The imposing Cairngorm mountain yesterday formed the backdrop for a rather different sporting challenge to the one most commonly associated with the country's premier skiing venue.
The imposing Cairngorm mountain yesterday formed the backdrop for a rather different sporting challenge to the one most commonly associated with the country's premier skiing venue.
France's Michael Lorenzo-Vera hits a shot towards a specially constructed green on top of the CairnGorm Mountain near Aviemore. Picture: Stewart Grant
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Jim Black
Three of Scotland's European Challenge Tour golfers, James Byrne, David Law and Michael Stewart, were joined by the Englishman Eddie Pepperell and Michael Lorenzo-Vera, of France, in scaling new heights when they hit the highest golf shots recorded in the UK, from 1097m above sea level.
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