{"id":469,"date":"2015-08-23T17:11:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T17:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=469"},"modified":"2015-08-23T17:11:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-23T17:11:50","slug":"28-brechin-22nd-aug-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"28. Brechin. 22nd Aug 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weak link in the Braid Association?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Round\u00a0 \u00a340 (variable).\u00a0 \u00a0Par 72.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 2.5<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Green<\/a>

Green at the par 3 third at Brechin<\/p><\/div>\n

This 6162 yard, 18 hole parkland course, was founded in 1893 and\u00a0is part of the Braid Association – a group of courses designed by James Braid, which\u00a0gives golf playing discounts to members of courses within the association.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On closer examination, some of the association’s courses have fairly tenuous links to Braid – in Brechin’s case, it’s website claims:<\/p>\n

“By 1926 the famous James Braid was invited to play the course.\u00a0 J.P Gellatly, the Club’s Captain at the time, generously offered to pay his fee.\u00a0 Braid was so impressed he suggested suitable sites for sand bunkers in the Limefield section (holes 10-17)\u00a0of the course.”<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The tricky and fun par 4 8th at Brechin<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s clear that holes 10-17 are the best part of the course, with holes 13 and 14 being the toughest in my book – the greens are also measurably better\u00a0in the section and some of the best in the area.\u00a0 However stand on the first tee and you’ll realise this is a weak addition to the Braid association.<\/p>\n

\"12th<\/a>

12th green at Brechin with views of the Angus Hills<\/p><\/div>\n

Moreover, several of the holes are new editions in the 1990s, and fairly bland additions at that.\u00a0 These new holes are on either side of the Brechin A90 bypass and designed by John Farrell.<\/p>\n

The 8th deserves a mention, which is a shortish par 4, with a very small gap in a line of trees – the only tactic I could see was take driver and try and clear the trees – there is an ironically placed wishing well to the front right of the green – I enjoyed this humour from the Members:)<\/p>\n

Brechin\u00a0is nevertheless in a nice setting, with good views of the Angus Glens,\u00a0and\u00a0is easily accessible and close to the\u00a0main Dundee-Aberdeen road – coupled with some good clubhouse facilities it would make an excellent venue for a society golf day.\u00a0 However, the amount of road noise is significant.<\/p>\n

\"Brechin's<\/a>

Brechin’s 17th green<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s a\u00a0well kept course, with nice fairways and greens, but the \u00a340 per round is a bit over priced in my opinion, hence the value for money score of 2.5.<\/p>\n

I played well on the front 9, but 3 “blobs” on the back meant I ended up with a 97, for 31 stableford points.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Distance (white)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a06162\u00a0yards<\/p>\n

Moly’s Gross Score<\/strong>\u00a0 97<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Moly's<\/a>

Moly’s Brechin Scorecard – 97<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weak link in the Braid Association? Round\u00a0 \u00a340 (variable).\u00a0 \u00a0Par 72.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 2.5 This 6162 yard, 18 hole parkland course, was founded in 1893 and\u00a0is part of the Braid Association – a group of courses designed by James Braid, which\u00a0gives golf playing discounts to members of courses within the association.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On closer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,43,35,19,29,32,9,53,15,76,31,38,11,2,18,20,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-18-holes","category-1851-1900","category-2-5-star","category-3-star","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-dundee-angus","category-holes","category-john-farrell","category-members","category-overall-value","category-parkland","category-price-range","category-region","category-when-course-established","category-40-59","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469","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=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":478,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions\/478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}