Backache
Assistant Pro
I uess it's a matter of nomenclature but most Scots would consider Kinghorn to be on the Firth of Forth rather than the North Sea itself though it is of course an inlet off the North Sea.
Your favorite golf hole and why
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SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Toss up between 1st hole of Dunkeld and 1st of Vaul, they are where my heart is. And you‘d struggle to get two more contrasting views from the tees.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
16 th at Sawgrass stunning golf hole.
The 17th gets all the attention but 16 is a fabulous golf hole.
Tee is set in a chute of trees with a huge bank right and jungle left.
if you hit a good drive you are faced with one of the biggest trees I have ever seen on a golf course.
so over it ( no chance) or under it watching the water right.
Cheeky look at 17th as you walk up to chip on.
stunning green like lightning if you go left.
The 17th gets all the attention but 16 is a fabulous golf hole.
Tee is set in a chute of trees with a huge bank right and jungle left.
if you hit a good drive you are faced with one of the biggest trees I have ever seen on a golf course.
so over it ( no chance) or under it watching the water right.
Cheeky look at 17th as you walk up to chip on.
stunning green like lightning if you go left.
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
I think what you are seeing is the Forth and then some more Forth. It's a long way off to the actual North Sea.
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
I can’t even remember the names of some of the golf courses I’ve played so picking a favourite hole is impossible.
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
Smokey Lomcevak
New member
It’s hard to isolate scenery from golfing challenge, but the ones that immediately spring to mind that have elements of both are -
6th at Machrihanish
5th at Isle of Purbeck
5th at Shiskine
6th at Woking
7th at Hankley Common
9th at Pyrford Lakes
14th at Port Royal, Bermuda
14th at The Old Course, St A’s
But the winner surely must be the 7th at Corrie…
6th at Machrihanish
5th at Isle of Purbeck
5th at Shiskine
6th at Woking
7th at Hankley Common
9th at Pyrford Lakes
14th at Port Royal, Bermuda
14th at The Old Course, St A’s
But the winner surely must be the 7th at Corrie…
KenL
Tour Rookie
Great thread and so difficult to choose.
At my own course, my favourite is the 13th (Pot). A 380 yard par 4 where the very sloping green is in a bowl protected by hills on all sides. In the old days shepherds would keep sheep in there to protect them from the worst weather.
dunbargolfclub.com
But, if I were to pick one hole it would be this par three on the Mauna Lani South course on the Big Island, Hawaii. Absolutely spectacular.
At my own course, my favourite is the 13th (Pot). A 380 yard par 4 where the very sloping green is in a bowl protected by hills on all sides. In the old days shepherds would keep sheep in there to protect them from the worst weather.
Dunbar Golf Club - The Course - Hole 13
But, if I were to pick one hole it would be this par three on the Mauna Lani South course on the Big Island, Hawaii. Absolutely spectacular.
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
The 11th (fifth hole over the road) par 5 down the hill, left, then right back up the
hill. Close to 600 yds, think it was the longest golf hole in England back in the 80’s when I first started playing there.
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
Third hole at Barnsley Municipal.
Very short par 4.
Off the yellows it is 258 yards and you can have a tilt at the green with a straight shot.
But laying up safely short of the green still gets you a great birdie chance with a good pitch or chip.
Off the whites it is 3 yards shorter!
255 yards but the tee is tucked into the corner making it a very tricky dogleg. Take a big club and you need a big slice, but you could find trouble one way or another.
Even the "safe" shot with a mid or short iron needs to be played with accuracy.
Great risk/reward hole early in the round. Gets you thinking.
OOB to the right, of course.
Very short par 4.
Off the yellows it is 258 yards and you can have a tilt at the green with a straight shot.
But laying up safely short of the green still gets you a great birdie chance with a good pitch or chip.
Off the whites it is 3 yards shorter!
255 yards but the tee is tucked into the corner making it a very tricky dogleg. Take a big club and you need a big slice, but you could find trouble one way or another.
Even the "safe" shot with a mid or short iron needs to be played with accuracy.
Great risk/reward hole early in the round. Gets you thinking.
OOB to the right, of course.
theharryrobinson
New member
I don't have many instances but I remember one when I was playing on the Richmond Park Golf Course in the UK during my so-called official visit. I got an extra day to spend there. So, I decided why not to dedicate it to my favorite pastime. During that game, that was the first and the last time I hit the ball 250+ yards with my driver and that's too straight. I don't know how I could do that. But I was amazed. 
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
This one…the 1st at Dunkeld - just a mile from where my mum was born in a cottage on the hillside rhs of photo, and my parents were married (in Dunkeld cathedral just out of sight below and down to the left of the 1st green). A course I played many times over many years with my dad and brother on family holidays and long weekends camped in a field next to the course. Spiritually the most important golf course of my life. The view is pretty special also.
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Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
You forgot to mention the Birnam Oak (further down to the left out of picture) and the link to Shakespeare's Macbeth.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Is it possible to have one?
I've played some great holes, on courses that have little kudos or gravitas in the golfing world, and I've played some great holes on some courses that are seriously good.
Although I was only caddying for the youth, the 11th at Hillside was stunning - but I can't have it as my favourite as I didn't play it.
I'd probably go with the 14th at Dewsbury, one of those holes you looked forward to all the way round - elevated tee where a good drive can almost find it's way to the green on a dry day, and views across a significant part of West Yorkshire. It's also absolutely mint for sledging when we have a rare snowfall..
I've played some great holes, on courses that have little kudos or gravitas in the golfing world, and I've played some great holes on some courses that are seriously good.
Although I was only caddying for the youth, the 11th at Hillside was stunning - but I can't have it as my favourite as I didn't play it.
I'd probably go with the 14th at Dewsbury, one of those holes you looked forward to all the way round - elevated tee where a good drive can almost find it's way to the green on a dry day, and views across a significant part of West Yorkshire. It's also absolutely mint for sledging when we have a rare snowfall..
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
You are causing me pain again quoting Dewsbury. However, my favourite hole there is the 13th. Also, I used to prefer the shorter par 3 (that was the 14th) rather than the crazy uphill new(ish) 16th. I also like the 17th from the elevated tee where you have to drive over the mature oaks.
When I lived up there as a kid in the 70s we used to sledge down the 5th from up behind the 8th tee. No trees then. Great days.
louise_a
Money List Winner
Is that the one slightly uphill with a wicked green think it is the 10th, I was on with my tee shot and 4 putted
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
The hole you are thinking of is the 10th, and always has been as far as I know. That is the green that has loads of undulations and anything left of it is OOB. As you say, slightly uphill and from memory about 130 yards from the men’s tees.
Skytot
Well-known member
Love the 2 par 3s at Seahouses .
The 10th & 15th . The 15th is only a wedge or GW but your teeing off over cliffs into a small thin green , usually a stiff wind .
The 10th & 15th . The 15th is only a wedge or GW but your teeing off over cliffs into a small thin green , usually a stiff wind .
Mel Smooth
Hacker
If you were there (on the 5th) when a kid and his dad crashed their sledge into a pine tree, that was me.
I walked away with a few scratches despite being on the front of the sledge, but I must have elbowed my dad in the chest on impact. He ended up with two broken ribs…. Spitting up blood and in agony all the way back to the car park, not the shortest of walks.
Agree on the par 3’s, the new one is a card wrecker, but does make good use of the space alongside the (now) 15th fairway, but the old one was a good hole. It’s still there as a spare as it happens, it was in use last winter while the 6th was being worked in.
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