Does anyone use "The Scottish golf guide". by David Hamilton? David is particularly fond of obscure courses.
There is supposed to be a new edition out, that I can't seem to find, and it includes some interesting lists
Ralph
Golf World used to publish the top 1000 courses in the UK, sectioning them into regions. Each course gets a a rating out of 5, the club details are included and actual players comments used (don't know where they get them from mind you ! but they give both views for and views against).
I find this the best guide, as if the course doesn't get in this list then you know its probably not worth the walk. I've found it very good and usually provides a fairly good description of the course. The last edition was about 4 or 5 years ago so Amazon or second hand might be your best bet of getting it.
Niall
Niall,
thanks, but that is off the topic. The OP was asking about "obscure" Scottish courses, not the top 1000 of the UK.
I was referring to an article I read covering the 2009 update release of David's book about Scottish golf courses. I have one of the previous versions...
All the book dealers, UK and US, are still listing older editions.
David get's into courses that cover the range from still having honor boxes all the way through Open courses. In Scotland.
If you are familiar with David's writing you would know why I am interested.