John_Findlay
Tour Winner
I played here the other day with a couple of pals. Snow on the sides of the road on the way down. Not looking good. Full waterproofs expected.
Got there and it's flat calm and after two holes the sun's out and the windcheater and the woolly hat had to come off or I'd boil to death. Lovely day. Glorious for March.
I don't get it. I've heard nothing but bad reports about this course but I just don't understand that at all. I thought it was a great track. I'd recommend it to anyone, especially at £20 a round whilst they're doing winter rates. Summer is around £60, I think, which is probably a little steep for me.
The course is picturesque, has a great variety of interesting holes all the way round (with the exception of maybe 2 of the par 5s on the back 9 which were ordinary), great bunker placement, a bit of water. You name it. I was well impressed.
The greens were scarified that day but they were firm and undulating and should be fast in the summer.
It's a decent length on some holes. Examples. I creamed a Sunday best drive off the 3rd, well past my playing partners, and still had a full 3 iron in. And on the 7th (lovely hole) a good drive over the burn left me with a full 5 wood on to the green. In a wind that's gonna be harsh.
I'll let you judge for yourselves if you've not played it. I took video of every hole. YouTube vids of the front 9 and the back 9.
Cardrona. Holes 1-9
Cardrona. Holes 10-18
Oh. Food in the attached Macdonald Cardrona Hotel was all very nice but expensive. £5.80 for soup. Ouch. I had fish and chips. £12 I think.
Anyway, the best thing was that we played and ate for free. Golf is always more enjoyable that way, don't you think? Scott's connections with the 59 Club. Yayyy.
Didn't play very well. Started par, birdie, par.....and finished birdie, par, par. We won't talk about the 12 in the middle. 28 points. Got gubbed by Scott on 37 points (off 8) and Gerry on 33 points (off 18) . Boo.
Got there and it's flat calm and after two holes the sun's out and the windcheater and the woolly hat had to come off or I'd boil to death. Lovely day. Glorious for March.
I don't get it. I've heard nothing but bad reports about this course but I just don't understand that at all. I thought it was a great track. I'd recommend it to anyone, especially at £20 a round whilst they're doing winter rates. Summer is around £60, I think, which is probably a little steep for me.
The course is picturesque, has a great variety of interesting holes all the way round (with the exception of maybe 2 of the par 5s on the back 9 which were ordinary), great bunker placement, a bit of water. You name it. I was well impressed.
The greens were scarified that day but they were firm and undulating and should be fast in the summer.
It's a decent length on some holes. Examples. I creamed a Sunday best drive off the 3rd, well past my playing partners, and still had a full 3 iron in. And on the 7th (lovely hole) a good drive over the burn left me with a full 5 wood on to the green. In a wind that's gonna be harsh.
I'll let you judge for yourselves if you've not played it. I took video of every hole. YouTube vids of the front 9 and the back 9.
Cardrona. Holes 1-9
Cardrona. Holes 10-18
Oh. Food in the attached Macdonald Cardrona Hotel was all very nice but expensive. £5.80 for soup. Ouch. I had fish and chips. £12 I think.
Anyway, the best thing was that we played and ate for free. Golf is always more enjoyable that way, don't you think? Scott's connections with the 59 Club. Yayyy.
Didn't play very well. Started par, birdie, par.....and finished birdie, par, par. We won't talk about the 12 in the middle. 28 points. Got gubbed by Scott on 37 points (off 8) and Gerry on 33 points (off 18) . Boo.
