I second Cruden Bay.
I call on Anthony Gray to propose.
Tell us how deeply a man can feel for a bumpy stretch of grass, so many miles from home.
Hold nothing back.
Tony....Thanks with great pleasure,
Cruden Bay was created by God. On the fun scale it is a 10+. A delightful blend of flavors. No holes mimic each other, only compliment each other.
Playing Cruden for the first time is like your very best Christmas as a child.
One great surprise after another.
Greated by the starter who is wearing a coat and tie with the course crest on the pocket, you know you are in for a wonderful experience.
The first hole has just enough bite to tell you to stay on guard and do not under estimate the subtle difficulties that lie ahead.
In the secound fairway you hear Old Tom wispering "Let's put the green up high on the bank".
The third is a great ego check. Do I feel lucky today.
The fourth takes you back in time with the view of the village. If only I could excape the demands on my life and wake up every morning in one of those flats. Oh yea what a wonderful hole also. It screams "Don't be short"
The fifth takes you on a your next journey thru the dunes. Am I the only person on earth you may ask.
The sixth. O the sixth. Daring you to cross the water in two. And also daring you to putt in two.
The seventh is the epitome of the term dog-leg. Nowhere will you find one finer.
The eighth. Hitting your tee ball into the abyss. The challenge infront of your face to tighten your shoe laces and rip it with all your might.
The nineth. Rising out of the abyss and trancending into the heavens to find the peace of wideopen spaces.
The tenth. rejecting the compulsion to stop golfing and to spend the rest of the day on the bench in perfect peace you grab you driver and launch your ball into the valley below. The view from the tee is one of the best surprises a golfer can recieve.
The eleventh. Just like a crusty old scotish man. Do not disturb.
The twelveth. As the hole takes you further out you start dreaming that there may be no end.
The thirteenth.Caution..Caution do not get too relaxed.
The fourteenth. Words cannot do it justice. So pure that it is unrepeatable. "Don't even try to copy me I'm one of a kind"
The fifteenth. Maybe the best of all. What surprise lurks around the corner.
Will it be joy or disapointment. RING THE BELL IN TRIUMPH.
The sixteenth. As a fisherman throws his net hoping for a catch you cast your ball over the hill for the catch of the day.
The seventeenth. Traveling thru the valley of St OLaf's waters on the souls of long ago vikings you are careful not to disturb. You steer clear of the burial mound and venture to the green.
And at last the final hole. From the tee you look uot at the great expanse that has just offered you the greatest golf adventure the world has to offer. You gaze at the dunes the gourse the castle knowing you have excaped the eyes of Dracula.
You putt out and thank the heavens for allowing your path to cross what is known to many as CRUDEN BAY.
Tony....I propose.
Anthony