{"id":208,"date":"2014-08-19T18:43:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T18:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"2015-07-07T20:02:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T20:02:08","slug":"11-carrbridge-18th-aug-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"11. Carrbridge; 18th Aug 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0seducing Scottish golfing experience on a classic Highland 9 hole course –\u00a0but always take your waterproofs no matter what the forecast says!\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 \u00a322 (day), \u00a315\u00a0(9 holes).\u00a0 Par 36.\u00a0 Score 46.\u00a0\u00a0Value (out of 5)\u00a0– 3.5<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Detail: <\/strong>Golf has been played for well over a hundred years at Carrbridge, but the current course was recovered in 1980 after a period\u00a0in the wilderness.<\/p>\n

It’s difficult not to fall in love with Carrbridge golf course as it represents a classic Highland course.\u00a0 It’s short,\u00a0thereby allowing\u00a0golfers to feel\u00a0long drivers of the ball; the greens and fairways are fantastic because even in the warmest summer you\u00a0usually get enough rain\u00a0to make the course play well; it’s completely unstuffy and accessible, welcoming players of all standards; and most importantly…..well just play it late in the day on your own while taking in the scenery and pondering your life and you’ll just never want to stop!<\/p>\n

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Golf in the Highlands requires you to bring your sense of humour<\/p><\/div>\n

I played the day after the local Open Championship had been washed out, but the course had almost completely recovered and was playing its full length.\u00a0 It was only 11 Celsius,\u00a0but the sun was shining on this August day when I set off, only to have the umbrella up and waterproofs on after my opening drive!\u00a0\u00a0Always carry your wet weather gear, no matter what the forecast might say.<\/p>\n

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Carrbridge is a great layout, with 9 very contrasting holes, with the burn (stream for the non-Scots) being in play on most of them.\u00a0 I would recommend playing 18 holes, rather than just 9, as\u00a05 of the holes, the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th\u00a0and 9th, require “blind” shots over some carry.\u00a0\u00a0These holes\u00a0seem much easier when you’ve navigated them once. \u00a0The 9th, a par 4, plays as\u00a0the par 3 18th hole off a forward tee, avoiding a long walk up a steep track to the 9th tee.<\/p>\n

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The 4th Tee, with the gap to the fairway directly behind the 3rd Green…Watch Out!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The 4th hole from the white tee, represents a hazardous drive for both the player and anyone near the 3rd green, as you play directly over the 3rd green through a small gap in\u00a0trees.<\/p>\n

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7th green looking back to tee – take 2 extra clubs to the elevated green<\/p><\/div>\n

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It’s important to take enough club at the 2nd, 4th, and 7th all which have shots to plateau greens, and are typically large and fairly flat.<\/p>\n

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Par 3 8th – Take enough club<\/p><\/div>\n

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There is only one real par 3, the 8th, which is a\u00a0challenging hole, and again it’s best to be long so take enough club.<\/p>\n

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Carrbridge also has a lovely little clubhouse, which looks like a pavilion, and it’s a\u00a0super place to sit and have tea and cake, even if you’re not paying golf, indeed this is one of the secrets of\u00a0Highland golf clubs – they\u00a0are great\u00a0venues to just have a cup of tea and the ubiquitous “millionaire’s shortbread”!<\/p>\n

Finally, it would be remiss not to mention the heather – it looks great, especially in late August and September, but you might end your round hating it!<\/p>\n

Key Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Green Fees:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>Day \u00a322. 9 holes \u00a315<\/p>\n

Par\u00a036<\/strong> <\/em>(1 par 5,\u00a07 par 4s, 1 par 3)<\/h3>\n

Distance(white)<\/em>:\u00a02720<\/strong> yards<\/p>\n

Moly’s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>: 46<\/p>\n

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Carrbridge Scorecard – the 9th (par 4) and 18th (par 3) have different tees<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0seducing Scottish golfing experience on a classic Highland 9 hole course –\u00a0but always take your waterproofs no matter what the forecast says!\u00a0\u00a0 Summary:\u00a0 \u00a322 (day), \u00a315\u00a0(9 holes).\u00a0 Par 36.\u00a0 Score 46.\u00a0\u00a0Value (out of 5)\u00a0– 3.5 Detail: Golf has been played for well over a hundred years at Carrbridge, but the current course was recovered in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,35,45,16,19,29,32,9,14,15,31,38,2,18,56,28,20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1901-1945","category-3-star","category-3-5-star","category-9-holes","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-highland","category-holes","category-members","category-overall-value","category-price-range","category-region","category-the-highlands","category-unknown","category-when-course-established","category-20-39","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}