Hole by Hole

Course Description

Tarland Golf Club is a 9 hole course situated on Royal Deeside. Visitors have the option of a relatively easy 9 holes from the yellow tees or trying out the longer and more challenging 18 holes off the medal tees. The medal course for both ladies and gents offer different tees to play from over the 18 holes and the par changes on some holes.

White Tees

Hole 1 309 Yard Par 4.

The tee is just to the left of the clubhouse and is a slight dog leg left. The green is driveable over the trees for long hitters, but for most aim for the telegraph pole. A distinct birdie chance but beware of the back bunker.

Hole 2 360 Yard Par 4.

This is a dog leg to the right. Beware the out of bounds to the right. Aim just right of the fairway bunker which should lead to a short iron to the green. The green looks flat but beware.

Hole 3 260 Yard Par 4.

This hole has been extended from a long par 3 to a short dog leg par 4. Beware the out of bounds on the right. Aim at the left hand bunker, for an easy birdie chance.

Hole 4 373 Yard Par 4.

Short, straight par 4 which gets narrow the nearer you get to the green. A ditch runs across the fairway at about 300 yards. The green is shaped as a figure of eight and is over 30 yards from front to back.

Hole 5 240 Yard Par 3.

This is the signature hole and is a real challenge to make par. Out of bounds is all the way up the right hand side with trees and a pond on the left. Four is a good score here.

Hole 6 450 Yard Par 4.

The longest par 4 on the course and plays into the prevailing wind. Beware the fairway bunker. The green is well bunkered and sits at an angle.

Hole 7 172 Yard Par 3.

A fairly simple par 3 but the ball always bounces right, so aim slightly left of the green. The green has difficult to read slopes.

Hole 8 437 Yard Par 4.

Another straight and long par 4 which slopes right to left. Out of bounds is present on the right all along the hole. A nice straight drive leaves a long shot to a very small green. Make sure you aim right to allow for the slope. Missing the green on the left leads to a difficult chip shot.

Hole 9 482 Yard Par 5.

Difficult driving hole, beware of trees on the left. The decision is whether you can reach the green with the second shot over the ditch that is just short of the green.

Hole 10 309 Yard Par 4.

A different tee leads to a much straighter hole.

Hole 11 350 Yard Par 4.

A different tee leads to a much straighter hole.

Hole 12 172 Yard Par 3.