A golf-loving funeral director has achieved his long-held dream of sponsoring a hole called The Coffin at his local club.

The eighth hole at West Lothian Golf Course in Linlithgow has the slightly morbid name due to its historically narrow green.

Ross Fraser, who runs a funeral directors bearing his name in nearby Bo'ness, is now happy to have made his mark on the "tricky" par four.

He said: "The whole green was originally called the coffin because it is so narrow. About 40 years ago the shape of the green was altered but the eight always retained the name.

"Being a funeral director for over 20 years, I have day-to-day dealings with coffins and that was a hole that I've always wanted to sponsor.

"It is a tricky hole. It is very narrow which is what I like about it.

"It is not the longest hole on the golf course so it is not so much about hitting distance as accuracy. I managed to get a par 4 there just yesterday."

Mr Fraser has had a long standing connection with the club, where his father Tom is president, and he also takes his ten-year-old son Ruari so the three generations can play together.

He said: "We try to play as much as we can together. My wife used to play, too."

A bottle of whisky, also sponsored by Mr Fraser, is presented to anyone who gets a hole in one during a competition game.

It has his son's favourite joke on it which reads: "Why do golfers have two pairs of trousers? In case they get a hole in one."

Mr Fraser added: "As a funeral director it is quite hard to give something back because of the nature of my business so this is my little way to give something back to the club."