{"id":285,"date":"2015-06-13T11:08:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T11:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=285"},"modified":"2015-07-07T20:21:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T20:21:14","slug":"17-scotscraig-23rd-may-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=285","title":{"rendered":"17. Scotscraig. 23rd May 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great links worth the visit if you’re also playing St Andrews\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0\u00a0Midweek \u00a365 (round);\u00a0\u00a385 (day); weekend (morning) \u00a380.\u00a0 \u00a0Par 71.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 3.5<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Detail:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Scotscraig<\/a>

Scotscraig 18th green and clubhouse<\/p><\/div>\n

Scotscraig was founded in 1817 by some members of the\u00a0St. Andrews Society of Golfers (later to be the R&A) and therefore\u00a0became the 13th Golf Club in the world.\u00a0\u00a0 Pedigree apart, it’s a great test\u00a0of golf and has been\u00a0 a\u00a0final qualifying venue many times when\u00a0The Open\u00a0has been\u00a0at St Andrews.\u00a0 It\u00a0has therefore played host to many of the world’s best golfers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is a fine links course, but with a layout more typical of a parkland course, therefore wind direction impacts differently on each hole, unlike many of the “out and back” links courses on the east of Scotland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Par<\/a>

Par 3 6th at Scotscraig<\/p><\/div>\n

Scotscraig\u00a0also has\u00a0a fair number of trees as well.\u00a0 This, coupled with a lot of broom, the indigenous Scottish links shrub,\u00a0makes for a really nice vista on many of the holes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The greens had recently been rotavated and treated by the newly\u00a0appointed green keeper, and so were not typical of the good condition that I’d experienced here several times before\u00a0– however, the rest of the course was in\u00a0excellent condition.<\/p>\n

\"Approach<\/a>

Approach to the 7th at Scotscraig<\/p><\/div>\n

Playing with an old family friend, David Husband, a member of Scotscraig for many years, I was reminded of the importance of local knowledge to playing links courses, especially when the ground around the greens becomes so hard, and the need to play the chip and run, sometimes from up to 100 yards out.\u00a0 Even if you’re not used to this form of the game, its nice to try this\u00a0shot out.<\/p>\n

There are some great holes at Scotscraig, with the par 4 fourth hole, stroke index 1,\u00a0being the first major test, played to a steep sided plateau green, over a second shot carry from the fairway – settle for a bogey and move on.\u00a0 You also\u00a0need to be aware from several of the tees of the adjacent greens and tees which criss-cross at times.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The par 3 15th with Moly’s best shot of the day!<\/p><\/div>\n

There are also 2 really nice mid iron par 3s, the 6th and 15th, the latter to a 2 tier green would be a good “nearest the pin” for a society.<\/p>\n

I had a mixed round, with 55 out and 45 home, the latter with an 8, but enough to win my match – but to be fair neither David nor I played to\u00a0our handicap, on a day when the wind got up sufficiently to make scoring difficult.<\/p>\n

A nice club\u00a0house with good visitor facilities\u00a0make this course well worth a visit.<\/p>\n

Key Fact<\/strong>s<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Midweek \u00a365 round\u00a0 \u00a385 day
\nWeekend \u00a380 (morning)<\/p>\n

Par\u00a071<\/strong> <\/em>(3 par 5,\u00a011 par 4s,\u00a04 par 3s)<\/h3>\n

Distance(yellow)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a06310 \u00a0yards<\/p>\n

Moly\u2019s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0 100<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Moly's<\/a>

Moly’s Scotscraig scorecard – 100<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Great links worth the visit if you’re also playing St Andrews\u00a0 Summary:\u00a0\u00a0Midweek \u00a365 (round);\u00a0\u00a385 (day); weekend (morning) \u00a380.\u00a0 \u00a0Par 71.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 3.5 Detail:\u00a0 Scotscraig was founded in 1817 by some members of the\u00a0St. Andrews Society of Golfers (later to be the R&A) and therefore\u00a0became the 13th Golf Club in the world.\u00a0\u00a0 Pedigree […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,35,45,21,19,29,32,9,15,27,10,31,38,2,18,57,20,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-18-holes","category-3-star","category-3-5-star","category-before-1850","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-holes","category-james-braid","category-links","category-members","category-overall-value","category-price-range","category-region","category-the-kingdom-of-fife","category-when-course-established","category-60-79","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","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=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}