The Carrick signs up with Eagle

The Carrick at Cameron House, Loch Lomond is not only winning praise for its course design and condition. The course’s new signage system has also been winning praise from visitors and prospective members to those involved with the course’s development. Not surprisingly perhaps, the signage was designed by Eagle, the leading company in the UK and Europe for golf course signage systems.

Unlike the more typical format of timber posts and etched zinc, The Carrick’s developers and staff wanted something distinctively different, but still practical, hard wearing, and easy to maintain. Phil McInley and John Stuart from Eagle gave it some thought and soon came back with a recommendation: mount bronze information placques on small boulders shaped out of the local stone, Grey Whin.

The net result is that each and every hole marker, tee plate and directional and warning sign is different instead of uniform by virtue of the shapes of Grey Whin rock available from a local quarry. The bronze plaques were then mounted with a permanent fixing.

The mow-over tee plates mounted in Grey Whin (see below) are considered to be a particularly successful adaptation of one of Eagle’s range of signage products. Alec Glachan, the Course Manager at The Carrick, gives his thoughts on Eagle’s signage: "Eagle was a very efficient company for us to work with; with John Stuart keeping in constant touch, they ensured a really good service. Whenever things came up that needed to be modified or changed, it was no problem; Eagle just got things sorted."

"The mow-over tee plates are excellent, and we’re particularly pleased with them. For the course signage as a whole, we wanted as natural an effect as possible. We didn’t want the usual timber posts, and yet we needed signage that will look good for years and years." "The net result of Eagle’s recommendation is a very successful solution to a difficult brief, and it’s even more pleasing for all involved when visitors have made such favourable comments about the signs as well as the overall presentation of the new course."