Royal Burgess
Willie Park Jr. With an opening boast of being the
oldest golf club in the world you can be sure there is
a rich and intriguing history here. See if you can find
the King’s gold ball in the many clubhouse display
cabinets. The course is a fine, old parkland where numerous varieties
of towering trees will hinder and frustrate the wayward. The course
may not be long (6531 yards, par 71) but the many doglegs and the
bouniful bunkering mean your driver will need to be employed with
caution as you seek out the perfect position for your approach. The
course is always beautifully maintained and it is well known for its
smooth fast greens, shapely terrain and smartly positioned bunkers.
The 18th is a 244 yard par four off the back tees or an eyecatching
232 yard par three from the whites. The course coasts alongside
Bruntsfield Links on the outer holes.
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