Of which Scottish course did Darwin say..............

[Niall C]

"...........is a fine course: a little back-breaking here and there to the elderly and the plump, but as good as its scenery is beautiful."

Niall

[Mark Chaplin]

Gleneagles Kings?

[David Nelson]

Gullane No 1 ?

[Mark Chaplin]

Or No 2 or No 3!

[Alister Matheson]

Cruden Bay ?

[Ronald Montesano]

Kingsbarns? Castle Stuart? El Donaldo's new layout? Is Darwin a rapper?

[Neil Regan]

Pitlochry ? After 18 there, you will be less plump and fell a good bit older. 

[Colin Macqueen]

Niall,

This is driving me batty.  The closest I can get is a reference from "A Round of Golf on the L&NER" where he mentions the quirky holes at Cruden Bay which Ally Matheson has already put forward as a candidate.

Darwin writes of Cruden Bay  “…at the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth holes the most elderly and phlegmatic persons will pant up to the top of the bank like two-year-olds to see what has befallen their ball on the far side.”

Not good enough for you I reckon. A stab in the dark from me, then, is St. Cuthbert's.

Did crusty old Bernardo really have such empathy for the elderly, phlegmatic and plump? He died in 1961 and I wonder if any of the elders on this forum ever met him or have been in his presence.... a fair stretch but possible.

Cheers Colin

[Niall C]

Gentlemen

I posted this last night just before heading off to do something useful so apologies for not responding to the various replies until now. The answer is, as Mark C managed to get within 10 mins, indeed Gleneagles. Well done Mark, no prizes involved, just an excuse to quote a bit of Darwin.

Niall