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There is an Old Tom Morris golf course on the South Uist machair

There is an Old Tom Morris golf course on the South Uist machair
Photo Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0

Askernish on South Uist has a golf course laid out by Old Tom Morris of St Andrews in 1891. It was lost under the grass for most of a century and brought back into play in the 2000s, greens where he left them.

Askernish, on the west coast of South Uist north of Daliburgh, has a links course designed by Old Tom Morris, the St Andrews greenkeeper and four-times Open champion who laid out courses across Scotland in the nineteenth century. The original course fell out of use and was largely forgotten under the grazing. It was rediscovered and restored in the 2000s, and the club now plays it much as Morris routed it, with the beach in view from most of the holes.

Sources / notes: Wikipedia: Askernish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askernish Askernish Golf Club https://www.askernishgolfclub.com/