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Aug 2023
Harrogate care home opens nine-hole putting green
A Harrogate care home has opened a nine-hole putting green within its grounds on the recommendation of a 93-year-old resident.
Alistair Scott moved into 115-bedroom Harcourt Gardens, which provides residential, dementia, respite and palliative care, in 2021 following at heart attack.
Mr Scott, a keen gardener, started helping the onsite gardener and spotted a gap in the grounds for a putting green.
Graeme Lee, chief executive of Springfield Healthcare, which owns Harcourt Gardens, said:
The opening of the putting green.
Debbie Daniels, care home manager at the site, said:
Graeme Lee and Alistair Scott
Mr Scott, who got a hole in one on the day of the official opening of the putting green, said:
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