PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
ST ANDREWS SUNRISE WINS ANNUAL GREENKEEPERS ’ PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
An early morning image of sunrise over the Castle Course at St Andrews Links has been proclaimed the winner of the 2021 BIGGA Annual Photographic Competition .
Taken by Course Manager Jonathan Wood , the image shows the course bathed in early morning light , with greenkeepers working in the background and atmospheric Scottish skies overhead .
Jonathan said : “ Working on a golf course , you get to see the most incredible sunrises and so my camera goes everywhere with me . It ’ s funny , I would change holes a lot because it was a good excuse to take my camera out and when I spotted that scene , I jumped out of the buggy and fired off a couple of shots . It was a good morning for it and I just knew it was going to be a good photo .
“ I have always had an interest in photography and from a mental health point of view , it ’ s certainly helped me over the past two years . You don ’ t have to have a fancy camera , but it ’ s an excuse to go outside and you realise that in the bigger scheme of things we are quite small .”
Jonathan is now a two-time winner of BIGGA ’ s annual photo competition , having been successful in 2014 with an image he took while course manager at Trevose in Cornwall . He wins a Nikon digital camera worth £ 365 and a framed print of his image , to be presented during the BIGGA Welcome Celebration at BTME 2022 in January .
From competition entries received throughout the year , 24 finalists were chosen and put up for public voting on BIGGA ’ s social media channels . Photographer Mike Hyde of Carefree Golf Photography also lent his expertise to the judging process .
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