By GolfLynk Publisher on Sunday, 25 October 2020
Category: Geoff Shackelford

The Rusacks Hotel Extension Should Blend-In With Links Road By 2072

Approved in 2015, the 44-room extension to the historic Rusacks hotel on historic links road is looking anything but historic. Or befitting the Auld Grey Toon.

Approved and expected to use “traditional” materials, it appears the scale and blond sheen will be an eyesore for decades. Maybe by the 200th Open in 2072 it’ll take on the aged patina one would have expected the planning commission to have demanded from the outset for this sacred real estate.

The Scotsman’s Martin Dempster posted these photos today, October 24, 2020. So much for the grey ole

Wee day out with @carol_dempster at start of a week off and that building work at the side of 18th on Old Course is continuing to take shape pic.twitter.com/P08FoN2vR1

— Martin Dempster (@DempsterMartin) October 24, 2020
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