The Course
Hole by hole.
A walk through the Panmure eighteen — what to play, where to miss, and where the sixth's most famous bunker still sits.
The Course in Detail
Eighteen holes, in detail
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The eighteen, in writing
Front nine through pine forest, back nine opening toward the coast. The Hogan hole sits at the heart of the front; Old Road, his practice fairway, is the penultimate.
Maule
A gentle enough looking start, but into the prevailing wind. Out of bounds runs the length of the right-hand side and a small cluster of bunkers guards the entrance to the green. A short opener, but rarely a soft one.
Lochside
A straight par five with a real birdie chance if the fairway bunkers are avoided. Out of bounds threatens a pushed tee shot. Settle in, find the short grass and consider the second.
Pines
A dogleg right framed by mature pine forest with bunkers down the corner. A tee shot to the left side of the fairway opens up the entrance to the green; a flirt with the right side rarely rewards.
Ravensby
A narrow avenue with no margin for error on the right. Rippling fairway, raised peninsula green and a couple of unforgiving fairway bunkers. Hard-earned pars are the norm.
Punchbowl
Short, but the green is small and falls away to either side. Find the centre and a birdie putt awaits. Anything wide will be gathered into trouble — there is more sand here than appears from the tee.
Hogan
Stroke index one, and rightly so. Considered one of the finest par fours in the United Kingdom. Double fairway, small sloping green and the famous pot bunker front-right of the putting surface — the one Ben Hogan personally asked the committee to install in 1953.
Eastwards
Long, demanding and unrelenting into the prevailing wind. The double fairway gives options off the tee; the three-tier green gives none on the second. A par here feels like a birdie everywhere else.
Hillocks
A recently redesigned short par four with a totally blind tee shot over the bushes. Trust the marker post. The sharp right dogleg demands a precisely positioned tee shot — left of the marker is dead, right of it is in the gorse.
Monument
Slightly downhill but only a well-struck tee shot will hold the putting surface. Big bunkers left and right and a huge run-off behind that swallows anything long. The undulating green makes two-putts feel earned.
Lucknowe
A strong dogleg par four with a massive hill and a bunker right. Narrow approach to a wide, inviting green that slopes from back to front. One of the toughest second shots on the course.
Sands
Five greenside bunkers, a wee stream short right, and a big, relatively flat green that demands the right club. Wind dictates everything from a six iron to a nine. Index eighteen by name, not by feel.
Buddon Burn
A fantastic par four with a difficult fairway running on a hogsback. The second shot must be carried over the Buddon Burn to a raised green that holds anything sensible. A signature short hole on the back nine.
Homeward
An intimidating tee shot over heavy rough from a raised tee to a sunken green. Water front and behind, narrow entrance, no easy bail-out. The 13th has ruined more cards than any hole on the closing stretch.
Lucky Daddy
The second of the par fives, almost always a three-shot hole. Railway line right, bunkers and trees throughout, and a green tucked left and out of sight from the second. Patience and position will reward.
Dalhousie
The hardest par three on the course and the last of them. A long iron or rescue club from the tee to a domed green that throws weak shots either side. A par here is a memory for the bar.
Cottage
New bunkers narrow the right-hand landing area. An undulating fairway runs to a tricky double-layer green with a cottage and a road behind. Position the tee shot left for the best look at the flag.
Old Road
Ben Hogan's practice fairway. A wide fairway that narrows down range; the out of bounds on the right looks miles away but threatens any faded second shot. The hole Hogan walked back and forth on, over and over, in May 1953.
Calcutta
A wonderful finishing hole with a tight left-to-right dogleg. Closely bunkered green and a clubhouse the colour of polished oak beyond. Plays longer than the card suggests. End of the round, beginning of the evening.