Kilted Arab
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- Apr 30, 2005
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I was a member of this course before leaving Scotland. It has recently been upgraded with 2 new holes added and two 'pedestrian' holes removed. It's now, I was told, the longest course in Scotland at around 7600 yards...and >7000 from the white tees.
It is the course where Brian Barnes (think John Daly in tartan shorts in the 70's) infamously used a beer can to mark his ball during a competition.
This hole has a rather nasty gorge about 270 yards out...so you play up to it, then over it for a long approach to the final green. It's a lovely finishing hole with a ditch running diagonally across the fairway. I sliced my drive into the trees and had to take a penalty as the ball was unplayable. Even then I had to lay up before the gorge. Hit my approach into a bunker then two putted for a rather nasty finish on my scorecard. Weather was rotten as well, poured all day...
It is the course where Brian Barnes (think John Daly in tartan shorts in the 70's) infamously used a beer can to mark his ball during a competition.
This hole has a rather nasty gorge about 270 yards out...so you play up to it, then over it for a long approach to the final green. It's a lovely finishing hole with a ditch running diagonally across the fairway. I sliced my drive into the trees and had to take a penalty as the ball was unplayable. Even then I had to lay up before the gorge. Hit my approach into a bunker then two putted for a rather nasty finish on my scorecard. Weather was rotten as well, poured all day...
