Course Guide

Hole 1 – Khyber

Keep your first tee shot of the day out of the woods. You are left with an uphill second shot, but beware of the pin position as there are about three clubs difference from the front to the back of the green. Take a par and walk on.

Hole 2 – Moorfoots

From a elevated tee you get a great view of the hole, for the longer hitters then a tee shot straight over the three bunkers is the play, leaving a short iron to the green. The safer but longer option is a long iron or rescue off the tee leaving a longer shot to the green but avoiding the bunkers. Good Hole. The Bogey golfer may think of this as a par five.

Hole 3 – Buckstone

A middle distance par three to a very heavily bunkered green, generally into the prevailing wind.

Hole 4 – Poet’s Walk

Not many golfers will get close to this par five in two. Avoiding the bunkers sixty yards short of the green with your second shot should leave you with a comfortable approach shot into the green. Some fabulous views of East Lothian can inspire you for the rest of your round.

Hole 5 – Avenue

A tight dog leg par four. How much of the dog leg will you dare to cut off. Get greedy and you will end up in the trees with no second shot and a double bogey on your card. Get it right and a birdie may be your reward.

Hole 6 – Pines

A short par four, a long iron or fairway wood may be the best option from the tee. Go too far and you may leave a downhill lying approach shot to an elevated green that slopes from back to front. Planned for the winter of 2022 and continuing into the spring we will be lengthening the hole and also placing a wet area to assist with the drainage and overall playability of the hole. Continuing the progress of our ecology project.

Hole 7 – Knowe

A testing par three for all levels can play from a 9 iron to a Driver into the prevailing wind. Take enough club from the tee to carry onto the green as there is a steep incline onto the green. Nobody likes to see the ball rolling 20 metres back!

Hole 8 – Cottage

A good birdie chance a solid drive will leave you a second shot at the green. The decision is to decide if you can carry the cross bunkers 70 yards short of the green. Beware the green as it slopes from front to back and can be very quick. Go for it.

Hole 9 – Neuk

Although not a long hole this is one of the most difficult on the course. A sharp dogleg to the right means you need to decide how much to cut off. Go too straight and you might run out of fairway, take too much off and the trees may await. Miss the green with your second shot and you will find your ball running down the slopes either left or right.

Hole 10 – Plantation

A great short par three played from an elevated tee set amongst trees. The green is small and surrounded by bunkers, which may be preferable to the steep banking on the left. 'Choose your club wisely.'

Hole 11 – Gate

This is a great tough par four for any standard of golfer. The drive must be placed between a rocky hillock on the right and trees on the left. You are left with a long second shot up the slope to a two-tier green. The longest 150 yards in golf! Don’t go long with your second or you will be looking at a very fast shot back down the green. Great hole.

Hole 12 – Meadowhead

This is a short par five giving you another birdie chance, keep your drive up the right and let it feed back down the hill to the centre of the fairway. If you are far enough down you may be able to fly your second onto the green. If not, let your ball run down the slope to the green but beware of the bunkers.

Hole 13 – Trotter’s Wood

A long par four which will take two well struck shots to get to the green. Usually played into the prevailing wind, your tee shot will run from left to right. Followed by a long second to the slightly elevated green. Another stunning hole.

Hole 14 – Dyke

This is a tricky par four, get a good drive or long iron away and you may find your ball has run well down the fairway leaving a short second shot to an undulating green. Miss the fairway and out of bounds right or the trees to the left may be your downfall. Positional Golf.

Hole 15 – Braid Hills

A good par 5 it tempts you into going for it but a tricky green awaits. A solid drive followed by a mid iron for position and make a birdie chance off your wedge shot, par isn't a bad score.

Hole 16 – Quarry

A long iron or fairway wood may be the best shot from this tee, as a driver if straight could catch the bunker 60 yards short of the green, or run out of room, leaving a shot to a green sloping towards the Elf Loch which makes you think on the approach.

Hole 17 – Elfin

A scenic par three played over the Elf Loch to a well bunkered green. Danger awaits short and right of the green. Make sure you have selected the correct club as the wind blows through the Khyber Pass at the back of the green.

Hole 18 – Warren

A great finishing hole which doglegs to the right. Flirt with the right side and leave a shorter second shot to the green, however, go too far right and you will end up in the gorse. The second needs to be accurate, if you go left or long you are down a slope with a difficult chip back up to the green, go right and the gorse awaits. Anything hit short and you may find your ball hiding in one of the bunkers.