NEW SGU NORTH DISTRICT
SECRETARY A HIGH FLIER
FROM RAF KINLOSS

David Black’s successor as secretary of the North District of the Scottish Golf Union has been a high-flier for many years … literally.
Peter Abbott, pictured right, joined the Royal Air Force in 1966 when he was 15 and was posted to RAF Kinloss in 1973.
“I have travelled all over the world flying in Nimrods. Having your own aircraft, meant you could take your golf clubs with you and if there was no course nearby you just left your clubs on the aircraft," says Peter.
"I have played courses all over the world from Ascension Island (volcanic rock) and the Gulf, putting on browns not greens (oil poured on to the sand to make putting surfaces) to Sawgrass and the Blue Monster in Florida,” says Peter who lives with his wife Jen, also a keen golfer, in Nairn.
"I joined Nairn Golf Club in 1979 and enjoyed the course so much I bought a house in Nairn and have lived there every since."
Peter has served on its committee on and off for the past 25 years during whch time he has helped to run such competitions at the Walker Cup, the Vagliano Trophy and two Scottish men’s amateur championships.
Peter became a member of the Scottish Golf Union executive committee in 2005. He has also passed the SGU Rules of Golf exam.
“I look forward to the new challenge of becoming secretary of the SGU North District and hope to take Scottish golf further. I love the game of golf and am very keen to help all I can in the golfing world.”