DEESIDE TO RE-OPEN AS A 10-hole

 

COURSE BY BEGINNING OF APRIL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Frank Coutts, Deeside Golf Club's director of golf, is hopeful that the course will re-open for play at the end of this month or the beginning of April.

Flooding from the River Dee covered the Haughton course in a layer of silt which, although cleared in the main after a lot of hard work by the greenkeeping staff, has affected the course's drainage capabilities.

"The plan is to re-open as a 10-hole course with a view to bringing back into play three or four more holes after a month or two," said Frank.

" Hopefully, by the end of June, we should have the 18-hole course back in play."

HAZLEHEAD NUMBER ONE COURSE TO RE-OPEN NEXT MONTH

The Hazlehead municipal No 1 18-hole course, Aberdeen, closed this winter for drainage work, will re-open next month.