The Inward Nine

Wharry Glen 

The 10th hole, played from a tee high up beside the ninth green, looks down on a 400-yard, slight dogleg to the left. The drive invites you to open your shoulders for a big one, but beware the three bunkers in line down the right side of the fairway and the big tree to the left. The green runs away from front to back and when the course is dry and running, you would be well advised to play short to avoid the bunker over the back of the green.

Ben Ledi

The eleventh hole is a little Gem and is reputed to have been listed by Henry Longhurst in one of his early compilations of the best 18 golf holes in Scotland. The long teeing ground and long, figure-of-eight green mean that the club required can vary from a short iron to a full wood. The green is well bunkered to front left and right and really needs to ball to be carried onto the putting surface.

The Tree

The twelfth hole dog-legs at almost 90 degrees from right to left around the big old tree from which the hole gets its name. Drive short and you can be left with a difficult decision to either play safely out beyond the tree or try to carry over the Out of Bounds to the left.

Firs Road

 The thirteenth is Stroke Index 2 and the difficulty comes from trying to stop the ball on this raised, two-tier green. Again, one flag denotes a hole position on the front tier and two flags means the hole is on the back tier. 

Wilson's Alley

The short 14th should be reasonably straight forward but avoid the deep bunker in the front face of this raised green.

St. Blane's

This hole is rated the easiest on the golf course but complacency here can lead to disaster. The short iron second shot needs to be accurate to avoid bunkers at front right and left and back left. It is possible to go from one to another depending on the pin position! Aiming for the centre of the green is the best tactic here.

The Quarry

The sixteenth hole is a demanding par 3 where you need to carry the ball onto the green or the banking on the left, where is can bounce down on to the putting surface. Anything short or right leaves a difficult pitch up a high banking onto the green. 

Darn Road

The seventeenth hole is a dog-leg right where it is better to favour the right side of the fairway with the blind tee shot. A well struck second shot is required to avoid the bunkers positioned to left and right of the green, which slopes from left to right.

Hame

The final hole is a good par 5 where three well placed shots will put you on the green with a putt for a birdie. Beware of the bunker on the left of the fairway which catches the hooked drive. Stay out of the trees on the right, or a five can easily turn into a seven!