Nine holes · Worth the Detour
Great Nine-Hole Courses Worth the Detour
At a glance
- The courses: Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club · Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course (history under every step) · Anstruther Golf Club (the cliff hole is the whole trip) · Durness Golf Club (the far north) · Traigh Golf Course (Arisaig) · Covesea Links (under the lighthouse) · Tobermory Golf Club (above the harbour) · Sweetens Cove Golf Club (South Pittsburg) · Whitinsville Golf Club (quiet, private, perfect) · Sandy Lane – Old Nine Golf Course (play it twice)
Birdied's nine-hole courses worth the detour are Royal Worlington and Newmarket, Musselburgh Old Links, Anstruther, Durness, Traigh, Covesea, Tobermory, Sweetens Cove, Whitinsville and the Old Nine at Sandy Lane: ten short courses in three countries that a collector plans a day around. A great nine is not half a course. It is the one you play twice, and the one you talk about on the drive home.
- Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course Musselburgh, East Lothian, United Kingdom history under every step
- Anstruther Golf Club Anstruther, Fife, United Kingdom the cliff hole is the whole trip
- Durness Golf Club Durness, Highland, United Kingdom the far north
- Traigh Golf Course Arisaig, Highland, United Kingdom
- Covesea Links Moray, United Kingdom under the lighthouse
- Tobermory Golf Club Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom above the harbour
- Sweetens Cove Golf Club South Pittsburg, Tennessee, United States
- Whitinsville Golf Club Whitinsville, Massachusetts, United States quiet, private, perfect
- Sandy Lane – Old Nine Golf Course Sandy Lane, Saint James, Barbados play it twice
Planning a detour? Put these ten on a list, then log the rounds when you play them.
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