{"id":2843,"date":"2024-08-19T17:05:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T17:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2024-08-20T09:05:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T09:05:22","slug":"178-hollandbush-20-mar-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=2843","title":{"rendered":"178. Hollandbush. 20 Mar 23."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tough South Lanarkshire Council course in perennial danger of closing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Value \u2013 4\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollandbush Golf Club near Lesmahagow was founded in 1955 as a 9 hole course, later extended to 18 in 1963. Web searching “Hollandbush GC future” though will return articles about council funding woes; it’s highly likely this blog becomes redundant in future after the course closes. This will be a great shame, as Hollandbush represents a great example of a Scottish municipal course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The free course planner, a surprising addition at this municipal course, worth playing<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

South Lanarkshire council operates 6 courses, in addition to Hollandbush, the other 18 holes layouts are Biggar, Langlands and Torrance House, plus two nine hole courses of Larkhall and Strathclyde Country Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 17th at Hollandbush, a drivable par four, but with well positioned protective ditches<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hollandbush also has an independent golf club, providing members with competition and social benefits. This is a common feature of municipal courses in Scotland. This ‘club’ costs \u00a3115 annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The well maintained ditches shown here at the difficult par 4 12th hole.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Golf pricing is interesting. Annual golf membership for one of South Lanarkshire’s 18 hole municipals is \u00a3475, but for just \u00a332 more you can play all 6 courses for \u00a3508. If you can make sense of that price differential, good luck! A green fee in peak season is \u00a325, but the winter senior rate I paid was only \u00a39, incredible value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 14th at Hollandbush, with one of the relatively few bunkers at this course.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The course is well designed; with constant changes of direction, the undulating fairways, regularly interspersed with well maintained ditches, provide a tough challenge. The slope rating of 129 from the yellow tees testifies to that, albeit it was a fairly generous course from the tee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The greens were good at this municipal course, here seen at the 10th hole, a long par 3, one of the best holes on the course.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The course was well presented, especially given the wet conditions. I saw no-one else playing and the car park had only one other car, possibly owned by the clubhouse attendant. I think the council could reasonably consider “honesty” box payment to reduce its costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The second was one of several card wreckers at this well designed golf course.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I played pretty well, scoring 88, but with 4 blobs. I actually beat the course ‘1 up’, something which is a good measure of your game, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As to the name ‘Hollandbush’ it remains a mystery for me despite my efforts to find it’s origin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s worth playing Hollandbush, a course I hope continues operating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price \u00a325.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discount<\/strong>: Senior winter rate. \u00a39<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Par 70 <\/em>(1 par 5, 14 par 4s, 3 par 3s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance<\/em>: 5552 (yellow)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course Rating \/ Slope Rating (yellow) 67.8\/129.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moly\u2019s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>: 88<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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