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Marram Links golf, since 1897

Photography

MARRAM - PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS
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All images below are used under Creative Commons licences that permit
commercial use. Every file was sourced from Wikimedia Commons and each
licence was verified through the Commons API (the 'Restrictions' field was
confirmed empty for every file - no trademark, personality or property
restrictions are recorded).

ATTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT
  CC0 files require no attribution (credited here as a courtesy).
  CC BY and CC BY-SA files MUST be credited wherever they are displayed.
  CC BY-SA additionally requires that any modified version of the IMAGE
  itself be shared under the same licence. Several files below were cropped
  and resized; those derivatives remain under their original CC BY-SA terms.
  This does NOT affect the licence of the theme's own code.

  Suggested credit line format:
    "<Title>" by <Author>, via Wikimedia Commons, <licence>

PROCESSING
  All files converted to progressive JPEG, quality 82 (reduced where needed
  to stay under 900 KB). Long edge: heroes 2400 px, holes 1800 px,
  textures 1400 px. Crops noted per file.

NOTE ON SUBJECT MATTER
  Marram Links Golf Club is a fictional club. These photographs show real
  coastal dune landscapes and real (deliberately low-profile) links courses;
  no image contains a signature/iconic view of a world-famous championship
  course, and no club signage, crest or name is legible in any file.


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HERO IMAGES
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FILE      hero-01.jpg   (2400 x 1600 px, 833 KB)
USE       Hero / full-bleed banner - dune plain, marram tussocks, dusk storm sky
TITLE     Primärdünen am Oststrand Spiekeroogs.jpg
AUTHOR    Stephan Sprinz
LICENCE   CC BY 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prim%C3%A4rd%C3%BCnen_am_Oststrand_Spiekeroogs.jpg
ORIGINAL  5373 x 3582 px
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FILE      hero-02.jpg   (2400 x 1600 px, 846 KB)
USE       Hero / full-bleed banner - wind-blown marram, sea horizon, open sky
TITLE     Kühlungsborn, Strandpromenade, Strandhafer -- 2024 -- 5056.jpg
AUTHOR    Dietmar Rabich
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:K%C3%BChlungsborn,_Strandpromenade,_Strandhafer_--_2024_--_5056.jpg
ORIGINAL  6720 x 4480 px
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FILE      hero-03.jpg   (2400 x 1600 px, 695 KB)
USE       Hero / full-bleed banner - marram seed heads against big sky (headline space)
TITLE     Norderney, Dünenlandschaft -- 2025 -- 9444.jpg
AUTHOR    Dietmar Rabich
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norderney,_D%C3%BCnenlandschaft_--_2025_--_9444.jpg
ORIGINAL  6720 x 4480 px
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FILE      hero-04.jpg   (2400 x 1800 px, 794 KB)
USE       Hero / full-bleed banner - sand path between marram dunes down to the sea
TITLE     Beach Path-3401, Tralee Bay, Co. Kerry, Ireland.jpg
AUTHOR    Maoileann
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beach_Path-3401,_Tralee_Bay,_Co._Kerry,_Ireland.jpg
ORIGINAL  5184 x 3888 px
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HOLE IMAGES
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FILE      hole-01.jpg   (1800 x 1198 px, 498 KB)
USE       Hole feature - raked sand bunker, green with flag, dunes and coast beyond
TITLE     Narin & Portnoo Golf Club - 15th hole.jpg
AUTHOR    Bernard Gagnon
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narin_%26_Portnoo_Golf_Club_-_15th_hole.jpg
ORIGINAL  5456 x 3632 px
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FILE      hole-02.jpg   (1800 x 1200 px, 377 KB)
USE       Hole feature - dune ridges, fairway corridor, sea and hills behind
TITLE     Narin & Portnoo Golf Club - 7th hole.jpg
AUTHOR    Bernard Gagnon
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narin_%26_Portnoo_Golf_Club_-_7th_hole.jpg
ORIGINAL  2399 x 1599 px
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FILE      hole-03.jpg   (1800 x 1377 px, 480 KB)
USE       Hole feature - green with sod-faced pot bunkers under a marram dune ridge
TITLE     Narin & Portnoo Golf Club - 10th hole.jpg
AUTHOR    Bernard Gagnon
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narin_%26_Portnoo_Golf_Club_-_10th_hole.jpg
ORIGINAL  3807 x 1805 px
EDIT      cropped (to remove a distracting man-made element or dead space) + resized

FILE      hole-04.jpg   (1800 x 1198 px, 426 KB)
USE       Hole feature - rolling links duneland, fairways threading between hummocks
TITLE     Donegal Golf Club 05.jpg
AUTHOR    Bernard Gagnon
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donegal_Golf_Club_05.jpg
ORIGINAL  5456 x 3632 px
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FILE      hole-05.jpg   (1800 x 864 px, 199 KB)
USE       Hole feature - green and flagstick on the shoreline edge (wide banner crop)
TITLE     Green on Brora Golf Course - geograph.org.uk - 6157100.jpg
AUTHOR    Chris Heaton
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 2.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_on_Brora_Golf_Course_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6157100.jpg
ORIGINAL  5184 x 3456 px
EDIT      cropped (to remove a distracting man-made element or dead space) + resized

FILE      hole-06.jpg   (1800 x 802 px, 178 KB)
USE       Hole feature - revetted pot bunker, classic links hazard (wide banner crop)
TITLE     Deep bunker on Porthcawl Golf Links - geograph.org.uk - 7039361.jpg
AUTHOR    Eirian Evans
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 2.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deep_bunker_on_Porthcawl_Golf_Links_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7039361.jpg
ORIGINAL  4000 x 3000 px
EDIT      cropped (to remove a distracting man-made element or dead space) + resized

FILE      hole-07.jpg   (1800 x 1198 px, 411 KB)
USE       Hole feature - green ringed by sod-wall bunkers in dune hollows
TITLE     County Sligo Golf Club - 8th hole.jpg
AUTHOR    Bernard Gagnon
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:County_Sligo_Golf_Club_-_8th_hole.jpg
ORIGINAL  5372 x 3576 px
EDIT      resized only

FILE      hole-08.jpg   (1800 x 702 px, 271 KB)
USE       Hole feature - sod-revetted bunker guarding the green (wide banner crop)
TITLE     Montrose Golf Links, 1562 Course, 5th Hole, Hillock - geograph.org.uk - 6293003.jpg
AUTHOR    Scott Cormie
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 2.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montrose_Golf_Links,_1562_Course,_5th_Hole,_Hillock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6293003.jpg
ORIGINAL  5184 x 3888 px
EDIT      cropped (to remove a distracting man-made element or dead space) + resized

FILE      hole-09.jpg   (1800 x 1350 px, 507 KB)
USE       Hole feature - links fairway and sand waste path under a heavy grey sky
TITLE     Green on the Tenby Golf Course - geograph.org.uk - 8059488.jpg
AUTHOR    Eirian Evans
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 2.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_on_the_Tenby_Golf_Course_-_geograph.org.uk_-_8059488.jpg
ORIGINAL  4032 x 3024 px
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FILE      hole-10.jpg   (1800 x 622 px, 137 KB)
USE       Hole feature - green, bunker and dune hill, panoramic strip
TITLE     Donegal Golf Club 04.jpg
AUTHOR    Bernard Gagnon
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donegal_Golf_Club_04.jpg
ORIGINAL  5264 x 1819 px
EDIT      resized only

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TEXTURE CLOSE-UPS
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FILE      texture-marram.jpg   (1400 x 933 px, 450 KB)
USE       Texture - wind-combed marram grass over dune heath (silver/grey)
TITLE     Marram grass on dune at Nørre Vorupør Strand.jpg
AUTHOR    W.carter
LICENCE   CC0   http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marram_grass_on_dune_at_N%C3%B8rre_Vorup%C3%B8r_Strand.jpg
ORIGINAL  4378 x 2919 px
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FILE      texture-dunegrass.jpg   (1400 x 934 px, 351 KB)
USE       Texture - marram tussock with wind-rippled sand, raking light
TITLE     Ammophila arenaria - Plage de l'Espiguette 02.jpg
AUTHOR    Christian Ferrer
LICENCE   CC BY 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ammophila_arenaria_-_Plage_de_l%27Espiguette_02.jpg
ORIGINAL  7360 x 4912 px
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FILE      texture-sand-ripples.jpg   (1400 x 933 px, 251 KB)
USE       Texture - wind-rippled sand, neutral grey (background/divider tile)
TITLE     Sand Mittelmeerstrand (0748).jpg
AUTHOR    Slick
LICENCE   CC0   http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sand_Mittelmeerstrand_(0748).jpg
ORIGINAL  4752 x 3168 px
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FILE      texture-bunker-sand.jpg   (1400 x 1050 px, 385 KB)
USE       Texture - fine bunker sand macro
TITLE     Close-up zand foto 1.JPG
AUTHOR    Alf van Beem
LICENCE   CC0   http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Close-up_zand_foto_1.JPG
ORIGINAL  4608 x 3456 px
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FILE      texture-gorse.jpg   (1400 x 933 px, 152 KB)
USE       Texture - gorse (Ulex europaeus) flowers in close-up
TITLE     Ulex europaeus flowers.jpg
AUTHOR    PaleCloudedWhite
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ulex_europaeus_flowers.jpg
ORIGINAL  3888 x 2592 px
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FILE      texture-heather.jpg   (1400 x 1050 px, 532 KB)
USE       Texture - heather (Calluna vulgaris) in flower
TITLE     Calluna vulgaris RF.jpg
AUTHOR    Robert Flogaus-Faust
LICENCE   CC BY 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calluna_vulgaris_RF.jpg
ORIGINAL  4608 x 3456 px
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FILE      texture-fescue.jpg   (1400 x 1050 px, 447 KB)
USE       Texture - fine fescue grass in seed, soft pink-mauve rough
TITLE     Festuca rubra grass.JPG
AUTHOR    Lihagen
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 3.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Festuca_rubra_grass.JPG
ORIGINAL  3648 x 2736 px
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MOOD / ATMOSPHERE
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FILE      mood-coast.jpg   (1800 x 892 px, 396 KB)
USE       Mood - wind-ribbed beach sand leading to the sea
TITLE     Rubjerg Knude (11852833544).jpg
AUTHOR    EHRENBERG Kommunikation
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 2.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rubjerg_Knude_(11852833544).jpg
ORIGINAL  5613 x 2782 px
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FILE      mood-mist.jpg   (1800 x 1201 px, 132 KB)
USE       Mood - shoreline dissolving into morning sea mist
TITLE     Morning of sea mist at Rubha a' Bhàillein - geograph.org.uk - 7418418.jpg
AUTHOR    Richard Murchie
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 2.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morning_of_sea_mist_at_Rubha_a%27_Bh%C3%A0illein_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7418418.jpg
ORIGINAL  4000 x 2668 px
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FILE      mood-lighthouse.jpg   (1800 x 1200 px, 270 KB)
USE       Mood - coastal lighthouse on a grassed dune above the beach
TITLE     Lighthouse on the dunes (5001540683).jpg
AUTHOR    Neil and Kathy Carey from Edmonton, Canada
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 2.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lighthouse_on_the_dunes_(5001540683).jpg
ORIGINAL  4272 x 2848 px
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FILE      mood-hut.jpg   (1800 x 1241 px, 354 KB)
USE       Mood - weathered timber hut half-buried by a dune, surf behind
TITLE     Old Beach House (15467756758).jpg
AUTHOR    Rennett Stowe from USA
LICENCE   CC BY 2.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Beach_House_(15467756758).jpg
ORIGINAL  5568 x 3840 px
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FILE      mood-flag.jpg   (1800 x 1200 px, 510 KB)
USE       Mood - green and flag in daisy-flecked links turf
TITLE     Burnham-on-Sea , Burnham ^ Berrow Golf Club - geograph.org.uk - 6428770.jpg
AUTHOR    Lewis Clarke
LICENCE   CC BY-SA 2.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
SOURCE    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burnham-on-Sea_,_Burnham_%5E_Berrow_Golf_Club_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6428770.jpg
ORIGINAL  6000 x 4000 px
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26 files. Verified 2026-09-02.
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