Recent discussions between the Greens Team and the Council have highlighted a number of areas where developments to the course are being considered in order to continue to deliver a high-quality experience on the course for all members, guests and visitors.
Below is a summary of works proposed (or already in hand). If you have any comments or suggestions, please submit these by email to the Council at the following address secretary@fortrosegolfclub.co.uk.
| Area | Maintenance | Development | Implications/ Comments |
| Practice Area | Routine; ongoing | Purchase and installation of replacement artificial turf. | Provide a more consistent surface for play and improve alignment of practice surface; better protect caravan site and road from errant shots. |
| Area behind the Pro Shop & Path
beside the 1st Tee |
Resurface this area and relocate electric charging points for buggies. | Improve approach to course; improve drainage; move buggies off the course to the area behind the pro shop. | |
| Hole 1 | Routine; ongoing | Cutting back of gorse to the right of the fairway to encourage regeneration. | Reduce number of lost balls; speed up pace of play. |
| Hole 2 | Routine; ongoing | Gorse will not encroach nearer the fairway than its current position. | |
| Hole 3 | Routine; ongoing | Allow the grass bunker on the right side of the fairway a year to settle to assess turf quality and impact on play. | |
| Hole 4 | Routine; ongoing | Fill the large sand hole on the left side of the fairway and stabilise the surrounding ground. | Make the area safe for golfers/walkers; allow golfers a viable shot from this area. |
| Hole 5 | Routine; ongoing | ||
| Hole 6 | Routine; ongoing | 1) Bury power supply cables to the left of the fairway. 2) Install rock armour at seaward side of tee. |
1) Improve aesthetics of the area; reduce risk to persons being hit by rebounding golf balls. 2) Shore up tee against collapse. |
| Hole 7 | Routine; ongoing | Bury power supply cables to the left of the fairway. | Improve aesthetics of the area; reduce risk to persons being hit by rebounding golf balls. |
| Hole 8 | Routine; ongoing | Remove 2 bunkers situated in the left rough: the bunker the shortest distance from the tee, and the bunker furthest left of the fairway. | Allow players in these areas the opportunity to advance the ball a reasonable distance |
| Hole 9 | Routine; ongoing | Reduce the heights of the lips on the bunkers short left and short right of the green. | Improve the aesthetics of the hole; align more with the tradition of links courses featuring “pot bunkers” |
| Hole 10 | Routine; ongoing | ||
| Hole 11 | Routine; ongoing | Long term: consider extending the white tee to widen it – in the direction of the 8th hole | Provide a wider selection of tee placements; provide even greater opportunity to emphasise the dog leg nature of the hole |
| Hole 12 | Routine; ongoing | ||
| Hole 13 | Routine; ongoing | Removal of one patch of gorse to the right of the fairway next to the 14th tee on the downslope. | Reduce possibility of lost balls; speed up pace of play. |
| Hole 14 | Routine; ongoing | ||
| Hole 15 | Routine; ongoing | Removal of mound on right hand side of fairway sited between the fairway bunker and greenside bunker. | Enhance ability to maintain this area of the rough to a consistent standard. |
| Hole 16 | Routine; ongoing | 1) Removal of rough mound on the fairway and restore it as fairway. 2) Reshaping of mound running across the fairway |
1) Enhance aesthetics of the hole. Allow players in this area the opportunity of a reasonable recovery shot. 2) Allow maintenance of turf to a consistent standard; more consistent lies. |
| Hole 17 | Routine; ongoing | ||
| Hole 18 | Routine; ongoing | Gorse on left to be controlled. | Gorse on the left of the fairway will not encroach nearer than its current position. |
| Out of bounds area to the right of the road on the 4th hole, just short of the “holiday house”. | Erection of a shed for storage of sand, leaving space for a turning area for greens’ vehicles. | This will allow sand to be stored dry, speeding up its application & assimilation onto greens across the season. | |
| Wooded area behind 7th green and ahead and to the right of the 11th tee. | Provision of electric power supply. | No cost implications to the club; Gives the club the option of the possible installation of a “halfway house” in the future. |
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| Area beyond and to the left of the 5th green at the rear of the Chanonry Point car park. | Installation of new electricity substation and removal of large pole. | Improve aesthetics of the area. | |
| Area on shoreside of the path behind bushes near 8th green/9th tee. | Installation of new electricity substation. | Necessary for burial of cables. | |
| All bunkers | Council ask that players replace bunker rakes in the middle and bottom of bunkers after use. | Reduce the likelihood of balls entering the bunker and resting in unplayable positions. |
Members are asked to contact the club using secretary@fortrosegolfclub.co.uk should they have any rubble, hardcore, sand etc. that they wish dispose of as it could be of use to the greens staff.