{"id":961,"date":"2017-09-01T17:48:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T17:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=961"},"modified":"2017-09-01T17:48:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T17:48:40","slug":"65-lochore-meadows-1st-sep-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=961","title":{"rendered":"65. Lochore Meadows. 1st Sep 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good value 9 hole course managed by Fife Golf Trust\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0\u00a0Round \u00a0\u00a312.\u00a0 \u00a0Par 36.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 3.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lochore Meadows is one of 7 courses managed by the\u00a0Fife Golf Trust<\/a>\u00a0which was established\u00a0in 2011\u00a0to take over\u00a0Fife Council\u2019s\u00a0directly managed courses. This is becoming a common practice by Local Authorities in Scotland to manage golf courses.\u00a0 The golf club is private, like many Scottish clubs associated with public courses.<\/p>\n

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The 1st at Lochore Meadows, with a mine shaft a reminder of better times for this poor area.<\/p><\/div>\n

Lochore Meadows Golf Course, located within Lochore Meadows Country Park, was formerly called Ballingry Golf Course. \u00a0 It was founded in 1981.<\/p>\n

The country park is just north of Lochgelly, in the Benarty area, comprising the separate villages of Ballingry, Lochore, Crosshill, and Glencraig; this is a poor part of Scotland still in need of economic regeneration following the demise of the coal mining industry – a former mine shaft being a major feature to the left of the first hole.<\/p>\n

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The 3rd green at Lochore Meadows.<\/p><\/div>\n

The 9 hole golf course is really good value. \u00a0It has a very traditional layout with 2 par 3s and 2 par 5s, and at over 3000 yards, from the yellow tees, is a full length course. \u00a0It was also in very good condition when I played, with the medal tees looking like they would have been at home on a much more prestigious Fife course.<\/p>\n

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The par 5 8th hole at Lochore Meadows with the hazard in play for the second shot.<\/p><\/div>\n

The fairways are very generous so you can take driver on most holes. \u00a0There is also a stream running across the course which comes into play on the 1st, 8th and 9th. The large greens were also in great condition when I played.<\/p>\n

There are some lovely views of the surrounding hillsides, which coupled with the good course, means that it is worth travelling to play Lochore Meadows.<\/p>\n

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

Course<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Type<\/em>:<\/strong>\u00a0Parkland<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Par 36<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(2 par 5s, 5 par 4s, 2 par 3s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Distance (yellow)<\/em>:3010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moly\u2019s Gross score<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a048.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Moly’s Lochore Meadows scorecard – 48 for 16 points (off 17 hcp)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good value 9 hole course managed by Fife Golf Trust\u00a0 Summary:\u00a0\u00a0Round \u00a0\u00a312.\u00a0 \u00a0Par 36.\u00a0 Value (out of 5)\u00a0\u2013 3.5 Lochore Meadows is one of 7 courses managed by the\u00a0Fife Golf Trust\u00a0which was established\u00a0in 2011\u00a0to take over\u00a0Fife Council\u2019s\u00a0directly managed courses. This is becoming a common practice by Local Authorities in Scotland to manage golf courses.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,35,45,16,19,29,32,9,15,38,11,2,18,57,73,3,28,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1946-1980","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-overall-value","category-parkland","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\/961","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=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}