Best Par 3 holes in Scotland GCA choice

[Adrian_Stiff]

The recent thread got me thinking what would the GCA collective top 10 par 3 holes be in Scotland.... So name your top 5 and 5 close contenders.


Here are mine


1. 8th at Troon   (10pts)
2. 11th at TOC           (6pts)
3. 11th at Turnberry       (4pts)
4. 16th at Gleneagles Kings   (3pts)
5. 11th at Castle Stuart (2pts)
1 pt each for; 2nd at Dornoch, 9th at Turnberry, 3rd at Shiskine, 17th at Castle Course, 11th at Prestwick,

[Bill Brightly]

Sadly, I've only been to Scotland twice so I'm at a disadvantage. Here's my top five that I have played:


#15 at North Berwick. (Adrian, you really left the Redan off your list?)
#8 Royal Troon
#11 TOC
#4 Cruden Bay
#11 Prestwick


Close contenders
#15 Kingsbarns
#11 Turnberry
#4 North Berwick
#7 Western Gailes
#3 Eiie

[Jeremy Blumberg]

deleted--wrong thread

[Mark Pearce]

13 at Muirfield, 13 at Crail Balcomie, 17 at Crail Craighead, 8 at Royal Troon, 11 TOC, 8 Eden,  2 Royal Dornoch, 16 Carnoustie, 15 NBWL, 3 Balcomie


Not in that order.  I need to think about the top 5.....

[MClutterbuck]

#2 Dornoch, first hole I saw in Scotland, at sunset.
#17 The Castle Course. For some reason it felt like #15 at CPC on the tees.
#13 Muirfield
#11 TOC
#18 Brora, the end to my first day of play in Scotland.


Mentions: #11 Castle Stuart, #15 NBWL, #16 Muirfield, #13 Brora, #9 Gullane 1

[Sean_A]

A first stab

1. 8 Troon...10 pts

2. 14 Burnside...6 pts

3. 6 Bora...4 pts

4. 11 TOC...3 pts

5. 8 Eden...2 pts

6-10.  15 North Berwick, 6 Dornoch, 17 Castle Course, 11 Castle Stuart & 14 Nairn...1 pt

Close calls

2 Dornoch...clear the gorse and its in

9 TNC

3 Trump Aberdeen

11 Renaissance

5 Gleneagles

7 Western Gailes

13 Muirfield

4 Nairn

9 Burnside

10 Castle Course

3 Shiskine

Ciao