A links of subtle, sustained difficulty.

The Panmure links is widely regarded as one of Scotland's finest courses — and quietly proud of the connections that shaped it. The original layout was the work of Old Tom Morris of St Andrews; the modern character of the course is largely the work of James Braid, who walked the property in 1922 and recommended the modifications that survive today.

The course in numbers

Par seventy. 6,360 yards from the white tees. 6,551 yards from the black. Eighty-three bunkers across the round. Eight tee options in total — from the back-tee championship layout at 6,551 yards down to the green ladies' tees at 4,322 yards — so the course can be set up to suit any standard of player. See the course card for the full set of tee distances and ratings.

Championship heritage

Panmure has hosted regional qualifying for The Open Championship many times — most recently in 2019, when it also hosted qualifying for the R&A Girls Amateur Championship. The course staged the inaugural Scottish Professional Championship in 1907 and has been a fixture on the Scottish amateur and professional schedules for over a century.

Past Open champions who have competed seriously over the Panmure links include Harry Vardon, Ted Ray, James Braid, Tommy Armour, Henry Cotton, Roberto de Vicenzo, Sandy Lyle and Pádraig Harrington. Gary Player, Nick Faldo and Dustin Johnson have visited for recreational play. And in May 1953, Ben Hogan came to Panmure for fourteen days to prepare for his only Open Championship.

Character

A subtle, intelligent course rather than an overtly punishing one. The fairways are generous in places and impossibly narrow in others — and the difference is often a matter of where the wind sits on the day. The greens are widely considered among the best maintained in Scotland: a Trip­Advisor reviewer summed it up by writing that they were without doubt the best greens anywhere in Scotland.

The front nine winds through pine forest, with the sixth — the Hogan hole — sitting at its heart. The back nine opens out toward the coast, crossing the Buddon Burn at the twelfth and finishing with three of the most varied closing holes in Angus.

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