{"id":492,"date":"2015-09-11T16:29:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T16:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=492"},"modified":"2015-09-15T16:49:24","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T16:49:24","slug":"30-muir-of-ord-30th-aug-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"30. Muir of Ord. 30th Aug 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nice course\u00a0 \u2013 play on Sunday after 3pm for best value golf in the area<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Round\u00a0 \u00a325.\u00a0 \u00a0Par 67 (yellow).\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 3.5<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Muir of Ord is an interesting heathland course, about 13 miles north-west of Inverness close to the Beauly Firth.\u00a0 The course is bisected by the Inverness-Wick railway line, with the track being a significant hazard on several of the holes.\u00a0 I played on a Sunday afternoon, taking advantage of a fantastic standing offer of only \u00a310 for a round after 3pm, which is very popular deal.\u00a0 On the basis of that price the value rating would have been 4.5, rather than 3.5 using the midweek standard price of \u00a325.<\/p>\n

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The course was established in 1875 and is party laid out by James Braid.\u00a0 Apparently there has been several changes since Braid\u2019s involvement, but the current layout has some great holes, many unchanged from Braid\u2019s time.<\/p>\n

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The first 4 and last 3 holes are on one side of the railway line and are flat and almost links like, with the 5th through 15th on the other side, where the course is more undulating and very different in character.<\/p>\n

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The highlight for me was the 4 hole stretch from 11 to 14. \u00a0The par 4 11th<\/span><\/sup>, is the stroke index 1 hole, followed immediately by 2 very different par 3s, the 12th<\/span><\/sup> is a hazard laden 200+ yard hole and the 13th<\/span><\/sup> is a 100 yard hole with a 100 ft climb to a tricky green \u2013 the 14th<\/span><\/sup> presents a very challenging drive with the railway line tight along the left of the hole.\u00a0 I suspect these 4 holes will heavily influence your card.<\/p>\n

Another hole worth mentioning is the 4th<\/span><\/sup>, with a drive and approach again both influenced by the railway.<\/p>\n

The course was in beautiful condition when I played in August 2015, with the heather in full bloom, it would be worth playing at this time of year just for the floral colour. \u00a0\u00a0The tees in particular were very well maintained.<\/p>\n

I played as well as I\u2019ve done all season, chipping and putting very well, with several single putts in a gross 86, for 37 stableford points.\u00a0 I had an interesting 6 on the 14th, including playing out of a bush where my ball had come to rest about 2 feet off the ground!\u00a0 Happy day all round\u00a0on this very nice course.<\/p>\n

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Why not pray for good weather after 3pm on Sunday!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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

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

Par\u00a067<\/strong> <\/em>(13 par 4s,\u00a05 par 3s)<\/h3>\n

Distance (yellow)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a05229\u00a0yards<\/p>\n

Moly’s Gross Score<\/strong>\u00a0 86<\/b><\/p>\n

Stableford 37<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Moly’s Muir of Ord Scorecard – 86, best for a while!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nice course\u00a0 \u2013 play on Sunday after 3pm for best value golf in the area Round\u00a0 \u00a325.\u00a0 \u00a0Par 67 (yellow).\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 3.5 Muir of Ord is an interesting heathland course, about 13 miles north-west of Inverness close to the Beauly Firth.\u00a0 The course is bisected by the Inverness-Wick railway line, with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,45,36,19,29,32,9,13,15,27,31,2,18,56,20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-18-holes","category-1851-1900","category-3-5-star","category-4-star","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-heathland","category-holes","category-james-braid","category-members","category-price-range","category-region","category-the-highlands","category-when-course-established","category-20-39","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","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=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}