Hi All
I have to say Brora is a true links golf course! And dirt cheap too!
Never have I played anywhere where the first hole is less than 300 yards, and you cannot see a landing area or the green off the tee, with no hills in the way, such is the way nature shapes the course!
There are no markers whatsoever, all down to the eye.
Plus, there are other things that are on the course other than golfers, the local cows and sheep, hence why there are also electric fences round the greens, which were top notch!
This is the theme throughout! It is not long but it beat me up true and proper! I think there may have been some club hurling at some point even…!
A real top class track, but even further north than Dornoch, but if you are heading up to play Dornoch, Castle Stuart, Nairn etc. Definitely, worth adding to the trip!
Plus the welcome for visitors, seeing as they don't get too many due to the isolation of the place is crazy!
We had a bacon bap before we set off, and were told it was the best North of the Border, before eating it. It was brought over by the chef himself, with great pride. And, it was pretty darn good to be honest! It just raised my chance of a heart attack by 50% that is all!
And then, on the 1st tee, a lady member saw our bewildered faces and showed us the way and talked us through the tricky parts of the course to navigate!
The oddest thing was adjusting to the fact that Brora is designed by James Braid, the same designer of Gleneagles that we played the day before and was a complete kettle of fish!
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I have to say Brora is a true links golf course! And dirt cheap too!
Never have I played anywhere where the first hole is less than 300 yards, and you cannot see a landing area or the green off the tee, with no hills in the way, such is the way nature shapes the course!
There are no markers whatsoever, all down to the eye.
Plus, there are other things that are on the course other than golfers, the local cows and sheep, hence why there are also electric fences round the greens, which were top notch!
This is the theme throughout! It is not long but it beat me up true and proper! I think there may have been some club hurling at some point even…!
A real top class track, but even further north than Dornoch, but if you are heading up to play Dornoch, Castle Stuart, Nairn etc. Definitely, worth adding to the trip!
Plus the welcome for visitors, seeing as they don't get too many due to the isolation of the place is crazy!
We had a bacon bap before we set off, and were told it was the best North of the Border, before eating it. It was brought over by the chef himself, with great pride. And, it was pretty darn good to be honest! It just raised my chance of a heart attack by 50% that is all!
And then, on the 1st tee, a lady member saw our bewildered faces and showed us the way and talked us through the tricky parts of the course to navigate!
The oddest thing was adjusting to the fact that Brora is designed by James Braid, the same designer of Gleneagles that we played the day before and was a complete kettle of fish!
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