be installed and the course will be secured by fencing, with gated access to the north and south.\n<\/p>\n
\n Un-Leished. Provost of Fife Jim Leishman opened the Park Golf course at Craigtoun Park. (Image: Fife Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n There’ll be no need to enter school grounds.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dunnikier Park Community Golf, in collaboration with Fife Golf Trust, introduced Park Golf (or Park Gowf as they’ve called it) to Scotland with the establishment of a six-hole course in Kirkcaldy in 2022.\n<\/p>\n
\n Further courses have opened at Capshard Primary School in Kirkcaldy and at Craigtoun Park in St Andrews, there are also plans to create one at Lochore Meadows Country Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Work has started on an unused part of land next to St Columba’s and Woodmill high schools. Fife…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-582598","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\/582598","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=582598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}