DESTINATIONGOLF . TRAVEL
PERTHSHIRE & HEARTLANDS
Monifeith ( Medal )
The course at Monifieth dates back to the 1840s , and this is linksland blessed with cunning . It may have that understated feel but with its subtle undulations , narrow fairways , deep revetted bunkers and fast greens you get the full links package . This is a course that demands your best golf with strategic guile ramped up to ten . The links eases you in gently with the opening ( and closing ) holes running calmly parallel to the Aberdeen to London railway line . It is a constant out-of-bounds threat that may distract you from the task at hand .
You feel the momentum growing as you arrive at the heart of the course . The Index 1 , par four 4th is all the introduction you need as the fairway narrows quickly to a green lost in a nest of dunes . For the next two hours you ’ ll encounter serious swagger as holes rumble over and through low-rolling dunes , creating plenty of blind spots and daunting shots . Sharp approach play required and the bump-and-run opportunities will tease you mercilessly . So much faith is required . This is strong links golf by any standard – and there ’ s a second course here , too .
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DID YOU KNOW ?
Unusually for a links , the fairways here are often flanked by nests of pine trees .
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