Once in a while, the NCG Prime 100s Tour visits a ‘Royal’ and our gamers have been lucky sufficient to play each programs at Royal Dornoch in a two-day spell.
The venue, which is the northernmost ‘Royal’ in the UK, has the Championship Course and the Struie Course, which each provide very totally different exams.
On the Monday morning, our rivals – enjoying on the NCG Prime 100s Tour Highlands Winter Swing – took on the Championship Course. The Championship Blue tees take the course again to six,799 with a Course Ranking of 73.5 – greater than three photographs above the course’s par of 70. The Whites are solely 150 yards shorter, and with a Course Ranking of 72.8.
Our male gamers took on the Championship Course from the Yellow tees, which performs simply shy of 6,300 yards. It nonetheless have a Course Ranking of 71.3, so it isn’t straightforward, even from additional ahead. We have been lucky sufficient that on each days, it was the final day on both course that the right tees have been performed from as nicely.
There are additionally the Reds and Greens on the Championship Course. The Reds play as a par 76 – with 4, 7, 11, 14, 16 and 18 as par 5s as an alternative of par 4s. The Course Ranking is 75.5 for this 5,920 yard format. The shortest tees are the Greens, which play from simply shy of 5,300 yards and with a Course Ranking of 71.9.
On account of some development work, the Struie Course has been diminished to a par 70, starting with a pair of par 3s whereas the brand new clubhouse on the Highlands venue is being constructed. Off the Whites (which is what our males performed from), the course is simply over 6,000 yards lengthy, however nonetheless has a Course Ranking underneath par – at 69.6.
The course additionally has Yellows at 5,820 (68.2), after which Reds and Greens for girls, just like the Championship Course. For the women, the 14th (Stroke Index 1 for males) turns into a par 5 to take the entire par as much as 71. Off the Reds, the Course Ranking can also be 71.0 for the 5,270 yard observe, whereas the 5,000-yard Inexperienced format has a Course Ranking of 69.8.
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What’s the venue like and what are one of the best holes?
Contemplating the Championship Course has performed host to a number of high-rpfile beginner occasions, together with the Novice Championship, Ladies’s Novice Championship, Senior Novice Championship and the Scottish Novice Championship, it’s no shock that Royal Dornoch’s Championship Course is so highly-regarded.
The defence of the Championship Course is its greens, as there are not any pot bunkers, and the fairways are fairly beneficiant all through a spherical. Raised greens reject common photographs whereas chipping is at greatest awkward and at worst – attempt recovering from lacking the brief sixth to the correct – near unimaginable. Placing, in the meantime, can require the deftest of touches. Being on the mistaken facet of the opening on a number of greens is a three-putt ready to occur.
The furthest level of the course begins a stretch of eight consecutive holes performed parallel to the ocean. The tenth is one other brief gap the place the placing floor merely have to be situated whereas the eleventh, a protracted par 4, options an enormous inexperienced protected by a nasty bunker. Dornoch’s best-known gap is the 14th – ‘Cunning’. This S-shaped double-dogleg par 4 is an anomaly, because it doesn’t function a single bunker. Attempting to determine a secure approach of carrying the ball onto the raised placing floor with out merely operating off the opposite facet is an actual conundrum. The seventeenth is one other with a cut up fairway, and from the decrease degree a view of the inexperienced is denied. As an alternative, the strategy have to be flown blind over a dune with a big bunker lower out of it.
The Struie Course has an abundance of par 3s, a lot in order that with the extra one now on the first whereas the development concludes, we put out Nearest The Pin markers on 1 and 18, to bookend the spherical! The closing gap on the Struie is a good little par 3, performed over a water hazard and with a decent-sized bunker sitting in entrance of the inexperienced. The placing floor slopes from again to entrance, permitting for the ball to cease on the floor and even come again in direction of the opening.
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What did our rivals consider Royal Dornoch?
Searching for different opinions on Royal Dornoch? Take a look at what a few of our gamers needed to say about this gorgeous venue right here:
“This has been a course that I’ve all the time needed to tick off the bucket record, and I’m so grateful to have lastly performed so” – Ed Participant
“Dornoch is only a great place, and staying so near the course additionally makes enjoying right here that rather more particular” – Richard McLean
“To have two days right here has been good! The 2 programs are so totally different, however each a pleasure to play.” – Lynda Munro
What concerning the off-course amenities?
For all golfers enjoying both course at Dornoch, there may be complimentary use of the follow amenities. There are nets to the facet of the present clubhouse, together with a big brief recreation space and placing inexperienced by the first tee. There’s additionally a follow floor which has a driving vary – one which options lined bays.
As talked about earlier, there may be development presently happening by the first tee, with a model new clubhouse set to be opened at Royal Dornoch in 2025. The present constructing, which is historic, is a wonderful place to take a seat, eat and benefit from the view over the first and 18th of the Championship Course, and out to sea.
The brand new clubhouse is ready to be even higher, and far more trendy. There will likely be three separate areas for enjoyable, with two bars and a restaurant. There will likely be panoramic views of the bay, which additionally consists of each the Championship and the Struie Programs, whereas the constructing may also function the professional store, locker rooms and far more when it’s opened.
How are you going to play at Royal Dornoch?
Tee occasions can be found every single day of the week for guests at Royal Dornoch, with each programs with the ability to be booked by guests for a recreation.
You’ll be able to take a look at the inexperienced charges for a recreation at Royal Dornoch right here, and you’ll e-book your self in for a spherical by visiting the membership’s reserving website right here.
Royal Dornoch is within the Scottish Highlands, just some miles off the A9, which is one of the best path to get to probably the most northern a part of the Untied Kingdom. Dornoch is on the coast of the North Sea.
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Get in contact with Royal Dornoch
For extra details about the membership and course, go to the membership’s web site.
To get in contact with Royal Dornoch, you may name them on 01862 810219, or you may ship them an e mail through this hyperlink.
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