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Elgin Golf Club in ELGIN, Scotland in IV30 8SX
iv30-8sx (Click on a Hole to View Flyover of the Hole or View Hole Maps or View Scorecard or View Nearby Courses or View Gradebook or Wireframe Hubspoke)
1The round commences at a stiff first hole of 457 yards running parallel to the road on the left leading to the ancient church of Birnie and the distillery of Glenlossie.2Hugging the fence beside the Birnie road, the drive at the dog-leg second hole of 452 yards is over a crest and downhill to a wide fairway beyond.3The tee for the third hole is at the southernmost part of the course.From a background of trees, the drive is northwards along a wide avenue of grass set between plantations of silver birch trees to a green some 369 yards away.4The fourth hole, the first of the four short holes, has a charm all its own.From a tee beside the western boundary fence, play is over rough ground bordered by birch trees to a plateau green.5On higher ground, in the more central part of the course, from the fifth tee a general view of the remainder of the course may be had.The long fifth hole of 483 yards may be the toughest hole on the course as after a drive to lower ground, the player is faced with a long second shot which should reach the front o6The 220-yard sixth hole is a long testing one-shotter, with the ground slanting from left to right at the approaches to the green.The 220-yard sixth hole is a long testing one-shotter, with the ground slanting from left to right at the approaches to the green.7The aspect at the short 169-yard seventh is from a built-up tee that gives a view of the green set on a slightly uphill slope at lower level.The aspect at the short 169-yard seventh is from a built-up tee that gives a view of the green set on a slightly uphill slope at lower level.8The 461-yard eighth is the first of three consecutive holes all of over 400 yards providing a hard test.Care must be taken to steer clear of a large beech tree on the left, and half way down the fairway.9The 408-yard ninth hole lies at the western boundary perimeter of the course and is a straightforward two-shotter, with the second shot played over a rise of an uphill slope to a gThe 408-yard ninth hole lies at the western boundary perimeter of the course and is a straightforward two-shotter, with the second shot played over a rise of an uphill slope to a g10The inward half is commenced at the tenth hole of 431 yards adjoiningthe Mayne Estate, with a drive to a sloping fairway, with a pathway and boundary fence to the left, and rough, and grassy pit higher up on the banking, to the right.11The tee to the eleventh hole, sited behind the tenth green, provides an aspect where the prO-Blems of this dog-leg hole can be studied.The tee to the eleventh hole, sited behind the tenth green, provides an aspect where the prO-Blems of this dog-leg hole can be studied.12The 276-yard twelfth hole should pose no great difficulties, but the boundary fence to the left may make some players go warily.A large, undulating green requires a firmly hit pitch to produce a chance of a birdie putt.13The thirteenth hole at Elgin Golf Club is named for long-serving professional, Ian Rodger, who served the club for 27 years, from 1974 till his retirement in 2001.The drive at this hole is over a ridge towards a downhill slope, with the second shot being played to a well-shaped green set on an uphill rise above the level of the fairway.A shelf in front of the green must be cleared to reach the putting surface.14Facing north, the drive at the long 464-yard fourteenth hole has to clear a crest to reach the level ground.The long second shot over a ridge requires a high degree of accuracy to avoid bunkers at right, left and short of the green – bunkers that give the hole its name.15The last of the short holes is the fifteenth, an excellent one-shotter of 189 yards, with the tee-shot played from an elevated tee over a grassy quarry to a green bounded by a grasThe last of the short holes is the fifteenth, an excellent one-shotter of 189 yards, with the tee-shot played from an elevated tee over a grassy quarry to a green bounded by a gras16Facing south, the drive at the 419-yard sixteenth hole is to a fairly wide fairway towards an uphill which screens the green from the tee.The second shot call for great accuracy to avoid being stymied by the lone beech tree standing sentinel to the right of the green, or trapped by its attendant bunker, or the greens17The drive at the 338-yard seventeenth hole is towards an uphill slope, with well-placed bunkers to right and left of the fairway.Accuracy is required for the second shot, as the narrow entrance to the green is flanked by double-bunkers, while to the left and beyond is rough and birch trees.18The eighteenth hole at Elgin, a tough finishing hole, is named after Gordon Wilken, who served the club as Secretary from 1959 until his sudden and untimely passing in early 1980 aFrom the tee the drive is over rough ground to a slightly downhill open fairway. The plateau green, which is set at an angle with a steep bank running away to the right, is overlooThere are grassy hollows and a bunker to the left and other bunkers at either side of the fairway short of the green, plus a dip in front, all of which makes the second shot a diff
Holes Distances in
Yards Meters
Hole: 1 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 10/10 Yards 0 454
437
419
0
Meters 0 415
400
383
0
Hole: 2 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 14/14 Yards 0 452
415
382
0
Meters 0 413
379
349
0
Hole: 3 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 6/6 Yards 0 369
338
332
0
Meters 0 337
309
304
0
Hole: 4 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 16/16 Yards 0 159
153
136
0
Meters 0 145
140
124
0
Hole: 5 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 2/2 Yards 0 483
458
424
0
Meters 0 442
419
388
0
Hole: 6 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 8/8 Yards 0 220
214
206
0
Meters 0 201
196
188
0
Hole: 7 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 18/18 Yards 0 169
161
147
0
Meters 0 155
147
134
0
Hole: 8 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 4/4 Yards 0 461
452
436
0
Meters 0 422
413
399
0
Hole: 9 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 12/12 Yards 0 408
402
374
0
Meters 0 373
368
342
0
Hole: 10 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 11/11 Yards 0 431
423
404
0
Meters 0 394
387
369
0
Hole: 11 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 3/3 Yards 0 380
368
358
0
Meters 0 347
336
327
0
Hole: 12 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 17/17 Yards 0 276
263
249
0
Meters 0 252
240
228
0
Hole: 13 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 7/7 Yards 0 325
295
280
0
Meters 0 297
270
256
0
Hole: 14 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 1/1 Yards 0 464
441
383
0
Meters 0 424
403
350
0
Hole: 15 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 13/13 Yards 0 189
177
158
0
Meters 0 173
162
144
0
Hole: 16 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 5/5 Yards 0 419
409
406
0
Meters 0 383
374
371
0
Hole: 17 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 15/15 Yards 0 338
331
298
0
Meters 0 309
303
272
0
Hole: 18 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 9/9 Yards 0 452
411
402
0
Meters 0 413
376
368
0
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