World’s fifth oldest golf course under threat from rising North Sea
Here is one of the most striking, first visual pieces of evidence of the plight of links golf courses in the age of anthropomorphic climate change.
The world’s fifth oldest golf course Montrose Golf Links (est. 1562) in Scotland (under an hour north of Dundee) was covered in sand over the weekend as the wind whipped up the nearby beach.
Golf Digest reported that the beach is now very close to the golf course, with the North Sea now 70 metres closer to the golf course than it was 30 years ago.
Saturday’s weather left a “thick carpet” of sand on the second fairway of Montrose Links, rendering it practically unplayable at the weekend.
The fairway is not expected to return to normal until an industrial blower is brought in to clear the sand later this week. #montroselinks pic.twitter.com/yyyEc2irYd— GOLF SOCIETY NEWS (@golfsocietynews) December 18, 2018