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North Inch Golf (Municipal) Course Golf Course Map /North Inch Golf (Municipal) Course Golf Holes Map North Inch Golf (Municipal) Course Golf Course Review in Perth, SL in PH1 5JS
From The Tee The opening hole at the North Inch is a seemingly innocuous par 4 but with out of bounds lurking down the left side and several large trees to avoid on the right you can’t take your opening tee shot too lightly! At 374 yards from the Yellow tees, the hole requires a driver for most players.
From The Fairway Add in some first tee nerves and any shot landing on the fairway should be seen as a success!
From The Tee From the 2nd tee take a moment to admire the view of Kinnoull Hill before
From The Fairway trying to keep your tee shot down the left side avoiding the large tree to the right of the fairway. This gives you the best angle in for your second shot to the two tiered green.
From The Tee At 446 yards from the yellow tees, for all but the longer hitters the 3rd will likely be a 3 shot hole –
From The Fairway especially playing into the prevailing left to right wind. A slight dogleg right to left makes what looks like a forgiving fairway actually quite tight. Even for longer hitters,
From The Tee The only blind tee shot on the North Inch, the adventurous players out there might reach for the driver, take
From The Fairway a line to the right of the tall fir trees and crash a drive down to the narrow part of the fairway for a shorter approach shot in. The percentage shot here though is to go with a shorter club from the tee and take advantage of the steep left to right slope in the fairway to kick your ball onto the flat and wide section of fairway.
From The Tee Not really a driver hole this one, play for position up to the corner of the dogleg left and you’ll leave yourself a short iron to the green.
From The Fairway There’s trouble up the left in the shape of trees and an out of bounds line further up so favour the right side from the tee as the fairway opens up slightly.
From The Tee One of the iconic par 3’s at the North Inch, don’t let its short length lull you into thinking this is an easy one - many a promising front 9 has been ruined by the “Wee Dunt”!
From The Tee Generally played into the wind, the 10th hole can prove to be a fiddly green to hit.
From The Fairway Two deep bunkers left and right catch any shot which comes up short of the raised green so be sure to allow for the wind and take enough club to clear the sand. There is a gap in between the bunkers but you have to be very accurate to run the ball up the steep bank to the green. A large tree guards the right side of the putting surface so your best line is slightly to the left of centre.
From The Tee A challenging dog-leg par four this one. From either set of tees the aim is the same –
From The Fairway get as close to the corner of the dogleg as you can while keeping it on the fairway. Even the best tee shot will still leave an approach of around 150-170 yards so you’ll want to be hitting from the short stuff if possible! Going too far right brings trees, a pond and a burn into play so middle/left is safer but remember – the further left you go the longer your second shot will be.
From The Tee The first of the par 5’s at the North Inch can be a real risk and reward hole.
From The Fairway At 495 yards from the tips it’s not the longest par 5 but with out of bounds along the entire left side of the hole, a large fairway bunker on the right, overhanging trees and a burn around 70 yards short of
From The Tee The main challenge on the 15th hole will become O-Bvious as soon as you step onto the tee – the entire hole runs along the banks of the River Tay; surely one of the largest in-land lateral water hazards in the world! On the Peninsula you only have one O-Bjective from the tee, to be hitting your second shot from dry land!
From The Tee No 17 is another short par 4 which can be played any number of ways.
From The Fairway The main features of the hole are the burn which crosses in front of the tee and runs up the left side of the hole, two fairway bunkers left and right and a copse of trees which cuts across the hole diagonally from left to right.
From The Tee The finishing hole on the North Inch is a long meandering dog-leg par 5.
From The Fairway From the tee up on the bank you look down at a fairly wide fairway which gives you confidence standing over the ball. Trees line the right side of the fairway and separate the 18th and 3rd holes so a tee shot which favours the left is preferable. This also opens up the dog-leg and gives you a clear view for your second shot.