{"id":266,"date":"2015-06-11T13:23:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T13:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2015-07-07T20:18:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T20:18:26","slug":"16-downfield-20th-may-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"16. Downfield. 20th May 2015."},"content":{"rendered":"

Dundee’s other wonderful Discovery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0 (hi\/lo season) \u00a365\/\u00a345\u00a0(round);\u00a0\u00a375\/\u00a360 (day).\u00a0 \u00a0Par 72.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 4<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Detail;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Captain<\/a>

Captain Scott’s Discovery in Dundee<\/p><\/div>\n

Dundee, on the east coast of Scotland, can proudly boast of\u00a0being\u00a0a city closest to some of the greatest golf courses in the world, many being very accessible.\u00a0\u00a0It is less than 20 minutes drive to\u00a0either St Andews\u00a0or Carnoustie.\u00a0 The “City of Discovery”, named because of its association with Captain Scott of the Antartic, is blessed with another wonderful discovery – Downfield\u00a0golf course.<\/p>\n

\"Downfield's<\/a>

Downfield’s 3rd Green<\/p><\/div>\n

Downfield, nestled amongst\u00a0Adler, Black and Templeton Woods,\u00a0can safely be categorised as a Woodland course!\u00a0 It’s on the north-west of Dundee adjacent to industrial and large housing estates – entered via iron gates it soon becomes apparent you are in a golfing oasis.\u00a0 You could be in Surrey or New England once inside the fence!<\/p>\n

\"14th<\/a>

14th Green towards the fairway<\/p><\/div>\n

Surrounded by an arboretum, Downfield is a outstanding golf course, and well worth its place amongst the best courses in the UK.\u00a0 Tees, fairways and greens were all excellent when I played, as were the bunkers filled with some of the finest sand I’ve experienced.<\/p>\n

\"Moly<\/a>

Moly and Eric on the majestic 11th hole<\/p><\/div>\n

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Its very important to drive straight and keep the ball on the fairway – something I regularly failed to do for the first 13 holes.\u00a0 However, a good finish (2 over for the last 5) enabled me to\u00a0win a close fought contest with Eric and Moira Brown, my partners for the day.<\/p>\n

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There are many highlights on the course, but the 11th is surely one of the best inland holes in Scotland:<\/p>\n

\"From<\/a>

From the 11th green towards the fairway with the water hazard in view<\/p><\/div>\n

a drive needs to be on the right to view the green, which has a water hazard in front, not unlike something from Augusta.<\/p>\n

Downfield also has a very impressive club house, with a fantastic view over the course.\u00a0 It would be well worth planning to eat there to take full benefit of the surroundings.<\/p>\n

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So, a classic layout, and a\u00a0real gem in the industrial heartland of Dundee – please don’t miss this treat whilst on your tour of the hallowed links nearby.<\/p>\n

Key Fact<\/strong>s<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Green Fees:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Day – Hi Season (May-Sep): \u00a375.00, otherwise \u00a360.00
\nRound\u00a0– Hi season: \u00a365, otherwise \u00a345
\nDeposit, \u00a320.00<\/p>\n

Par\u00a072<\/strong> <\/em>(4 par 5,\u00a010 par 4s,\u00a04 par 3s)<\/h3>\n

Distance(blue)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a06560 yards<\/p>\n

Moly\u2019s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0 99<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Moly's<\/a>

Moly’s Downfield Scorecard – 99<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dundee’s other wonderful Discovery Summary:\u00a0 (hi\/lo season) \u00a365\/\u00a345\u00a0(round);\u00a0\u00a375\/\u00a360 (day).\u00a0 \u00a0Par 72.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 4 Detail;\u00a0 Dundee, on the east coast of Scotland, can proudly boast of\u00a0being\u00a0a city closest to some of the greatest golf courses in the world, many being very accessible.\u00a0\u00a0It is less than 20 minutes drive to\u00a0either St Andews\u00a0or Carnoustie.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,23,46,37,19,29,32,9,53,15,31,38,2,18,28,20,12,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-18-holes","category-1901-1945","category-4-star-overall-value","category-5-star","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-dundee-angus","category-holes","category-members","category-overall-value","category-price-range","category-region","category-unknown","category-when-course-established","category-woodland","category-60-79","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266","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=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}