The opening and finishing holes are played on flatter ground close to the clubhouse and they are not the most memorable but once you are out into the heart of the rumpled linksland there is very little not to like here. None of these three holes would be out of place on any of the more notorious courses on this stretch of Scottish coastline. The seventh is played to a scintillating semi-blind and sunken green, the 14th to a treacherous narrow ledge and the 16th to a wonderful putting surface surround by several deep bunkers. You play over a burn to a tilted green at the impressive fourth but it is the next three that steal the show. The set of short holes are of a very high quality. It’s a course that isn’t going to beat you up but with any sort of a wind it’s equally not going to surrender to mediocre golf.
The total yardage is 6,200 from the white tees and this equates to a par of 70. The greenside bunkering is also of a particularly high standard from both a strategic and maintenance perspective. All are located handsomely into their natural surrounds and seamlessly integrate with the rest of the course where everything is in perfect proportion.
Arbroath Artisan Golf Club is a private members club who also play over the links which was originally designed by Old Tom Morris in 1877, redesigned a few decades later by Willie Fernie and then altered once more by James Braid.įrom the tee it’s not a course that asks you to work or think particularly hard but the greens, both the internal contouring and their surrounds, are not only excellent but present several conundrums to solve for the golfer. This traditional layout is owned by Angus Council and is operated and run by the Arbroath Golf Links Committee of Management.
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