The Rosemount course, measuring out at 6,590 yards from the medal tees, was designed by the most famous of course designers, James Braid. It has often been voted one of the top inland courses in Scotland, but has a few other claims to fame. It was over the Rosemount Course that former world number one Greg Norman won his first ever European Tour event while the world record for consecutive birdies, 10, was set in 1973 between the course’s 8th and 17th holes during a tournament practice round.

More recently the Rosemount Course has played host to the 1995 Senior Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship while the 1996 Seniors Amateur Championship was also played over Rosemount and Landsdowne.

A round of the Rosemount course is a memorable affair, but amongst some great holes I found the closing four-hole sequence of two par threes and two par fours particularly enjoyable. The 15th hole is the innocuous sounding “Wee Dunt”, so called due to the fact that it measures only 129 yards from the medal tees. Its length however betrays what is in fact a difficult hole with a particularly nasty bunker to the right of the green and trees just beyond ensuring that one’s tee shot is far from simple and that those who miss the green will have a difficult job making a par.

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out
Yards 444 339 220 408 551 189 373 368 326 3218 Par 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 35
Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In
Yards 507 500 293 401 512 129 475 165 390 3372 Par 5 5 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 37   Total Yards 6559 Par 72