{"id":212,"date":"2015-04-25T18:07:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T18:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=212"},"modified":"2015-07-07T20:06:09","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T20:06:09","slug":"12-buckpool-8th-april-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=212","title":{"rendered":"12. Buckpool; 8th April 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Accessible Links golf\u00a0with\u00a0good views of the Moray coastline – A terrific warm up for golfing tourists before attempting some of the nearby monsters!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 \u00a330 (day), \u00a325\u00a0(18 holes).\u00a0 Par 70.\u00a0 Score 88.\u00a0\u00a0Value (out of 5)\u00a0– 3.5<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Detail:\u00a0 <\/strong>Buckpool Golf Club is in the small fishing town of Buckie\u00a0in Moray.\u00a0\u00a0Its links style course,\u00a0elevated above the sea,\u00a0has views across the Moray Firth towards the hills of Caithness.<\/p>\n

\"View<\/a>

View to Portgordon from the 15th tee<\/p><\/div>\n

The course is built on sand,\u00a0and\u00a0has fast, rolling fairways,\u00a0invariably lined by tall mature gorse bushes, which makes finding balls a touch painful.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The typical Buckpool terrain from the short par-4 12th tee<\/p><\/div>\n

The approaches to\u00a0fast tricky\u00a0greens, are protected by\u00a0several deep\u00a0score-wrecking bunkers.<\/p>\n

This was my first round of golf since August 2014, having suffered a back relapse, so I was absolutely delighted by my general standard of play.\u00a0 I was also blessed with one of the nicest April days one could imagine in this part of the world.<\/p>\n

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The Moray coastline has some outstanding links courses at Nairn and Lossiemouth, plus the majestic nearby Aberdeenshire links of Cruden Bay and, recently, the Trump International.<\/p>\n

\""Drive<\/a>

“Drive of the day” in front of the short par-4 12th, with moray firth in the background<\/p><\/div>\n

For golfers not used to Links golf, Buckpool would be a nice start to a golfing break in the area.\u00a0 It has a friendly staff at the “golf club”, which is actually a local Sports & Social Club.<\/p>\n

\"Course<\/a>

Course planner on back of local scorecard – great idea<\/p><\/div>\n

Apart from\u00a02 very bland holes (the 10th and 18th) played towards the unattractive clubhouse, the rest of the course is a delight to play.\u00a0 Tees,\u00a0fairways and bunkers were all good, and the greens were excellent.<\/p>\n

\"View<\/a>

View from behind the 16th Green<\/p><\/div>\n

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With the severe gorse, it’s crucial to\u00a0concede length for accuracy to score well.<\/p>\n

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

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

Green Fees:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>Day \u00a330.\u00a018 holes \u00a325\u00a0 (All week)<\/p>\n

Par\u00a036<\/strong> <\/em>(2 par 5s,\u00a012 par 4s,\u00a04 par 3s)<\/h3>\n

Distance(yellow)<\/em>:\u00a05826<\/strong> yards<\/p>\n

Moly’s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>: 88<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Buckpool<\/a>

Moly’s Buckpool Scorecard, 88 with 3 lost balls!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Accessible Links golf\u00a0with\u00a0good views of the Moray coastline – A terrific warm up for golfing tourists before attempting some of the nearby monsters! Summary:\u00a0 \u00a330 (day), \u00a325\u00a0(18 holes).\u00a0 Par 70.\u00a0 Score 88.\u00a0\u00a0Value (out of 5)\u00a0– 3.5 Detail:\u00a0 Buckpool Golf Club is in the small fishing town of Buckie\u00a0in Moray.\u00a0\u00a0Its links style course,\u00a0elevated above the sea,\u00a0has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,23,45,36,19,29,32,9,15,69,10,31,2,18,56,20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-18-holes","category-1901-1945","category-3-5-star","category-4-star","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-holes","category-john-henry-taylor","category-links","category-members","category-price-range","category-region","category-the-highlands","category-when-course-established","category-20-39","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212","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=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions\/225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}