{"id":531,"date":"2015-09-20T09:46:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T09:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=531"},"modified":"2015-09-20T09:46:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T09:46:30","slug":"33-drumoig-16th-sep-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=531","title":{"rendered":"33. Drumoig. 16th Sep 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Driver’s paradise with some prayers needed around the turn!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Round\u00a0 \u00a325.\u00a0 \u00a0Par 73.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013\u00a04<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Drumoig golf course is a substantial par 73 golf course, designed by Dave Thomas,\u00a0set in a resort style estate, with housing and a hotel, situated between Dundee and St Andrews.\u00a0It is a\u00a0parkland layout and sufficiently undulating to\u00a0make for a tiring walk on this\u00a07000 yard course.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The difficult 9th hole with water on both sides of the fairway.<\/p><\/div>\n

It is well\u00a0set within the surrounding arable land with some far reaching views, notable across to Broughty Ferry, Monifieth and Carnoustie, on the\u00a0other side of the Tay Estuary.<\/p>\n

Surrounded by the classic links on this north Fife coastline, Drumoig would make a nice contrast for touring golfers, who may be finding the local links fairways a bit tight.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The “cliff side” green at the 5th – the long signature hole at Dromoig<\/p><\/div>\n

My main impression of Drumoig, was the width of the fairways, especially on the\u00a0five par 5s; you\u00a0can really open your shoulders whilst driving here, that is all bar the 9th, 10th and 11th, where all three holes are set around a large lake, making up its own Amen Corner.\u00a0 These holes at the turn were the highlight for me, particularly the 10th, where I took a bogie 5, having taken 3 from the tee!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The 11th green at Drumoig<\/p><\/div>\n

There are other interesting features, with\u00a0a 25-foot quarry wall sitting immediately behind the\u00a05th hole, a long par 5, and the 13th.\u00a0 The 18th, is also a very nicely architected hole, with carefully laid water hazards, where the safe play is a medium iron or hybrid from the tee, leaving a short iron to the green.<\/p>\n

\"13th<\/a>

13th at Drumoig with the quarry wall behind.<\/p><\/div>\n

The course\u00a0 is a little unbalanced in my opinion with only 1 par 3 (the 2nd) and 2 par 5s on the front 9 of 37, but 3 par 3s, 3 par 4s and 3 par 5s on the back 9.\u00a0 The course was in nice condition when I played, although the bunkers were a little stony and greens much slower that the nearby links courses.\u00a0 That aside, its a good course which is well worth playing and good value.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The greenside bunker at the left of 14th, a natural target with OOB all down the right.<\/p><\/div>\n

I had a fairly good day for me, shooting 96, with 46 on back 9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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

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

Par\u00a073<\/strong> <\/em>(5 par 5s,\u00a09 par 4s,\u00a04 par 3s)<\/h3>\n

Distance (green!)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a06472 yards<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Stableford 33<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Moly's<\/a>

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

A Driver’s paradise with some prayers needed around the turn! Round\u00a0 \u00a325.\u00a0 \u00a0Par 73.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013\u00a04 Drumoig golf course is a substantial par 73 golf course, designed by Dave Thomas,\u00a0set in a resort style estate, with housing and a hotel, situated between Dundee and St Andrews.\u00a0It is a\u00a0parkland layout and sufficiently undulating to\u00a0make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,24,46,36,65,19,29,32,9,68,15,38,11,2,18,57,20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-18-holes","category-1946-1980","category-4-star-overall-value","category-4-star","category-commercial","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-dave-thomas","category-holes","category-overall-value","category-parkland","category-price-range","category-region","category-the-kingdom-of-fife","category-when-course-established","category-20-39","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531","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=531"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}