This haar halts play malarkey has become an irksome bedfellow for Stonehaven Golf Club in recent weeks. Once again on Saturday morning golfers could barely see their own shoeleaces never mind the first fairway until the haar gradually dissipated to allow later arrivals a game. The planned Greensomes competition had to be shelved and an individual stroke […]
The concept of haar may be something the residents of southern Britain are oblivious to, but members of Stonehaven Golf Club are only too well aware of this pesky freak of nature. Last Saturday the all too familiar carpet of doom once again shuffled its way in from the North Sea to envelop the course, […]
Kevin Ridell is the 2021 Stonehaven Golf Club champion following a hard fought battle with the Irvine duo, Craig and Neil, each of whom have won the championship multiple times in their own right. It was a closely contested affair, Kevin holing a nerve jangler on the final green to prevail by a single stroke. […]
It’s been another tumultuous week at Stonehaven Golf Club, the men’s and ladies championships taking centre stage in a climate better suited to the Caribbean. We’ve had some terrific weather of late and there’s no better sight than the coastline view from the 14th tee on a sunny day, even if you have ripped your […]
(Photo depicts Simon Mitchell teeing off at the 17th on his way to securing 96th position) Once again the Cost Del Cowie offered golfers scorching temperatures in which to compete this weekend. 138 players dabbed on the sun cream and loaded up on liquids ahead of three hours pleasurable golf. Recent conditions have seen a […]
SOME 128 competitors enjoyed beautiful conditions at this weekend’s Innes Medal, the sun streaming and breeze barely murmuring. We’re fortunate to be members at Stoney, the views are perpetually magnificent but particularly on scorching blue skied days like this. While the conditions were benign, you still need to get your bat on ball if you’re […]
It’s been a tumultuous seven days at Stonehaven Golf Club. The Pennant team took a major scalp in beating Royal Aberdeen, Erin Herd won the Girls Nett Championship at The Scottish Junior Masters, Callum Steel bravely secured the Handicap Trophy and the Texas Scramble Open resulted in success despite haar setting like jilly over the […]
One of the delights of playing golf at Stonehaven GC is the variety of conditions you can be faced with in the matter of a few short days. Last weekend we were basking in sunshine, not a breath of wind to trouble us, yet this weekend we found ourselves wearing four layers of clothing to […]
Saturday’s Stableford produced some scintillating scoring with Stonehaven’s golfers taking full advantage of benign conditions. 73 of the 148 entrants bettered their handicaps with the winner, Charles Gordon, notching no less than six birdies in his winning total of 46 points, a remarkable feat. Club captain Ian Wood managed two birdies and a cheeky eagle […]
Us golfers are hardy souls, devoting ourselves to a sport that brings all weathers here on the north eastern coast of Scotland. We exited the winter season then with a sigh of relief given the Baltic conditions we’d faced and looked forward with relish to the season proper in a better climate. However, Saturday’s competition […]