{"id":439,"date":"2015-08-11T13:53:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T13:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=439"},"modified":"2015-08-12T09:33:36","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T09:33:36","slug":"26-grantown-on-spey-6th-aug-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"26. Grantown-on-Spey. 6th Aug 2015."},"content":{"rendered":"

Best Value Highland Golf<\/strong><\/p>\n

Round\u00a0 \u00a329 ( any day).\u00a0 \u00a0Par 70.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 5<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Signature 9th at Grantown on Spey<\/p><\/div>\n

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Grantown-on-Spey is in the Strathspey area of The Highlands, an important\u00a0location for whiskey and salmon fishing lovers, both of which benefit from the waters of the Spey river.<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The difficult drive at 10th tee<\/p><\/div>\n

This course was formed in 1890 and designed by Willie Park with assistance from James Braid.\u00a0\u00a0 Unlike some if its neighbouring “highland” courses, Grantown is a traditional parkland course, with holes 7-12 played through some hilly woodland, without the expected broom and heather.<\/p>\n

\"12th<\/a>

12th green Grantown on Spey<\/p><\/div>\n

In many ways I think Grantown is overshadowed by the nearby Boat of Garten course, which gets so many accolades, although it is a similar length\u00a0to “The Boat”, and represents a good challenge for all.<\/p>\n

In terms of condition, it is unparalleled in the area in my view, and gives some of the prestigious more expensive courses a run for their\u00a0money.\u00a0 One of my\u00a0visiting playing partners said “the last time\u00a0I saw a course so well presented was the K-Club during the Ryder Cup!”\u00a0 That’s high praise indeed to the\u00a0small green keeping staff.\u00a0 Considering it has a \u00a329 round change on any day, it scores the highest “Value for Money” rating of 5.\u00a0 It also has a well presented clubhouse with all the expected facilities.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The well bunkered par 3 16th<\/p><\/div>\n

The ‘signature’ hole\u00a0is the 275 yard 9th, a short downhill par 4 with a spectacular backdrop\u00a0of the\u00a0Cromdale Hills. There are also views of the Cairngorms.\u00a0 There are\u00a0some difficult holes with out of bounds coming into play regularly for both “hookers” and “slicers” – no-one is safe.\u00a0 My favourite holes are the 3rd, 7th, 10th, 12th and 15th.\u00a0 The only tips I would give are take enough club at the par 3 8th and 11th, both played uphill.\u00a0 Also, don’t have a disaster in the middle of your round like I did (12 over for the 13th, 14th and 15th – my 32 Stableford points tells I played well otherwise).<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The 17th green – Grantown on Spey<\/p><\/div>\n

Go out of your way to play Grantown, it is amongst the best value golf anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

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

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

Par\u00a070<\/strong> <\/em>(1 par 5,\u00a014 par 4s,\u00a034 par 3s)<\/h3>\n

Distance (white)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a05710\u00a0yards<\/p>\n

Moly’s Gross Score<\/strong>\u00a0 96<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Moly's<\/a>

Moly’s Grantown scorecard – 96<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Best Value Highland Golf Round\u00a0 \u00a329 ( any day).\u00a0 \u00a0Par 70.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 5   Grantown-on-Spey is in the Strathspey area of The Highlands, an important\u00a0location for whiskey and salmon fishing lovers, both of which benefit from the waters of the Spey river.   This course was formed in 1890 and 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":[17,22,48,37,19,29,32,9,15,27,31,38,11,2,18,56,20,74,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-18-holes","category-1851-1900","category-5-star-overall-value","category-5-star","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-holes","category-james-braid","category-members","category-overall-value","category-parkland","category-price-range","category-region","category-the-highlands","category-when-course-established","category-willie-park","category-20-39","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","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=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions\/454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}