The Pines Golf Centre

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The 2nd Green at the Pines

Club Information
Pines Golf Centre

Location:	Dumfries
Established:	1995
Type:	Parkland Public Course
Total holes:	18
Website:	www.pinesgolf.com
Designed by:	Duncan Gray
Par:	68
Course Record:	61

The Pines Golf Centre is a pay-as-you-play golf course and driving range in Dumfries which also has a large local membership. It is an 18-hole, par-68 parkland course ^[1].

1 History
2 The club
3 Club champions
4 Club captains
5 Club achievements
6 The course
7 Golf tuition
8 External links
9 References

[edit] History

It first began development in the summer of 1995 when the founders, Duncan and Greta Gray, built a 20-bay driving range and started selling buckets of balls in a static caravan. Over the next year the golf course was constructed by Duncan Gray, an experienced greenkeeper and golf course architect, and the golf course opened soon after. In around 1998 the clubhouse was built adjoining the driving range and the club started to offer memberships.

[edit] The club

The clubhouse is a log built building next to the driving range containing a reception area, bar/restaurant and changing facilities. There is also a pooltable and darts board for public use.

The Pines Golf Club has a membership including ladies, gents and juniors and runs many competitions throughout the year including regular medals and a club championship. You can also buy a "club membership" for about £15, this gives you the right to gain a handicap and enter competitions.

[edit] Club champions

The club championship determines the best player in the club each year through a matchplay, knockout competition. The champions of each year are shown below:

1999: Steve DeManincor (beat Adam Scott in final)
2000: Seamus Fraser (beat Ian Thorpe in final)
2001: Timothy Praeger (beat J Lo from the block in final)
2002: Drew Musch (beat Coach Bombay in final)
2003: Riley Tryhorn (beat Mr T in final)
2004: Anthony Hutchins (beat Kevin Rudd in final)
2005: Christopher Sabitzer-Murray (beat Shooter McGavin in final)
2006: Cameron Frazer (beat Tiger Woods in final)
2007: Bruce Gray (beat Willie Gibson in final 2&1)

[edit] Club captains

A member of the club is elected to be the captain each year. Previous captains are listed below:

[edit] Club achievements

A number of members of the Pines Golf Club have played in regional and national tournaments. Some of the club members' achievements are listed below:

Bruce Gray - 2007: Winner of the Dumfries and Galloway Champion of Champions. This tournament brings together the club champions of the main clubs in Dumfries and Galloway to determine the 'Champion of Champions' of the area. The competition involves 36 holes of strokeplay with Bruce Gray of the Pines Golf Club winning the 2007 title.
Bruce Gray - 2007: Scottish Mid-Amateur Championship. This is the premier tournament in Scotland for over-25s. The bulk of the tournament consists of a 76 hole strokeplay competition, of which the top 16 players qualify for a knockout matchplay section. Bruce Gray qualified in the top 16 of over 60 players in Scotland for the matchplay but was knocked out in the first round by a +4 handicapper named...

[edit] The course

[edit] Golf tuition

There are a number of golf teaching facilities at the Pines run by the PGA teaching professional, Gareth Dick. The Pines has two purpose built driving range teaching bays, a large 9 hole putting green and a short game practise area with sand traps and water hazards. Single lessons and group tuition are offered by Gareth and there are a number of golf kids runs running.