Golf
Fife course in new drive to widen golf access
Elmwood Golf Course. Under-16s will be offered free membership at a popular Fife golf club under new plans to widen access to the sport. SRUC has announced that new adult and family season tickets at…
- SRUC
- 02/12/2024
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Prime 11 in ALBAS final
Eleven SRUC students and apprentices from a range of subjects and campuses have been selected as finalists in this year’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (the ALBAS).…
- SRUC
- 26/01/2024
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Nordic golf – with a snow handicap
Norway isn’t usually associated with golf, but that is where Golf Course Management student Nathan Carmichael has been based for the past 13 years.…
- SRUC
- 04/11/2021
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Get the par-fect swing at Elmwood golf coaching sessions
Professional Golf students at SRUC will swap learning for teaching when they lead coaching sessions for children and adults.…
- SRUC
- 07/10/2021
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Golfers enjoy fair days on the fairway
Golfers swung into action at Elmwood Golf Course in Fife after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted to allow players back on to the fairway.…
- SRUC
- 04/06/2020
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Back to earth
After visiting her sister on Jura last year, Greenkeeping student Laura Sayer-Hall fell in love with the Inner Hebridean island and quit her job to move there full-time.…
- SRUC
- 07/05/2020
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Putting Community First
The running of the Oatridge Golf Course at the Scotland’s Rural College at Ecclesmachan, near Uphall in West Lothian, has transferred to the Binny Golf Club.…
- SRUC
- 09/04/2020
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Going for green
A review of the Greenkeeping curriculum in the UK and Ireland is one of two SRUC-led projects being funded as part of a £650k initiative.…
- SRUC
- 10/01/2020
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Best greenkeeper par none
Former Elmwood Golf Management student Kyle McClung has been named as top student greenkeeper in Scotland.…
- SRUC
- 17/12/2019
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African Turf Academy celebrates its Fife roots
The African Turf Academy, which was developed in partnership with Scotland’s Rural College, has been celebrating its ten-fold growth at an international conference.…
- SRUC
- 25/11/2019
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Long distance learning
A New Zealand-based greenkeeper is taking distance learning to a whole new level after signing up to study Golf Course Management at Scotland’s Rural College – more than 11,300 miles away.…
- SRUC
- 30/09/2019
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Berry big ambitions
When Craig Berry left school, his love of golf led him to study for a National Certificate in Greenkeeping at Scotland’s Rural College.…
- SRUC
- 17/09/2019
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