{"id":513,"date":"2015-09-16T10:47:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T10:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2015-09-16T10:47:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T10:47:54","slug":"32-abernethy-9th-sep-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=513","title":{"rendered":"32. Abernethy. 9th Sep 2015."},"content":{"rendered":"

Great Fun Highland Golf – but overpriced for just 9 holes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Round\u00a0 \u00a325\u00a0 (\u00a318 for 9).\u00a0 \u00a0Par 33.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 2.5<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I was a member of Abernethy golf club for many years and the course is my favourite place on earth!\u00a0 I have had no greater golfing pleasure than playing on my own on a late June evening with the course completely to myself – I have felt the spirit of Shivas Irons<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The war memorial hazard on the long par 3 8th hole.<\/p><\/div>\n

Abernethy GC is in the village of Nethy Bridge, near Grantown on Spey in the Cairngorms National Park.\u00a0 Founded\u00a0in 1893, it is a\u00a0quintessential\u00a0Highland 9-hole course – \u00a0small “tea room” style clubhouse, open to visitors of all standards, lovely views from natural heathland with\u00a0majestic trees, and terrifying heather in places.\u00a0 There is also an abundance of wildlife, so a good course for non-playing partners to accompany golfers around this lovely walk, which, if not busy, will take comfortably less than 1 hours 30 mins to play 9 holes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beware cars on the short par 3 2nd hole.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Abernethy is\u00a0one of those courses where all golfers will feel they should break their handicap;\u00a0 its short, with many\u00a0inviting tee shots,\u00a0and “feels easy”.\u00a0 However, there are some\u00a0key reasons why most people won’t break their handicap; the fairways become very tight\u00a0over 220 yards, the excellent greens are small with many having difficult slopes, plus 3 of the holes – the long par 3s at the 5th and 8th, and the par 4 7th – are amongst the toughest holes in the Highlands.\u00a0 Off the back tee on the 7th, all bar the longest hitters\u00a0would be advised\u00a0to play this hole as a par 5 – the white tee carry being around 250 yards to a dog leg!\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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The mighty carry of the 7th drive at Abernethy GC<\/p><\/div>\n

The course has got great variety and the small green keeping staff do a good job keeping the course in fantastic condition, with the greens being some of the best in the area.\u00a0 It’s a great course to play, especially for those on holiday wanting to play a quick and casual game.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The beautiful view of the 6th tee at “nethy”<\/p><\/div>\n

However, in my opinion, the pricing is really\u00a0a shame\u00a0and is discouraging anyone wanting to play just a quick 9 holes.\u00a0 It is \u00a318 for 9 holes, but only \u00a325 for the whole day, with no 18 hole price, hence I’m forced to conclude its not particularly good value – my recommendation would be \u00a313 for 9 and\u00a0\u00a318 for 18.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

On the day, I got a 5 on the 7th:) – which always makes me happy!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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

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

Par\u00a033<\/strong> <\/em>(6 par 4s,\u00a03 par 3s)<\/h3>\n

Distance (yellow)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a02297 yards<\/p>\n

Moly’s Gross Score<\/strong>\u00a0 44<\/b><\/p>\n

Stableford 17<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Moly's<\/a>

Moly’s Abernethy Scorecard – 44 for 17 stableford points<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Great Fun Highland Golf – but overpriced for just 9 holes. Round\u00a0 \u00a325\u00a0 (\u00a318 for 9).\u00a0 \u00a0Par 33.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 2.5 I was a member of Abernethy golf club for many years and the course is my favourite place on earth!\u00a0 I have had no greater golfing pleasure than playing on my own […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,43,36,16,19,29,32,9,14,15,31,38,2,18,56,28,20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1851-1900","category-2-5-star","category-4-star","category-9-holes","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-highland","category-holes","category-members","category-overall-value","category-price-range","category-region","category-the-highlands","category-unknown","category-when-course-established","category-20-39","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513","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=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":524,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}