£16,000 hole in one Scottish golf course

A Scottish golf course is facing a £16,000 repair bill after a sinkhole appeared on a fairway.

The hazard was caused when a drain was overwhelmed by torrential rain on Traigh Golf Course, near Arisaig, and around 200 tons of sand and peat were washed on to the nearby beach.

The 11ft deep by 23ft-long sinkhole, which dwarves the average bunker, has been fenced off, but the course remains open to members.