{"id":77,"date":"2013-12-31T21:20:51","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T21:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=77"},"modified":"2015-07-07T17:54:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T17:54:50","slug":"st-michaels-leuchars-17th-dec-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"4. St Michael’s, Leuchars; 17th Dec 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beware the Typhoon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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View to Monument adjoining course<\/p><\/div>\n

Even though\u00a0it was December,\u00a0 all tees and greens were fully in play, due to the great drainage\u00a0provided on\u00a0Gallowhill, which the course sits on.\u00a0\u00a0 Although this is on a hill, the course itself is not a difficult walk;\u00a0 however, it does have some fine views, to the Sidlaws to the North beyond Dundee and South towards St Andrew’s bay overlooking RAF Leuchars, which is only a couple of miles away.<\/p>\n

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\"Typhoon

Typhoon from the nearby RAF Leuchars<\/p><\/div>\n

Indeed, one of the key hazards is the noise of the Typhoon fighter jets as they take off and land at the base.\u00a0 This course is a real joy for the plane spotter, and there can’t be a much better location to view the annual RAF Leuchars show in September each year.<\/p>\n

Wide fairways on most of the par 4s and par 5s, make this a slightly flattering course for the more wayward driver (me!), albeit the par 3s present the sternest test on this course.<\/p>\n

In particular, club selection on the downhill 15 is key to avoid going over green onto railway line.<\/p>\n

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Walk down to the short Par 3, 15th Green<\/p><\/div>\n

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I played the 17th\u00a0as a long par 3 with the Dundee-Edinburgh train line hugging the left of<\/p>\n

\"17th

17th Hole with the Aberdeen to Edinburgh train<\/p><\/div>\n

the fairway, and a real challenge for anyone who draws\/hooks the ball.\u00a0\u00a0 In other than winter, this hole is a\u00a0short par 4, and an\u00a0easier prospect when a mid to long iron would be a sensible tee club choice.\u00a0 I hit a lucky low running rescue off the tee to about 20 feet, and 2 putted for a par – I’m sure the members would buy that.<\/p>\n

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Play the pars 3 to handicap should see you beat your par at this nice little course.<\/p>\n

Key Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Green Fees:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Nov – Mar;\u00a0 \u00a315 any day<\/p>\n

Par\u00a068<\/strong> <\/em>(1 par 5,\u00a05 par 4s,\u00a03 par 3s)<\/p>\n

Distance<\/em>:\u00a0<\/strong>5588 yards<\/p>\n

Moly’s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>: 86.<\/p>\n

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St Michaels Scorecard<\/p><\/div>\n

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Beware the Typhoon Even though\u00a0it was December,\u00a0 all tees and greens were fully in play, due to the great drainage\u00a0provided on\u00a0Gallowhill, which the course sits on.\u00a0\u00a0 Although this is on a hill, the course itself is not a difficult walk;\u00a0 however, it does have some fine views, to the Sidlaws to the North beyond Dundee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,44,35,19,29,32,9,15,31,38,11,2,18,57,3,64,28,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-18-holes","category-3-star-overall-value","category-3-star","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-holes","category-members","category-overall-value","category-parkland","category-price-range","category-region","category-the-kingdom-of-fife","category-under-20","category-unknown-when-course-established","category-unknown","category-when-course-established","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","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=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}