{"id":2018,"date":"2022-07-21T14:41:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T14:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2022-07-26T12:09:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T12:09:30","slug":"138-cupar-18-may-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=2018","title":{"rendered":"138. Cupar. 18 May 22."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Don’t get confused by historic rhetoric – you play the course, not the ‘club’.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Round \u00a316. Par 33. Course Rating \/ Slope Rating (yellow) 31.9\/114. Value (out of 5) \u2013 3.5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cupar is a quaint 9 hole course in the town of the same name, only 10 miles to the west of St Andrews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The web site and a sign at the first hole declare you’re playing at “the oldest 9 hole golf club in the world”. Dig just a little under the surface and you realise this is just a trifle disingenuous. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The delightful and fun sign on near the first at Cupar.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Firstly, you play on a golf course, not on a golf club. So whilst Cupar Golf Club was founded in 1855, it was at a 6 hole course (note not 9) some distance from the current location, which is in the Hilltarvit area of Cupar. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The green at the short 6th, which plays much longer that the yardage, perhaps 3 clubs longer. Try and look closely you’ll note the greens could have been better.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

After an interesting first 40 years of existence, during which the Cupar Golf Club located and played at Ladybank golf course, this current 9 hole layout which plays across the slope of Tarvit Hill was laid out in 1896, after a few years of a more “up and down” layout. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Moly at the 255 yard par 4 third hole from the well prepared teeing ground <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Do some research and you uncover there are a number of 9 hole courses still in play from the early 1890s, with nearby Anstruther (click for my blog)<\/a>, being a good example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set aside the longevity, and you do have a delightful little fun course to play, along with its nice wooden clubhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The tricky surrounds of the green at the 7th, a par 4 of 344 yards.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The course was in pretty good condition, although the greens were soft in places and many pitch marks had not been repaired, which was a shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fran at the 8th, with long reaching views and showing the sloping fairways that await you at Cupar.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Although set on a hill, with great views over the town and surrounding countryside, many of the holes played across the slopes so it was a much easier walk that we had envisioned.
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The last hole!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I played very well, in blustery conditions, for a 41, 7 over, which was about to handicap for the 9 holes. I drove to 4 feet at the last (see photo above) but missed my birdie putt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s well worth playing Cupar, but don’t buy any of the “oldest” stuff, is my steer. But don’t take my word for it – check out the nice history overview on the web site here<\/a> and make your own mind up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cupar GC allow bookings direct on their BRS system, where I got a decent discount and paid only \u00a313 for 9 holes. Good value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, don’t put Hill of Tarvit into your sat nav, as you’ll end up a few miles south at Kingarrock Hickory golf course, another place well worth a visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Par <\/em>33 (0 par 5s, 6 par 4s, 3 par 3s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance<\/em>: 2376 (<\/strong>white)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moly\u2019s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>: 41<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Moly’s Cupar 9 hole scorecard – 41, net 34, 1 over par. A good day in blustery conditions. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t get confused by historic rhetoric – you play the course, not the ‘club’. Round \u00a316. Par 33. Course Rating \/ Slope Rating (yellow) 31.9\/114. Value (out of 5) \u2013 3.5 Cupar is a quaint 9 hole course in the town of the same name, only 10 miles to the west of St Andrews. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,35,45,16,19,29,32,9,15,31,38,11,2,18,57,28,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018","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-members","category-overall-value","category-parkland","category-price-range","category-region","category-the-kingdom-of-fife","category-unknown","category-when-course-established","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018","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=2018"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2033,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018\/revisions\/2033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}