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North Berwick West Golf Club
Beach Road, North Berwick, East Lothian, EH39 4BB
Voted No. 35 in the Golf Monthly/HSBC
Top 120 UK Course Rankings - November 2006
North Berwick West is one of the most scenic 18 hole championship links courses in Scotland with views over the Isle of May, the islands of Fidra and Craigleith, the Bass Rock and across the Forth to the hills of Fife.
The North Berwick West Links was originally six holes and a seventh was added before it was extended to 18 holes in 1877. By 1895 the course was lengthened, and today measures 6420 yards. Not the longest, but the trickery of the course requires the full repertoire of shot making. A true links course laid out on a raised-beach, laden with brown sand forming the undulating links land 10 to 30 feet above sea level.
The course has been described as from a 'Primitive Age' relating to a period from the beginning of the game to the invention of the gutta-percha in 1848. The West Links is of great antiquity and has it's place among a very special group of courses which evolved naturally and owe little to the hand of man.
Each hole on this stimulating links, which regularly hosts final qualifying for the British Open, poses different tests of judgement and skill. A unique golfing experience, North Berwick boasts blind holes, spectacular views, drives over walls and burns and bunkers deep enough for golfers to disappear from view. Many holes have been copied by designers all over the world, most commonly the 14th named "Perfection" and the 192-yard par 3 15th hole called "Redan", which has been replicated in both Pebble Beach and Shinnecock Hills.
Like many of the great holes in golf, first impressions of "Redan" can be deceptive and it is only by playing the hole a number of times does it reveal its hidden subtleties. The mounds, ridges and depressions left after the sea receded gives the course its natural contours and the 15th hole was part of that evolution. For the player on the tee, the green is blind and the shaped shot, which is demanded to battle with the prevailing wind can be struck with anything from a driver to a nine iron.
No. of holes: 18
Length: 6420 yards
Par: 71
Course Type: Links
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