{"id":2559,"date":"2023-03-20T10:29:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T10:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2023-07-18T10:46:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T10:46:13","slug":"166-torrance-park-14-oct-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=2559","title":{"rendered":"166. Torrance Park. 14 Oct 22."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Electrifying, but not in a way you would want.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moly\u2019s Score \u2013 89<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Round \u00a325. Par 71. Course\/Slope Rating (yellow) 68.9\/124. Value (out of 5) \u2013 2.5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torrance Park golf course started off as an ambitious project. Owned by David Murray, the Scottish businessman and former owner of Glasgow Rangers FC, it was designed by Dave Thomas (The Belfry, Spey Valley) as an impressive PGA style 18 holes course and opened as recently as 2008. It had plans also for a driving range. Sited close to the M8 motorway and adjacent to the town of Holytown, an area with rapid housing development, it was ideally located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Torrance Park, adjacent to a major power distribution hub, might have the most pylons in Scotland.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However, jump forward 15 years, and the course was rather forlorn when I played, during which I also found out that from 2023, the course was to be 9 holes only. The land to the west of Legbrannock Road, was to be a housing development, leaving 9 holes currently the nearest around the modern clubhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The greens, the 1st shown here, are well designed and well maintained, and the best feature of this otherwise uninspiring course.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I played I met up with a local member, who was angry that he and many other members had paid their annual membership fees, before shortly thereafter being advised by email of the course reduction plans, but without an option to cancel their membership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The par four 4th at Torrance Park, worthy of being the stroke index 1<\/strong>. A water feature ready to capture any right handed slice from the tee.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This parkland course feels rather odd. Fairways are wide, with disproportionally huge bunkers – it’s as if an innocuous municipal course had a few bunkers that would be at home in Valderrama! The greens are nonetheless pretty good, but again they feel better than the surrounding landscape and course conditioning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The par four 17th (likely the new 8th), with views north towards the Campsie Hills.<\/strong> With another pylon to view!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I played the course was very wet, although the greens had held up well. The new clubhouse had very friendly staff, and the building seems to be used as a ‘local’ for the adjacent housing estate. The food was good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The par four 18th (which I would think is the 9th now) is a decent finishing hole – stroke index 4, with large front bunker, typical of the design here.<\/strong> I would recommend considering a shot to the front right of the green to leave a straight forward chip.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As for value, I struggle to think more than 2.5\/5 is justified, using \u00a325 as the stated amount. It’s convenient to the M8 if you want a quick knock about, but not worth going out of your way for, in my opinion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facts (pre 2022):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Par 71 <\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>(3 par 5s, 11 par 4s, 4 par 3s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance<\/em> (yellow): 5916 yards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moly\u2019s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>: 89<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Moly’s Torrance Park scorecard – great finish meant decent score<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Electrifying, but not in a way you would want. Moly\u2019s Score \u2013 89 Round \u00a325. Par 71. Course\/Slope Rating (yellow) 68.9\/124. Value (out of 5) \u2013 2.5 Torrance Park golf course started off as an ambitious project. Owned by David Murray, the Scottish businessman and former owner of Glasgow Rangers FC, it was designed by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,34,43,65,19,29,32,9,68,132,133,55,15,38,11,2,18,25,20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-18-holes","category-2-star","category-2-5-star","category-commercial","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-dave-thomas","category-discounts","category-golfnow","category-greater-glasgow-the-clyde-valley","category-holes","category-overall-value","category-parkland","category-price-range","category-region","category-since-2000","category-when-course-established","category-20-39","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559","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=2559"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559\/revisions\/2607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}