stevek1969
Money List Winner
To be honest the left side of the course is normally the safe side, if you'd have asked you could have played of the white tees don't think it would have been a problem.
Scotscraig - Sunday May 21st
- Thread starter Jimaroid
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To be honest the left side of the course is normally the safe side, if you'd have asked you could have played of the white tees don't think it would have been a problem.
I would have played from the whites, but these boys always want to play from the yellows and still want full handicap:rofl:
stevek1969
Money List Winner
Shocking and a very poor show haha
Jimaroid
Journeyman Pro
Yep, enjoyed that very much. Thanks to all that came.
My first time playing Scotscraig which is shocking considering it's the second closest course to my home as the crow flies (thought it was closest but having checked it turns out Drumoig is closest but I'm not keen on it). The greens were good on the whole, obviously everyone is suffering from lack of rain but none of the greens were lacking irrigation and I found them nice to putt on with a decent roll. Unfortunately I left a lot of putts short. And left. And right. And long...
My game was very mixed. I let my partner, IanG, down with some particularly poor play on the finishing holes. I struggled a little with the recurrence of a high block off the tee with my drive which killed me playing into the wind. Disappointed with that as my driving has been really steady lately. Oh well.
I've heard some chatter, grumping and groaning from members I know about how much the course has been opened up but from an external viewpoint I really didn't see it. There's still plenty of trees, gorse, and other such rubbish to contend with and I found a lot both. Again, from a completely independent point of view, perhaps the area to the left of the 18th green has been opened up a lot but there's nothing wrong with a view of the clubhouse to play into IMO.
Look forward to going back.
My first time playing Scotscraig which is shocking considering it's the second closest course to my home as the crow flies (thought it was closest but having checked it turns out Drumoig is closest but I'm not keen on it). The greens were good on the whole, obviously everyone is suffering from lack of rain but none of the greens were lacking irrigation and I found them nice to putt on with a decent roll. Unfortunately I left a lot of putts short. And left. And right. And long...
My game was very mixed. I let my partner, IanG, down with some particularly poor play on the finishing holes. I struggled a little with the recurrence of a high block off the tee with my drive which killed me playing into the wind. Disappointed with that as my driving has been really steady lately. Oh well.
I've heard some chatter, grumping and groaning from members I know about how much the course has been opened up but from an external viewpoint I really didn't see it. There's still plenty of trees, gorse, and other such rubbish to contend with and I found a lot both. Again, from a completely independent point of view, perhaps the area to the left of the 18th green has been opened up a lot but there's nothing wrong with a view of the clubhouse to play into IMO.
Look forward to going back.
IanG
Tour Rookie
Enjoyable day out at Scotscraig. I'd agree with most of what has been said above. I thought the course was good but a little bit 'samey'. Many of the shorter par 4's been into one. Greens were pretty consistent and fair . The course is perhaps less tight that it looks at first sight as there are plenty of open areas and being on a neighbouring fairway is often not too penal. Some may wish it to be tighter, but personally I'd rather have a slim chance to take on a heroic recovery shot than have to take a drop from a bush or hack out from the clag. Overall I'd say Scotscraig is ranked pretty much in the right place in most of the lists we all look at and represents reasonable value for money for what you get.
While none of us in my match had a blistering day Jim & I had a good tight 4BBB match against Patrick and Brian. Their mod-round calls for a rule 19 intervention proved necessary as they won the last to half the match. Jim and I managed to dovetail our decent holes and our muck-ups well to survive when we really didn't deserve to. Note to self - short game needs some serious work.
Ian
While none of us in my match had a blistering day Jim & I had a good tight 4BBB match against Patrick and Brian. Their mod-round calls for a rule 19 intervention proved necessary as they won the last to half the match. Jim and I managed to dovetail our decent holes and our muck-ups well to survive when we really didn't deserve to. Note to self - short game needs some serious work.
Ian
