Top 100 Golf Courses in Scotland
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<strong>Top</strong> <strong>100</strong> scoTland 2015<br />
82<br />
Peterhead NEW ENTRY<br />
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Par 70, 6,173 yards.<br />
Designer: Willie Park.<br />
AM Peterhead should def<strong>in</strong>itely be <strong>in</strong> the <strong>Top</strong> <strong>100</strong>. A<br />
proper l<strong>in</strong>ks, with pleas<strong>in</strong>g undulations, some hidden<br />
greens, and plenty of variety and <strong>in</strong>terest.<br />
IJ A proper l<strong>in</strong>ks with everyth<strong>in</strong>g you’d expect from a top<br />
seaside course, it should be on any North East it<strong>in</strong>erary<br />
that <strong>in</strong>cludes Trump, Royal Aberdeen, Cruden et al.<br />
GW VERDICT When a course that isn’t new comes <strong>in</strong> as<br />
high, we have to admit we were slow <strong>in</strong> recognis<strong>in</strong>g its<br />
class. Peterhead is the eighth oldest golf club <strong>in</strong> the world,<br />
be<strong>in</strong>g founded <strong>in</strong> 1841 – so safe to say we’ve been slow! It<br />
began as a n<strong>in</strong>e-hole course and was extended <strong>in</strong> 1908. A<br />
proper l<strong>in</strong>ks it has impressed visitors from Butch Harmon<br />
to Ryder Cup player Ronan Raferty, who set of to play<br />
n<strong>in</strong>e but was impressed enough to play the full 18.<br />
8 <strong>Golf</strong> World ToP <strong>100</strong> sCoTlANd 2015