{"id":1556,"date":"2021-07-06T13:26:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T13:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2021-07-06T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T15:43:31","slug":"104-dalbeattie-14th-sep-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=1556","title":{"rendered":"104. Dalbeattie. 14th Sep 2020."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A delightful and great value “crowd funded” course<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Round \u00a310 (9 holes). Par 34. Value (out of 5) \u2013 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was glad to meet the greenkeeper half way round my game at Dalbeattie, as I’d called him several unrepeatable names since the 2nd green, where I had hit two great shots to the green and walked off with a 9. I didn’t technically 7 putt, since I had putted off the green at least twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These pin positions are a joke, they are ridiculous!”. “Yes, I agree”, said the very affable greenkeeper, “we held a charity texas scramble yesterday and were told to make the pins impossible”. “Ah, well, they certainly are that!”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So my 50 for 9 holes, or 16 over par, at least has a decent excuse for once. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Difficult short opening hole at Dalbeattie – which had the first of many impossible pin positions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the ‘difficult’ pin positions, the drive into the car park, had also not boded well. The sat nav took us through a small wood on a dirt track, which without our 4 wheel drive we may not have made it. Apparently the locals park on the streets surrounding the 9th green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beautifully contoured 5th fairway at Dalbeattie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Having got my grumbles out of the way, lets get to the point. This is about as good value golf you can buy and also a good data point in the history of golf development in Scotland. The club was founded in 1894, around the time when golf was becoming accessible to holiday makers due to the expansion of the railways. The club has a delightful, albeit short, history page on its web site here<\/a>. In summary, the elder fathers of the area raised money through a bizarre to ensure Dalbeattie golf club was an attractive venue; in effect it was “crowd funded”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shorts aren’t always the order of the day in September at Dalbeattie – Moly shown here driving at the short par four 6th hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Despite some excellent information on the club’s web site, there is no detail of the designer of this 9 hole layout. I suspect it was an experienced golf course architect as there is some lovely design, very both pleasing on the eye; the views are wide ranging along the Urr valley and south to the Lake district. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 7th at Dalbeattie, the nicest framed hole on this course in Moly’s opinion <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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In particular, there is great framing on many of the holes, with the 5th and 7th holes vying for the signature hole. The 4th, a par 4 dog leg right hole, is also very difficult, with the window to drive intoquite narrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course was in lovely condition when we played on a beautiful September “Indian Summer” day. Just the tonic, before heading off the day after towards the mystical golfing island of Arran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Very worth playing at Dalbeattie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facts:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course<\/strong><\/em> Type<\/em>:<\/strong> Parkland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Par 34 <\/strong><\/em>(7 par 4s, 2 par 3s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance<\/em>: 2,733<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moly\u2019s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>: 50<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moly’s Dalbeattie scorecard – a pretty poor 50 on this nice course<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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