{"id":326,"date":"2015-07-07T12:06:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T12:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2015-07-07T20:32:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T20:32:58","slug":"20-wee-braids-3rd-july-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":"20. Wee Braids. 3rd July 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wee Course – Massive Views<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summary<\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0Midweek \u00a322 (round) \u00a312 (9 holes); weekend \u00a323.25\/\u00a312.50\u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0Par 33.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 3<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

\"Edinburgh<\/a>

Edinburgh views beyond the 6th green of the Wee Braids Course<\/p><\/div>\n

The “Wee Braids”, sometimes know as the “Princes Course”, is a 9 hole golf course run by Edinburgh Council.\u00a0 It is on Braids Hill, on the south side of Edinburgh, accessed from the city via Morningside Road.\u00a0 It shares the hill with several golf courses, although it is the highest one, perched on top, which makes for quite magnificent views of Edinburgh and the Forth Estuary.\u00a0\u00a0 Indeed, it’s worth starting\u00a0any Edinburgh holiday with a round here to orientate you to the city and area:\u00a0 with the many restaurants and cafes of Morningside there is plenty to do for non-golfing partners.<\/p>\n

\"Approach<\/a>

Approach to 1st at Wee Braids<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s a very tricky little course, with several of the tee shots and approach shots being blind, therefore its especially difficult if you only play 9 holes without any local knowledge as I did\u00a0– plus it was not accessible from my golfshot mobile application, my trusty golfing companion.<\/p>\n

\"5th<\/a>

5th approach at Wee Braids<\/p><\/div>\n

The course itself, was in\u00a0good condition.\u00a0 It is part parkland, part heathland on the upper slopes, with very dry fairways and greens, making for great difficulty getting your ball to stay on the greens.<\/p>\n

The first 2 holes are difficult, being uphill, with the first being the SI 1 hole, and the second played through a thin channel to a very small green.\u00a0 The blind drive on the 5th is a particular challenge if the wind is off the left.<\/p>\n

\"Wee<\/a>

Wee Braids 8th green<\/p><\/div>\n

The 8th, played through an avenue of trees, demands a straight drive;\u00a0 my recompense for hitting into the trees was finding about 5 balls, but not my own!<\/p>\n

I had a bad start with an 8 at the first, then after some steady holes, a 7 and 8 and the 7th and 8th respectfully, made for a fairly miserable 50, versus the par 33.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless,\u00a0a nice little course, well worth a visit.<\/p>\n

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

Course<\/strong><\/em> Type<\/em>: <\/strong>parkland\/heathland<\/p>\n

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

Round (18 holes):
\nWeekday (\u00a316.50 (concession) \u00a322.00)
\nWeekend (\u00a317.35 (concession) \u00a323.25<\/p>\n

9 holes:
\nWeekday (\u00a39.00 (concession), \u00a312.00)
\nWeekend (\u00a39.35 (concession), \u00a312.50)<\/p>\n

Par\u00a033<\/strong> <\/em>(0 par 5,\u00a06 par 4s,\u00a03 par 3s)<\/h3>\n

Distance(white)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a02390\u00a0yards<\/p>\n

Moly\u2019s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a050<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Moly'd<\/a>

Moly’d Wee Braids Scorecard – 50<\/p><\/div>\n

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Wee Course – Massive Views Summary:\u00a0\u00a0Midweek \u00a322 (round) \u00a312 (9 holes); weekend \u00a323.25\/\u00a312.50\u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0Par 33.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 3 Detail:\u00a0\u00a0 The “Wee Braids”, sometimes know as the “Princes Course”, is a 9 hole golf course run by Edinburgh Council.\u00a0 It is on Braids Hill, on the south side of Edinburgh, accessed from the city […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,34,44,16,19,29,32,9,54,13,15,30,38,2,18,3,28,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1946-1980","category-2-star","category-3-star-overall-value","category-9-holes","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-edinburgh-the-lothians","category-heathland","category-holes","category-local-authority","category-overall-value","category-price-range","category-region","category-under-20","category-unknown","category-when-course-established","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","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=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}