Golf at a popular Aberdeen course could be bunkered for the rest of the year due to “significant” drainage works.
Following heavy rainfall last year, the MacKenzie Championship Course in Hazlehead will now be drained.
One option being considered is to close the course for the entirety of 2018.
Members of Hazlehead Golf Club have now met officials from Sport Aberdeen – the organisation responsible for the running of the course – to discuss their options.
Specialists have told Sport Aberdeen the works should be carried out in spring or summer, due to better conditions underfoot.
Alistair Robertson, managing director of Sport Aberdeen, said they were giving a year-long closure “serious consideration” as it was the preferred option among the members who attended the meeting.
He said: “The task is significant and careful consideration will have to be given to how we plan this work and get best value and maximum impact for the limited resources that are available.
“A preferred option raised by the club members at the meeting, is not to reopen the MacKenzie Championship course during 2018 to allow maximum access for contractors and to get as much work done as possible in one go.”
Steve Lai, the secretary of Hazlehead, said: “The members are obviously concerned. It’s also creating a lot of uncertainty because it’s the time of the year when we send out our subscription renewal.
“Some of our members are very dedicated and will renew under any circumstances, but one or two are saying ‘we need to know more’.”
