Castle Stuart feat. Gil Hanse: Story of a Golf Club
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- In the early 2000s the American visionary, Mark Parsinen, began planning the design of a golf course on the Moray Firth. Parsinen had been closely involved with the creation of Kingsbarns near St Andrews, which opened to critical acclaim in July 2000. To create this Highlands masterpiece, he enlisted the support of the American architect, Gil Hanse.
From the moment you step onto the first tee box, you’re greeted with stunning views across the Moray Firth, looking out toward some of the most important and historic monuments in the area, such as the Chanonry Lighthouse on the Black Isle peninsula. Although Mark and Gil Hanse were given an undeniably beautiful canvas, their meticulous attention to detail certainly maximised this landscape - the routing is superb, as are the bunkering and sandy waste areas which frame many of the green complexes.
A defining feature of Mark’s vision for Castle Stuart was for all levels of golfer to remain “hopeful and engaged,” as he described it. Visually, the course may seem intimidating, but there is actually plenty of room off the tee. The primary defence of the course, as with any links, is the weather, but the undulating green complexes also demand that better players approach from the correct angles if they wish to score well…
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My local course! I'm a member along the Firth at Nairn Dunbar but I've been fortunate enough to play Castle Stuart on a number of occasions, and I had the great pleasure being introduced to Mark in the clubhouse after a round. What a lovely man, and what a course!
Great. I love the combination of watching you guys play and the aerial shots. More vlogs please 👍
Thanks - glad the format is good. We launch our Tour film next week - hopefully you like that format as well 😎🔥
‘Hopeful and engaged’ what a great phrase...great work, again guys!
Might just be our favourite phrase yet! Definitely a name for a future tour series lol 😂
Fantastic video lads shot in an unbelievable setting on a Links course that's looks as though it's been there 200years.
Thank you Peter - yeah and hearing Gil talk about bringing it to life with Mark Parsinen was epic for us having played it. Glad you enjoyed 👍
The intro might have been your best yet! Well done as always boys. Beautiful video
Thank you Carson - yeah we were very lucky getting Gil on to help tell the story 🔥🔥🔥
Beautiful club twirl at the end 😁
Haha - who doesn’t love a twirl 💃
My most favorite golf course in the world
It’s awesome isn’t it 🤜👍
Great video guys, love the drone work
Thank you Matt 👍
Good work! Amazing golf course.
Thanks - it’s a special one isn’t it!? Glad you enjoyed
Wow! Great work!
Thanks Rasmus - glad you enjoyed it 👍
One of my personal top ten.
Great modern design
What a legend Gil was
Hero 👍
Very good vlog.
Thanks 🙏 it’s a serious good place 🔥🔥🔥
Great work again tom 👊
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What editing software do you guys use?
Final Cut Pro
I played there in June 2019, about a week after Mark died. It is now called Cabot Highlands.
Yes - very sad about Mark. Great legacy he left
The one characteristic of Castle Stuart that makes it unique in GB&I running-golf courses is its pure red fescue agronomy. Never even mentioned! why not?
🤷♂️ Didn’t know about it to be honest... we need to up our agronomy game clearly
Looks like a good track but kinda tired of all these new courses being built that are $400 to play.
2:32 I like that😍💋 💝💖❤️