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Course Gallery & Guide By European Tour Caddy Dominic Bott

For the course guide by European Tour Caddy Dominic Bott Click on the the Picture.

  • Dominic Bott With Thomas Bjorn

    Dominic Bott With Thomas Bjorn

  • 1st Hole Reservoir -- The first hole looks innocuous enough, a straight drive over around 30 yards of heather, to a generous fairway and a short to mid iron to the green. Grass bunkers protect the right side of the green, with rough close enough on the left to be a problem for any shots on that side.

    1st Hole Reservoir

  • 1st Green -- The first hole looks innocuous enough, a straight drive over around 30 yards of heather, to a generous fairway and a short to mid iron to the green. Grass bunkers protect the right side of the green, with rough close enough on the left to be a problem for any shots on that side.

    1st Green

  • 2nd Hole Quarry -- The signature hole on the course and with good reason. This par 3 finds you perched atop a cliff with a former quarry below. The tee shot to a large green positioned on a plateau with steep banks down to the right and behind.

    2nd Hole Quarry

  • 2nd from Green to Tee -- The signature hole on the course and with good reason. This par 3 finds you perched atop a cliff with a former quarry below. The tee shot to a large green positioned on a plateau with steep banks down to the right and behind.

    2nd from Green to Tee

  • 3rd Hole Sconce Cragg -- The hole doglegs to the left and if you are long enough to carry the thick rough you will be rewarded with a short iron into the elevated green. The safe play is to drive to the corner of the dogleg with a shot around 200 yards which leaves a long iron or even fairway wood to the small green.

    3rd Hole Sconce Cragg

  • 4th from Green to Tee Faweather -- Often played into the wind and uphill the green looks a long way, positioned in the lee of a hill. The wide fairway invites you to let rip, from the fairway a mid to long iron to a large elevated green.

    4th from Green to Tee Faweather

  • 5th Green Pennithorne -- Requiring a climb to the highest point on the course, it is vital to get your tee shot airborne as quickly as possible to carry the rough and find the generous landing area before facing a blind approach to a green flanked by grass bunkers.

    5th Green Pennithorne

  • 6th Green Top -- Here, you are greated with the first bunkers on the course which threaten any tee shots travelling left or right of the green on this tricky par 3. When played from the competition tees the hole takes on a different aspect entirely as you are challenged, playing across the narrow green and trying to negotiate your ball over the left hand bunker that now covers the front of the green.

    6th Green Top

  • 7th Hole Ambler -- The fairway on this par 4 slopes from left to right meaning a shot to the left half of the fairway is required as anything landing on the right half will usually find the light rough on the edge of the fairway. two bunkers guard the front of the green with the back of the green falling away sharply length is key for the second shot.

    7th Hole Ambler

  • Approach to 7th Green -- The fairway on this par 4 slopes from left to right meaning a shot to the left half of the fairway is required as anything landing on the right half will usually find the light rough on the edge of the fairway. two bunkers guard the front of the green with the back of the green falling away sharply length is key for the second shot.

    Approach to 7th Green

  • 8th Hole Cat Rocks -- This par 4 begins "the Loop" it requires a downhill drive to a dogleg left to right fairway. It is probably the most scenic hole on the course. The green has two pot bunkers guarding the right side of the green and a sttep bank away from the green on the left, the accuracy of your second is vital.

    8th Hole Cat Rocks

  • Approach to 8th Green -- This par 4 begins "the Loop" it requires a downhill drive to a dogleg left to right fairway. It is probably the most scenic hole on the course. The green has two pot bunkers guarding the right side of the green and a sttep bank away from the green on the left, the accuracy of your second is vital.

    Approach to 8th Green

  • 9th from Green to Tee Birch Close -- Plays longer than its yardage as you drive into the prevailing wind to an undulating fairway which is insercted by a hummock of rough. The hole can give you a true links feel, any approach shots to the right of the green can be swallowed by a deep grass bunker.

    9th from Green to Tee Birch Close

  • 10th Hole Pits -- The 10th hole completes "the loop" and is arguably the toughest of the three holes. A long par 3 with most of the carry over rough to a green guarded by a bunker front right, with the ground running away to the left, gathering any overly cautious shots.

    10th Hole Pits

  • 10th Green -- The 10th hole completes "the loop" and is arguably the toughest of the three holes. A long par 3 with most of the carry over rough to a green guarded by a bunker front right, with the ground running away to the left, gathering any overly cautious shots.

    10th Green

  • 11th Green Hole High Park -- Following the 10th you climb to an elevated position before driving to a fairway below you which is guarded by a ditch and out of bounds to the right and rough to the left. The approach to the green on this par 4 is blind as it is hidden away at the bottom of a slope. The hole is played differently from the competition tees as it becomes a left to right dogleg.

    11th Green Hole High Park

  • Approach to 12th Green Low Plane -- Requires an uphill, blind tee shot waith a guide post positioned on the brow of the hill to show you the way. A good drive is needed to reach the green in two but this green is protected by a couple of bunkers

    Approach to 12th Green Low Plane

  • 13th Hole Lobly Gate -- A real risk/reward hole. Played from an elevated tee this par 4 is reachable with a drive but should only be taken on if you are on your game as the carry is all over deep rough and the front of the green is protected by a ditch. A fairway wood or long iron to the middle of the fairway leaves a short iron to a large, sloping green.

    13th Hole Lobly Gate

  • 14th Hole Dobbin -- You begin your climb back to the summit of the course on the 14th. The fairway is wide and inviting and is used for longest drive competitions but you must be careful of a ditch running along the right-hand side of the fairway. Your approach is a tricky one, steeply uphill to an elevated two-tier green with a bank at the back of the green as a back stop leaving it short is not an option.

    14th Hole Dobbin

  • View down the 14th Fairway -- You begin your climb back to the summit of the course on the 14th. The fairway is wide and inviting and is used for longest drive competitions but you must be careful of a ditch running along the right-hand side of the fairway. Your approach is a tricky one, steeply uphill to an elevated two-tier green with a bank at the back of the green as a back stop leaving it short is not an option.

    View down the 14th Fairway

  • 15th Hole Acre House -- The tee shot is a tricky one, downhill to a fairway which slopes steeply from right to left and if you accommodate the slope too much you can end up over the road and out of bounds. There is nothing for you if you go left except for deep rough but there is a handily placed plateau in the fairway which offers relief from the slope and is the site of the old green. Hit this and you are left with an approach to a green which nestles at the bottom of a steep slope inviting either a chip and run or high shot to hold the green. The ground runs sharply away at the back of the green leaving the club selection from an elevated position key.

    15th Hole Acre House

  • 16th Green Dennis -- The final par 3 on the course which appears to be a simple flick with a lofted club to a hidden two-tier green. However, caution is required for if you go left down the banking or long you will not be able to control your chip from the surronding rough. The right-hand side is the favoured option which gives you the chance of getting a fortunate bounce down onto the green. Get one on line with the green and you get a rush of expectation, only discovering the fate of your ball once you reach the putting surface.

    16th Green Dennis

  • View Down The 17th Fairway from the Green Strathmore -- The first, but not the last, par 5 on the course provides a tough drive with a mound known as “Gargons” acting as a knuckle narrowing the fairway at driving distance. If you are in range of the elevated green you must be accurate. A channel of fairway is all you have as rough provides stern protection to the mckenzie green.

    View Down The 17th Fairway from the Green Strathmore

  • 18th Hole Home -- The final hole is downhill all the way, a par 5 reachable for the longer hitters. With dense rough to the right, out of bounds on the left and a stream running down the left and behind the green you need to make sure that your line and length are spot on whichever way you play the hole.

    18th Hole Home

  • Approach to 18th -- The final hole is downhill all the way, a par 5 reachable for the longer hitters. With dense rough to the right, out of bounds on the left and a stream running down the left and behind the green you need to make sure that your line and length are spot on whichever way you play the hole.

    Approach to 18th

  • View of 17th Green 18th Hole and Practice Ground

    View of 17th Green 18th Hole and Practice Ground