{"id":101,"date":"2013-12-31T21:29:37","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T21:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=101"},"modified":"2015-07-07T18:01:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T18:01:08","slug":"lundin-ladies-9-hole-26th-dec-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"5. Lundin Ladies 9 hole; 26th Dec 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get past the Ladies Tee on this course!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Clubhouse and 9th Green<\/p><\/div>\n

Lundin Ladies\u00a0is the oldest all-female members club in the world, and as such deserves a visit for\u00a0its place in golfing history.\u00a0 Interestingly,\u00a0I don’t think it picks up quite as much criticism though for it’s single sex membership\u00a0rules as\u00a0does The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers <\/a><\/em>at Muirfield does.\u00a0 Then again, Muirfield doesn’t have an honestly box!<\/p>\n

In many ways\u00a0Lundin Ladies\u00a0is a quintessential Scottish small course,\u00a0typical of\u00a0the type\u00a0often found in the Scottish Highlands;\u00a0 9 holes, small clubhouse with external toilet, and honesty box beside the starter.\u00a0 \"131226_LundinAs a womens club, the “back tees”, are the LGU Red tees, with the white tees being in front, therefore this is one of the few courses where\u00a0my tee shots were guaranteed to\u00a0land in front of the ladies tee!<\/p>\n

It’s course signature\u00a0is 3 standing stones set on the 2nd fairway, which also has a well positioned bunker down the right side, designed for a tee shot aimed to the right of the stones.<\/p>\n

\"Standing

Standing Stones on the 2nd hole – an interesting hazard!<\/p><\/div>\n

However, the ideal line is directly over the stones, as a good drive\u00a0should clear the stones comfortably.<\/p>\n

The course is relatively straight forward, with the first 4 holes, all par 4s, having wide fairways with accessible greens, albeit the 3rd (stroke index 1) is played uphill and the approach shot needs a club selection at least 1-2\u00a0clubs longer\u00a0(advice I’m afraid I\u00a0didn’t follow!).<\/p>\n

\"Views

Views from Lundin Links<\/p><\/div>\n

Although near to the Fife coast there are no sea views, however this is made up for by\u00a0some nice countryside views inland.<\/p>\n

\"7th

7th Teeing area<\/p><\/div>\n

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The 7th hole, a par 4, but really a long par 3 for men, is the most picturesque hole, with a long carry to a raised green.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0the right wind conditions, some of the par 4s are within range\u00a0for the longer hitters;\u00a0 I actually reached the green on the 8th – the wind must have got up at that point!<\/p>\n

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I had a disastrous first\u00a05 holes, 3 putting 2 greens and going out of bounds with a hook of the par\u00a04 third hole.\u00a0 Luckily I played the last 4 in around par to \u00a0save my card.<\/p>\n

A nice course, well worth playing for its historical place in the history of golf.\u00a0 I’ll need to go back for those first 5 holes \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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

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

Green Fees:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>18 Holes \u00a316.00;\u00a0 9 Holes \u00a310.00<\/p>\n

Par\u00a034<\/strong> <\/em>(7 par 4s,\u00a02 par 3s)<\/p>\n

Distance<\/em>:\u00a0<\/strong>2365 yards<\/p>\n

Moly’s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>: 44<\/p>\n

\"Lundin

Lundin Ladies scorecard<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Get past the Ladies Tee on this course! Lundin Ladies\u00a0is the oldest all-female members club in the world, and as such deserves a visit for\u00a0its place in golfing history.\u00a0 Interestingly,\u00a0I don’t think it picks up quite as much criticism though for it’s single sex membership\u00a0rules as\u00a0does The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield does.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,35,45,16,19,29,32,9,15,27,31,38,11,2,18,57,3,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1851-1900","category-3-star","category-3-5-star","category-9-holes","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-holes","category-james-braid","category-members","category-overall-value","category-parkland","category-price-range","category-region","category-the-kingdom-of-fife","category-under-20","category-when-course-established","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}