Excessive chemical treatment at Loch Lomond   more

Elspeth Burnside, Solheim Cup Diary, The Scotsman, 5 October 2000

While heavy rain has been lashing the course, Ken Siems, the golf course superintendent, and his team of 55 (including 20 volunteers from Scottish clubs) have literally been working every daylight hour to try and get the course into peak condition.

Public appology for over-zealous application of herbicide at Loch Lomond

Sports report extract, The Courier, 5 October 2000

.....Meanwhile, careful footsteps and eyes turned warily to the skies have been required as rain has washed over the course throughout September.