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The Mulligan+ Course Guide for Royal Dornoch Championship Course - Royal Dornoch Golf Club

Type Links
Country Scotland
Region Scotland
County Sutherland
Town Dornoch
Address Golf Road
Postcode IV25 3LW
Phone 01862 810219
Email bookings@royaldornoch.com
Website www.royaldornoch.com

Course Vitals
Holes 18 Yards 6276 Slope 0
SSS 70 Par 72 Par 76 - (Ladies & Juniors)
Playing Card 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Hole Par 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
Par (Ld's & Juniors) 4 3 4 5 4 3 5 4 5 3 5 5 3 5 4 5 4 5
Stroke Index 7 15 11 3 9 17 1 5 13 16 4 12 18 2 10 6 8 14

Club Features

Club House Club Hire Putting Green Pro Shop


Practice Area Club Bar Driving Range Restaurant
Trolley Hire Changing Rooms Buggy Hire Lessons

The Club
However good Brora, Nairn or Golspie may be, the jewel in the Highland golfing crown is definitely Royal Dornoch Golf Club.
Universally rated as being in the world's top 20 golf courses, Royal Dornoch is unique among the great links of Scotland in that it has
never hosted the British Open. Not a reflection of its quality, this is solely because of Dornoch's remote location. However remote it
may be though, this links is a must play course on any golfing trip to Scotland.

Though golf at Dornoch we are reliably told, dates back to 1616, Royal Dornoch Golf Club itself is quite young in comparison with
some other Scottish clubs. In 1877, the Sutherland Golfing Society applied for permission to play golf over the Dornoch Links.
Permission was granted on November 9th and so the Dornoch Golf Club was born. It was not until 1906, with a decree by King
Edward VII, that the club became known as Royal Dornoch Golf Club. Old Tom Morris was invited to design "nine proper golf holes" in
1886 and with the addition of a further nine holes, Dornoch boasted an 18-hole layout of 5,960 yards by 1904. The course has since
undergone minor changes with respect to bunker positions and length and now offers a championship challenge of 6,732 yards.

The quality of Royal Dornoch is immediately apparent from the array of golfers, who have graced its fairways. Vardon, Locke, Norman,
Crenshaw and Watson are among the many to have been impressed with the challenge. When Tom Watson played the course prior to
winning the Open at Muirfield in 1980, he remarked that the experience was "the most fun I've ever had on a golf course". Even given
Dornoch's remote location, it is perhaps unjust that the only major championship hosted here was the British Amateur in 1985, when
Jose Maria Olazabal came to Royal Dornoch in defence of his title. Unfortunately though, he caught the wind in an evil mood and shot
an opening 86.

A stiff but fair test of golf, Royal Dornoch rewards the thinker on top of their game and while the visitor rarely uses the championship
layout, the regular 6,514-yard layout is more than a match for most. The greens are large and undulating and while there is room off
the tee, the placement of your drive deserves much thought due to the wind and pin positions. In the mould of most traditional links,
the course goes practically straight out and back, with the angle changing subtly on each hole. And while little is hidden at Royal
Dornoch, it requires a golfer playing at their best to see it all and adjust their strategy.

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The Course
As you play over classic links land that borders the North Sea at the Dornoch Firth, you will be awed by its wild magnificence of sea,
sky, mountains and ancient, grass-covered dunes while having every shot you have in your bag tested. This course saw golf being
played long before the establishment of the Club , the first written record recorded in 1616. It is consistently ranked within the top
twenty of everybodys list of the 100 best courses in the world.
Green Fees

Weekday Fee May- September Price £78.00 Price £39.00 (Juniors)

Weekend Fee - April - September Price £88.00 Price £44.00 (Juniors)

Weekday Fee - April/October Price £68.00 Price £39.00 (Juniors)

Weekend Fee - April/October Price £78.00 Price £39.00 (Juniors)

Weekday Fee- November - March Price £52.00 Price £26.00 (Juniors)

Weekend Fee - November - March Price £58.00 Price £29.00 (Juniors)

Directions
Dornoch is 45 miles north of Inverness. Two miles after the bridge across the Dornoch Firth turn right off the A9: two miles straight
into Dornoch. From the Town Square turn right and then, after 100yds, left up Golf Road to the Clubhouse.

Local Accommodation
Greengates Guest House - More Info
Telephone: 01667 459403
John & Elizabeth of Ardconnel House (Inverness) will be very pleased to welcome all guests and friends, old and new,
golfers and non-golfers to a beautiful new B&B right in the heart of Nairn.
Greengates is in a very quiet and attractive residential area, but is only a few minutes walk from Nairn High Street, which
boasts many well appointed shops and restaurants. Bus and train stations are only a few minutes from our front gate.
For those travelling by car there is secure off street parking. For those on two wheels there is a garage where bikes can be
safely stored overnight.
This is a very comfortable, traditionally styled, yet tastefully modernised house. There is a well appointed guest lounge,
incorporating dining room, with patio doors leading out to a south facing patio and attractive enclosed private garden.
BEDROOMS
2 double ensuite rooms
1 twin ensuite room
1 single bedroom
Please note that a double room has 1 double bed and is intended for a couple. A twin room has 2 separate single beds.
All our rooms have central heating, multi-channel Freeview TV, a radio-alarm clock, a hairdryer, and tea/coffee making
facilities. Free wireless Internet access is available to guests travelling with a lap-top.
Our comfortable, well appointed guest lounge is just the place to relax after a round of golf. There is satellite tv and DVD
player, books, magazines and lots of tourist information on Nairn and the surrounding area.
Nairn West, and Nairn Dunbar golf courses are only 1 mile away. Elgin, Forres, Boat of Garten, Grantown, Inverness, Tain
and Royal Dornoch golf clubs are all within a 1 hour drive.
Greengates is also available for self catering breaks - contact us for further details.
We are always pleased to help with bookings and arrange tee times etc. Transport to and from all the courses in the area
can also be arranged.
1 - First

Par 4 Par 4 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 7

Championship - 331 Medal - 331 Regular - 302 C'ship Ladies - 266 Ladies & Juniors - 266

A relatively easy opening to the round. Bunkers guard the entrance to the green
on either side, and a well placed tee shot simplifies the approach.

2 - Ord

Par 3 Par 3 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 15

Championship - 184 Medal - 177 Regular - 167 C'ship Ladies - 160 Ladies & Juniors - 160

Plateau green (one of many) with steep fall on both sides and rear. Two deep
bunkers guard front of green, with a grassy mound between, which diverts s short
shot into either bunker.

3 - Earl's Cross

Par 4 Par 4 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 11

Championship - 413 Medal - 413 Regular - 398 C'ship Ladies - 389 Ladies & Juniors - 389

Fairway slopes from left to right, with mound in centre to carry drive into one of
three bunkers on right edge of fairway. Ridge with bent grass crosses fairway 30
yards short of green, which slopes from left to right. Bunker at left of entrance
and another 6 or 7 yards right of middle of green. Long grass at back of green.
4 - Achinchanter

Par 4 Par 5 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 3

Championship - 422 Medal - 422 Regular - 403 C'ship Ladies - 391 Ladies & Juniors - 391

Fairway again slopes from left to right. On right there is a steep fall of 10ft. to
rough grass between 4th and adjacent fairway. Whin bushes all along left of
fairway. Plateau green guarded by two bunkers on left and two at foot of slope on
right. Undulating green sloping sharply on right and rear into long grass.

5 - Hilton

Par 4 Par 4 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 9

Championship - 353 Medal - 353 Regular - 312 C'ship Ladies - 306 Ladies & Juniors - 306

Fairway is 40ft. below tee level. Hillside on left is covered with bent and whins.
Slight slope on fairway from left to right where there are three bunkers and
several mounds from 7 to 10ft. covered with rough grass. Plateau green is kidney
shaped and guarded by bunkers on front slope. Sharp fall on right of green to
bare lie, and slope at rear into long grasses. Two bunkers on left of green with
grassy hollow between. Position of flag dictates best line from tee.

6 - Whinny Brae

Par 3 Par 3 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 17

Championship - 161 Medal - 161 Regular - 156 C'ship Ladies - 137 Ladies & Juniors - 137

Plateau green built into hillside. Thick whins on hillside on left, also 3 bunkers on
left edge of green. Large bunker at right of slope at entrance to green. Steep fall
of 12ft. at rear and right of green.
7 - Pier

Par 4 Par 5 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 1

Championship - 479 Medal - 479 Regular - 423 C'ship Ladies - 412 Ladies & Juniors - 412

Heather and whins on left of fairway, and whins on right. Two bunkers on left at
drive length. Bunkers on left and right guarding green. Whins 10 yards from
putting surface on left and long grass at rear.

8 - Dunrobin

Par 4 Par 4 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 5

Championship - 434 Medal - 434 Regular - 389 C'ship Ladies - 375 Ladies & Juniors - 375

A slightly dog-leg hole to left with a steep slope diagonally across fairway about
200 yards from tee down to lower level 50ft. below. Grassy and whin covered
quarry on right of fairway at drive length. Green is saucer shaped and guarded by
4 bunkers one 15 yards short and right of green, two on left edge and one on
right edge.

9 - Craiglaith

Par 5 Par 5 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 13

Championship - 529 Medal - 496 Regular - 491 C'ship Ladies - 435 Ladies & Juniors - 435

Plateau green except at front where three bunkers guard green at edge of putting
surface. Another bunker at foot of steep slope on left. Sea hazard on left for
hooked tee shot; whin bushes on right for slice. Long grass at foot of slope to
rear of green. Height of slopes 10ft. on left and rear and 6ft. on right.
10 - Fuaran

Par 3 Par 3 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 16

Championship - 177 Medal - 146 Regular - 142 C'ship Ladies - 132 Ladies & Juniors - 132

Plateau green except at front where three bunkers guard green at edge of putting
surface. Another bunker at foot of steep slope on left. Sea hazard on left for
hooked tee shot; whin bushes on right for slice. Long grass at foot of slope to
rear of green. Height of slopes 10ft. on left and rear and 6ft. on right.

11 - A'chlach

Par 4 Par 5 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 4

Championship - 450 Medal - 446 Regular - 434 C'ship Ladies - 426 Ladies & Juniors - 426

Green bordered on right by shallow grassy gully and on left by steep slope 10ft.
deep. Large bunker at foot of slope on left entrance. Another bunker cuts slightly
into green halfway along on right.

12 - Sutherland

Par 5 Par 5 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 12

Championship - 507 Medal - 507 Regular - 489 C'ship Ladies - 472 Ladies & Juniors - 472

The direction of the tee shot is important at this dog-leg (R to L) hole. Large
grassy mound left of centre at front of green, and bunker on right presenting a
narrow approach. Green falls away to large grassy hollow beyond and slightly left
of grassy mound at right.
13 - Bents

Par 3 Par 3 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 18

Championship - 180 Medal - 171 Regular - 148 C'ship Ladies - 137 Ladies & Juniors - 137

Green guarded by 7 bunkers and steep fall of 15ft. to a grassy hollow between
front and midway bunkers on right.

14 - Foxy

Par 4 Par 5 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 2

Championship - 445 Medal - 445 Regular - 439 C'ship Ladies - 401 Ladies & Juniors - 401

Well named "Foxy". The only hole without a bunker, it has a plateau green on a
promontory broad on right and narrowing to some 8 or 9 yards on left. The steep
rise at the front of the green varies from 5ft. on the left to 10ft. on the right. The
left of the fairway is a wide expanse of mounds with bent grassy and mossy
patches. Right of the fairway are several grassy promontories jutting out towards
the fairway and guarding the right of the green.

15 - Stulaig

Par 4 Par 4 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 10

Championship - 358 Medal - 319 Regular - 298 C'ship Ladies - 288 Ladies & Juniors - 288

Thick bent guards left of fairway which has a large grassy mound in the
centre some 18ft. high. Another plateau green with slopes at front and
rear.
16 - High Hole

Par 4 Par 5 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 6

Championship - 401 Medal - 401 Regular - 395 C'ship Ladies - 387 Ladies & Juniors - 387

Whins to right of fairway. Large grassy quarry 50ft. on left of fairway. Steep slope
in fairway at drive length, and green is guarded by several mounds covered with
rough grass.

17 - Valley

Par 4 Par 4 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 8

Championship - 405 Medal - 405 Regular - 390 C'ship Ladies - 384 Ladies & Juniors - 384

Thick whins on both sides of fairway. Diagonal slope across fairway 180 yards
from tee down to fairway level 40ft. below. Plateau green is some 15ft. above
fairway level at front, and is guarded by a bunker on the left and three on the
right.

18 - Home

Par 4 Par 5 - (Ladies & Juniors) Stroke Index 14

Championship - 456 Medal - 456 Regular - 446 C'ship Ladies - 437 Ladies & Juniors - 437

Fairway guarded by rough grass on right and whins on left. 30 yards short of
green are two bunkers on left and one on right. A shallow grass gully 3ft. deep
and 5 yards wide guards front and right of green.
Scorecard
Holes 18 Yards 6276 Slope 0
SSS 70 Par 72 Par 76 - (Ladies & Juniors)
Playing Card - OUT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT HCP NET
Stroke Index 7 15 11 3 9 17 1 5 13

Hole Par 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 35 35
Par (Ld's/Jn'rs) 4 3 4 5 4 3 5 4 5 35 35

Playing Card - IN 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN HCP NET


Stroke Index 16 4 12 18 2 10 6 8 14

Hole Par 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 35 70
Par (Ld's/Jn'rs) 3 5 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 35 70

Tees Played
Championship Medal Regular C'ship Ladies Ladies & Juniors

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