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Gullane, East
Lothian |
Par 71 Links
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original Muirfield course was designed by Old Tom Morris and 16
holes built by hand and horse were opened on 3rd May of 1891 with
two more added in December.
Muirfield was the first course designed in two loops of nine holes,
the first nine going round the perimeters of the property in a clockwise
direction, the second nine contained inside the first, running anticlockwise,
and since never more than three successive holes run in the same
direction, any wind that blows afflicts the golfer from all points
during a round.
The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers is recognized as the
world's oldest golf club, although the Royal Burgess Golfing Society
was formed in 1735 but has no documentation to substantiate this
date due to the nature of the secrecy of the freemasons who founded
the society.
In 1744 the first 13 rules of golf were drafted by a committee,
including John Rattray, the first captain of the Gentlemen Golfers
of Edinburgh, subsequently to be known as the Honourable Company
of Edinburgh Golfers.
The Thirteen Articles were adopted almost word for word ten years
later by the St. Andrews Society of Golfers, later to be known as
the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. To mark the creation
of the club, Edinburgh Town Council presented the Honourable Company
with a Silver Club to be contested by the members, thus was born
the first club competition.
Muirfield remains the No 1 golf course in Europe, measuring 6601
yards S.S.S. 73 with no trees or water in play, none of its subtleties
are hidden or even disguised, only one blind shot, the drive over
the ridge at the 11th hole. The outstanding feature is the bunkering,
faced with revetted turf, powdery sand from the adjacent beach and
as tall as a man stands.
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Hole |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Out |
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Yards |
447 |
351 |
379 |
180 |
559 |
469 |
185 |
444 |
504 |
3518 |
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Par |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
36 |
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Hole |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
Out |
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Yards |
475 |
385 |
381 |
152 |
449 |
417 |
188 |
550 |
448 |
3445 |
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Par |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
35 |
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Total
Yards |
6963 |
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71 |
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