I’ve been luckily enough to play the Strathyrum course in the Wee Wonders Final in 2018.
Category: Scotland
Gullane Golf Club
A Tee Box with a view (at Torphins Golf Club)
The 13th hole at Torphins Golf Club is the most elevated tee box on the course. It gives 360 degree views of the surrounding Royal Deeside countryside and in the distance the large mountains of the Cairngorms.
The hole is a 237 yard (from yellow tees) par 3.
Watch the video below to see my tee shot to the edge of green. Dad didn’t catch the the two other strokes where I parred the hole. Seriously bad camera work….
Glen Golf Club
Situated in North Berwick the Glen Golf Club is a dramatic cliff top golf course with great views. Dad and I played this on a summer Saturday afternoon in 2016. The 18th is great fun but look out for the parked cars to the right!
Haddington Golf Club
Haddington Golf Club is twenty miles east of Edinburgh and the location of a Wee Wonders qualifying event I played in 2017.
Royal Musselburgh Golf Club
Brucefields Family Golf Centre
Carnoustie Golf Links
Mains of Taymouth Golf Course
Played here on holiday as it was on the site of our apartment. This is the first proper golf course my dad and I spent some decent time on. He was really bad with his 5 iron although he did get his first ever Par 5 here. Originally called the Kenmore Golf Club.
Very picturesque in sunny Autumn colours. The week after we left they had storms !
Lumphanan Golf Club
Whoa, Lumphanan Golf Club near Banchory in Aberdeenshire is a tricky course. Do not be fooled by the distances on the scorecard. In total the mix of nine par 3 & 4 holes measure 1,859 yards but the demand accuracy and good positioning.
The course follows a route around a hill and doubles back on itself. Plenty of unforgiving rough if you don’t hit the shots well. It’s worth doing the course for the experience of the 9th hole which is a tight par 3 that drops way down from an elevated tee.
We played here on the same day we played 18 holes at nearby Torphins Golf Club and that felt a good balance.
If you’re thinking of staying somewhere local then we recommend The Macbeth Arms.