Blairgowrie
(Landsdowne)
The Rosemount course at Blairgowrie typically
earns the bragging rights over its Landsdowne
sibling, but that means little when you get stuck
into this stern test of parkland/heathland golf. Not surprisingly there
are similarities with the avenues of pine and silver birch ever present,
but fairways here are tighter and the greens smaller. Designed by
Peter Alliss and Dave Thomas, in 1979, accuracy is essential on a
mostly level landscape where holes curve gently through the trees. It
bumps up against the Rosemount from time to time but with its air
of seclusion you barely notice. One other thing these two courses
have in common is a challenging finish. The par four 15th is a long
Index 1, with the par five 17th weighing in at Index 5. Go left or right
on either and watch a good score evaporate.
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Did You Know?
Andy Sullivan made eagle on the 553 yard
17th in the final round to win the 2011 Scottish
Amateur.