UK – Scotland
Sand Origin
Loch Morlich at the foot of Cairngorm Mountain *Sometimes, as in sports, the UK is divided into England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Here at OUAW, all joined with sand from each as a part.
Random Sand Fact
A golf course bunker is a copy of a Scottish coastal landscape.
Early golf was played on coastal links land, with dunes, hardy grass and bare patches of sand. Natural hollows and exposed sand became part of the game.
Today, golf course architects design sand bunkers in as deliberate hazards and part of the course’s shape, all over the world.
