{"id":2354,"date":"2023-01-04T14:58:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T14:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2023-01-06T11:56:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T11:56:13","slug":"156-airdrie-17-aug-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=2354","title":{"rendered":"156. Airdrie. 17 Aug 22."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This true “Hidden Gem” is an absolute joy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Round \u00a330. Par 69. Course Rating \/ Slope Rating (yellow) 67.5\/118. Value (out of 5) \u2013 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moly\u2019s Score \u2013 97<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When deciding to play all Scotland’s golf courses, I had no idea of the joy I would find from learning about Scotland’s geography and local histories, plus on the few occasions I would find a course that overwhelmingly surpassed my expectations. Airdrie is such a course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Airdrie’s far reaching views, on show here at the 8th, a difficult par 3, played slightly uphill.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Scottish football fans are well aware of Airdrieonians, the club with the distinctive red ‘V’ embossed on its white football top. However, I would never have played golf in Airdrie, a town of some 40,000 people in the central part of Scotland, had it not been for my golfing ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pristine 10th tee at Airdrie, a 320 yard par four.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Along with neighbouring Coatbridge, this collective municipal ‘working class’ area is called “The Monklands”. As the name suggests, this land was used by the monks of Newbattle Abbey in West Lothian, who were granted charter over the land by King Malcolm in 1160. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The beautiful short third, “Virtue Well”, at only 130 yards, requires enough club, despite the drop from the tee, to avoid the visually hidden front burn.<\/strong> Clever design.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dates can be both clues and conundrums. Airdrie is regarded as one of James Braid’s courses, albeit it was founded in 1877 when James was only 7 years old; no record could be found who laid out the original course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Good use of internal OOB at the seventh, to the left of this dog leg left hole of 363 yards. The green is visible through the trees.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The golf course sits high over Airdrie which already lies 400 feet above sea level. The 14th, “Arran View”, tells its own story – Arran is 50 miles away to the east. Despite the altitude, there is surprisingly no “heathland” feel to the course, which I consider a “parkland” venue, albeit the club describe it as “woodland”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The dog leg right 17th, at around 400 yards, presents a tough driving challenge – keep the ball left, to avoid the left to right sloping fairway taking the ball OOB. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The course is relatively short – it has one par 5 (the 9th) and four par 3s, but still has variety in abundance through the undulating layout, a number of dog legs (both right and left) and deceiving gullies. This course suits a player who understand their yardages. My gross 97, for 25 stableford points, suggests I need to get back on the driving range to assess my distances!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moly playing into the par five 9th hole at Airdrie, which the club considers a “woodland” layout. Regardless of classification, this course is a beauty.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With brilliantly named holes, the course was in superb condition, especially the teeing grounds that made it feel higher quality. The greenkeeping staff are doing a great job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fran putts at the 11th, a par three, played downhill, with a “haa haa” fronted green. The beatiful greens on show.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Airdrie is a delightful golf course and, at \u00a330, almost defines 5 star value. I paid only \u00a320 through a Golfnow discount. There is something for everyone at this course, that is worth travelling to Airdrie for other than football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Airdrie was in excellent condition, that this view of the 1st green and 2nd teeing ground shows.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Par 69 <\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>(1 par 5s, 13 par 4s, 4 par 3s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance<\/em> (yellow): 5530 yards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moly\u2019s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>: 97<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moly’s 97 at Airdrie, wasn’t great, but his enjoyment gained despite this score, is perhaps the greatest testament to Airdrie’s “Hidden Gem” status.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This true “Hidden Gem” is an absolute joy. Round \u00a330. Par 69. Course Rating \/ Slope Rating (yellow) 67.5\/118. Value (out of 5) \u2013 5 Moly\u2019s Score \u2013 97 When deciding to play all Scotland’s golf courses, I had no idea of the joy I would find from learning about Scotland’s geography and local histories, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,36,48,19,29,32,9,55,13,15,27,31,38,2,18,20,12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-18-holes","category-1851-1900","category-4-star","category-5-star-overall-value","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-greater-glasgow-the-clyde-valley","category-heathland","category-holes","category-james-braid","category-members","category-overall-value","category-price-range","category-region","category-when-course-established","category-woodland","category-20-39","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354","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=2354"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354\/revisions\/2384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}