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Ranfurly Castle Golf Club Golf Course Review in Bridge Of Weir, SL in PA11 3HN
BRIDGE OF WEIR WEATHER
Hole MAP
Hole 1
Hole Name
From The Tee A pleasant opening short par 4 hole with road and houses to the right, clumps of trees both left and right and out of bounds staked to the right.
From The Fairway Although the fairway is wide, many drives are lured by these hazards.
On The Green The second shot is to a sharply sloping green guarded by three bunkers and where three putts are not uncommon.
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Hole 2
Hole Name
From The Tee This hole is well named, especially as one gets older.
From The Fairway The drive is uphill to a wide fairway with two bunkers on the left, which is the side to favour and thick rough on the right, which may appear the shorter line.
On The Green A blind second shot, for most golfers to the green with trees to the left and bunkers both right and left. A small copse of trees some 15 yards through the green can be a severe penalty.
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Hole 3
Hole Name
From The Tee The only par 5 on the gents card, this hole has wide fairways flanked by deep rough.
From The Fairway
On The Green In favourable conditions the green can be reached in two shots but normally one is left with a short approach to the green sloping back to front with two greenside bunkers.
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Hole 4
Hole Name
From The Tee A short dog-leg hole which may give one the desire to drive the green.
From The Fairway
On The Green This invariably leads to trouble as the direct line is over thick rough, well planted with trees and a deep greenside bunker.
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Hole 5
Hole Name
From The Tee Aptly named and the shortest hole on the course. It is played from elevated tees or from a lower level box (yellow) tee to a deep but relatively narrow stepped green.
From The Fairway There is little fairway – mostly to the left of the green. From tee to green there is thick rough and trees in a deep hollow and a well-placed bunker protects the front of the green.
On The Green Consequently a tee shot missing the green virtually guarantees a bogey or worse.
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Hole 6
Hole Name
From The Tee The tee shot is aimed at a direction post situated on the crest of a
From The Fairway ridge with rough and out of bounds to the right of the fairway. Over the crest the fairway turns sharply right with a punishing bank of whins all down the right,
On The Green this poses quite a hazard for the second shot to a green protected on the right by a bunker and to the left a heathery knoll and two small bunkers.
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Hole 7
Hole Name
From The Tee This is a good short hole played from a tee on a hill formerly used as a pulpit by Covenanting preachers and requires a medium to long iron.
From The Fairway
On The Green The tee shot allows no margin of error to a green, flanked by rough hillocks and further protected by several bunkers.
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Hole 8
Hole Name
From The Tee This is a long par 4 hole, often out of range of two shots,
From The Fairway played from an elevated tee with rough on either side of a sloping fairway.
On The Green The natural contour of the ground approaching the two tiered green tends to throw the ball onto a deep pot bunker at the right edge. Care must be taken however as the left of the green is also protected by bunkers.
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Hole 9
Hole Name
From The Tee The furthermost point on the course, this hole is awesome
From The Fairway because the blind drive over a cliff and you may finish below a ridge, which crosses the fairway.
On The Green The green, which slopes sharply to the front can still be out of site for the second shot, a medium iron, remembering the out of bounds wall which encroaches on the right. Putting on this green can be very testing.
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Hole 10
Hole Name
From The Tee At the turn – another short par 4 with a blind downhill drive.
From The Fairway
On The Green The green which slopes from right to left is attractively set with bunkers round the front and woodland to the rear. A pleasant hole to start the back nine.
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Hole 11
Hole Name
From The Tee This is a difficult par 4 dog-leg left where the position of one’s drive is important.
From The Fairway With heavy rough to the left and a wood to the right, the ideal spot is centre-right of the fairway.
On The Green A medium-long iron should reach the green, which is again guarded by bunkers and falls away at the back and side to thick rough.
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Hole 12
Hole Name
From The Tee A straight forward par 4 hole with an out of bounds
From The Fairway road and a mid-fairway bunker to the right and thick trees to the left of the fairway which slopes to the road.
On The Green As the green is elevated it is difficult to assess the distance but it should be reached with a medium/short iron.
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Hole 13
Hole Name
From The Tee To reach this hole one crosses the afore mentioned road and play back parallel to the previous hole;
From The Fairway the road now being out of bounds on the right and deep rough to the left of the tee. A burn, crossing the fairway is a hazard for a long drive.
On The Green The second shot to a green again guarded by bunkers.
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Hole 14
Hole Name
From The Tee This is the third par 3 on the card, of similar length to the 7th hole.
From The Fairway
On The Green The tee shot is of prime importance as bunkers, which trap many good shots, circle the green.
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Hole 15
Hole Name
From The Tee Well named, as a fairly high cliff faces one from the tee, thus producing a blind drive.
From The Fairway The position of the tee makes it difficult to line up in order to keep the ball on the left of the fairway thus avoiding the out of bounds on the right. The second shot is blind to a green protected by a ridge. A second shot that can be difficult to judge as there is an out of bounds fence some 10 yards through the back of the green.
On The Green The position of the tee makes it difficult to line up in order to keep the ball on the left of the fairway thus avoiding the out of bounds on the right. The second shot is blind to a green protected by a ridge. A second shot that can be difficult to judge as there is an out of bounds fence some 10 yards through the back of the green.
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Hole 16
Hole Name
From The Tee As one crosses the road to the tee, which used to be called “Rothesay Pier”, there is an indicator built into the wall depicting some 54 hills and landmarks,
From The Fairway
On The Green which can be best seen from this point; Ben Lomond being prominent. A good drive is required to carry the gully on the left, which is the preferred line this opens up the green. The setting of the elevated green is most attractive; it lies amid a horseshoe of trees with bunkers to right and left.
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Hole 17
Hole Name
From The Tee “A drive over the marker will take the ball to the left side of the fairway, which is the safer line.
From The Fairway
On The Green A downhill second shot played with medium/short iron can be either carried onto the green or dropped short and filtered in from the right.”
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Hole 18
Hole Name
From The Tee A delightful finishing hole – downhill all the way although
From The Fairway the fairway seems wide from the tee many drives are trapped in the deep rough, which extends down the entire right side or caught in the trees on the left side.
On The Green The second shot is to a receptive green but has a steep slope at the rear.
