{"id":835,"date":"2016-11-04T18:25:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=835"},"modified":"2016-11-04T18:25:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:25:24","slug":"56-portobello-25th-oct-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=835","title":{"rendered":"56. Portobello. 25th Oct 2016."},"content":{"rendered":"

Easy walking 9 hole public course – but a\u00a0no rake policy!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Round \u00a39.30. \u00a0Par 32. \u00a0Value\u00a0(out of 5)\u00a01.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Portobello is a short 9 hole pay-for-play course\u00a0operated by Edinburgh Leisure<\/a>, which manages\u00a06 golf courses on behalf of Edinburgh Council; an annual 7-day membership to play all\u00a0courses costs\u00a0around only \u00a3400 \u2013 excellent value. \u00a0 However, Edinburgh Leisure’s\u00a0pricing policy, with\u00a0all courses priced the same on a pay-per-play basis, makes Portobello very\u00a0poor value compared with the other more substantial courses (e.g. Braid Hills) on offer. \u00a0That is a great shame.<\/p>\n

\"1st

1st green at Portobello, with good view of Arthur’s seat over this flat course.<\/p><\/div>\n

It is a short, open and easy walking course of only 2566 yards,\u00a0with some excellent views of Arthur’s seat, one of Edinburgh’s signature landmarks.<\/p>\n

There is however little variation on this course, with only a couple of\u00a0playing highlights of note. \u00a0The 6th approach shot over a bunker some 40 yards in front of the green provides a distance judgment challenge, with the green being one of the few sloping ones. \u00a0 The signature hole is the long par 3 9th at nearly 200\u00a0yards and requiring a fairway wood for most I suspect.<\/p>\n

\"Approach

Approach at the 6th at Portobello<\/p><\/div>\n

The only memory of the club which will endure was the chat I had with the starter attendant, who explained the policy of not leaving rakes in the bunkers, due to the theft risk. \u00a0This is a great shame, and I concluded that a better policy might be to at least put the rakes out in the morning and then take them in when the starter box closes.<\/p>\n

\"The

The signature 9th at Portobello<\/p><\/div>\n

The greens were in OK condition, but the tees were poor, and of course the bunkers at the mercy of the previous occupant.<\/p>\n

Overall, a good course to learn on, or if you’re looking for a quick 9 holes.<\/p>\n

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

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

Par 32\u00a0(5 par 4s, 4 par 3s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Distance yards: \u00a02566<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moly\u2019s Gross Score: 44<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Moly's

Moly’s Portobello scorecard – 44 (12 over)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Easy walking 9 hole public course – but a\u00a0no rake policy!\u00a0 Round \u00a39.30. \u00a0Par 32. \u00a0Value\u00a0(out of 5)\u00a01.5 Portobello is a short 9 hole pay-for-play course\u00a0operated by Edinburgh Leisure, which manages\u00a06 golf courses on behalf of Edinburgh Council; an annual 7-day membership to play all\u00a0courses costs\u00a0around only \u00a3400 \u2013 excellent value. \u00a0 However, Edinburgh Leisure’s\u00a0pricing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,34,16,19,29,32,9,54,15,30,38,11,2,18,3,64,28,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-5-star","category-2-star","category-9-holes","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-edinburgh-the-lothians","category-holes","category-local-authority","category-overall-value","category-parkland","category-price-range","category-region","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\/835","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=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions\/846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}