{"id":395,"date":"2015-07-16T19:55:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T19:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=395"},"modified":"2015-07-16T19:55:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T19:55:23","slug":"23-auchterderran-15th-july-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"23. Auchterderran. 15th July 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good value golf on an interesting little course.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summary<\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a310 for 9 holes, \u00a312 for 18.\u00a0 \u00a0Par 33.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 3<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Nice<\/a>

Nice views from Auchterderrans 6th green<\/p><\/div>\n

Although Auchterderran golf course, located in the Fife village of Cardenden, was established in 1904, in many ways it feels a younger, less mature course.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u00a0is one of 7 courses managed by the Fife Golf Trust which was established in 2011 to take over Fife Council’s directly managed courses.\u00a0\u00a0 This is becoming a common practice by Local Authorities in Scotland to manage golf courses.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The devilishly difficult long par 3 5th, “Burma Road”<\/p><\/div>\n

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It\u2019s a nice layout in the space available, with a\u00a0good mix of holes.\u00a0 This is a course for all, with some are pretty straightforward holes,\u00a0 but the 3rd, 5th and 8th are potential card wreckers that will challenge the\u00a0low handicap player.<\/p>\n

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\"3rd<\/a>

3rd green looking down fairway<\/p><\/div>\n

The long par 3 5th, at 241 yards, called Burma Road, is a very tough par 3, which for most golfers should be played as a 4.\u00a0 It has a small green, and out of bounds down the left.\u00a0 A bogie 4 is a good score in my book.\u00a0 Another tip, which I did not follow (meaning 2 lost balls) was playing safe on the 8th, which has a narrow gap at driving length.\u00a0 Given another chance I would have played a 7 iron off the tee.<\/p>\n

\"2nd<\/a>

2nd green towards adjacent water (not in play on course)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The course is maintained by volunteer members and therefore the condition is not great, but then again the price is very reasonable, so it still represents good value golf.\u00a0 The fairways in particular need a lot of work, but the greens were good and true.<\/p>\n

The people I met were very friendly.\u00a0 It’s worth a game, if you have an hour or 2 to spare on your travels.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Par\u00a033<\/strong> <\/em>(0 par 5,\u00a06 par 4s,\u00a03 par 3s)<\/h3>\n

Distance (yellow)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a02318\u00a0yards<\/p>\n

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

\"Moly's<\/a>

Moly’s Auchterderran 9 hole scorecard – 46<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good value golf on an interesting little course. Summary:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a310 for 9 holes, \u00a312 for 18.\u00a0 \u00a0Par 33.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 3 Although Auchterderran golf course, located in the Fife village of Cardenden, was established in 1904, in many ways it feels a younger, less mature course.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u00a0is one of 7 courses managed by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,34,44,16,19,29,32,9,13,15,38,2,18,57,73,3,28,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1901-1945","category-2-star","category-3-star-overall-value","category-9-holes","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-heathland","category-holes","category-overall-value","category-price-range","category-region","category-the-kingdom-of-fife","category-trust","category-under-20","category-unknown","category-when-course-established","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395","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=395"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}