No.1 Fort George - 331 yards par 4
Takes it name from the 18th century barracks across the Chanonry narrows to the left which form a magnetic attraction for many a drive. |
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No.2 The Dyke - 412 yards par 4
A stone dyke once dissected this fairway, and often a low hit ball would strike the dyke and end up behind the player. Whins and beach await any stray shot to the left. Par is a relief for the low handicapper and celebrated as a birdie by many. |
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No.3 The Cup - 314 yards par 4
Takes its name from the original third hole which played to a "bowl", still a feature of the fourth fairway. The semi-plateau and hog-backed green is deceptive and treacherous. |
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No.4 Lighthouse - 455 yards par 5
The Chanonry Lighthouse stands directly behind the sloping green, but woe betide the player who uses it as his line until maybe playing his third shot. A classic links hole. |
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No.5 Icehouse - 132 yards par 3
The shortest hole on the course, but even for the best of players can be anything from a wedge to a wood, depending on the strength and direction of the wind. The out-of-bounds grounds of the old icehouse threaten the stray drive over the Point Road. |
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No.6 Rosehaugh - 469 yards par 5
Named in memory of the Club's founder patron whose summer bungalow stood behind the ladies' tee. With beach to the left and whins on the right, the drive must be well struck. |
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No.7 Ormond Hill- 309 yards par 4
Named after the hillside behind the village of Avoch visible to the left. Another hole deceptively short but well bunkered and trickily greened. |
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No.8 Chanonry - 389 yards par 4
Trouble for the drive that ignores the dog leg, with whins and bunkers waiting on the left. |
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No.9 The Ness - 196 yards par 3
Named after the former farm land. The last hole to be incorporated into the present course. One of the few holes threatened by out of bounds off the tee. Can vary from a short iron to a full wood depending on wind direction. |
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No.10 Feu Road - 322 yards par 4
Named after the road that once ran behind the green to the sea. Another deceptive and cleverly-bunkered green. |
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No.11 Dalcross - 381 yards par 4
The drive is in the direction of the airport across the firth and the district after which the hole is named. A dog-leg if one wishes to avoid the strategically placed bunkers in the direct line from tee to hole. |
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No.12 Culloden - 394 yards par 4
In line with the battlefield on the distant hills. The undulating approach to the green plays tricks with many a second shot . |
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No.13 Quigish - 308 yards par 4
Susceptible to the drive finishing up on the Point Road
which can cost a stroke to lift off, or a damaged club to play as it lies. Limited landing area for drive and semi-plateau green. |
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No.14 Bonfire Hill - 267 yards par 4
Like the 15th, one of the holes you may require to birdie to make up the difference between par and SSS for the course. |
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No.15 Target - 293 yards par 4
Trouble to the left, and the raised green will accept nothing but an accurate second shot . |
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No.16 Coignach Odheur - 336 yards par 4
Named after the Brahan Seer who was burned thereabouts because of the doom and despair he foretold about the House of Seaforth. There is also a memorial cairn at Chanonry Point. Disaster has also befallen many a golfer at this hole. |
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No.17 Clay Pots - 355 yards par 4
Probably the finest driving hole on the course where you hope to land near the stone marking the spot where the last witch in Scotland is reputed to have been burned - in a clay pot maybe? |
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No.18 Fiery Hillock - 212 yards par 3
A fine finishing hole where the whins lining the fairway have destroyed many a fine round. The centre bunker short of the green was once a mound where fires were lit in olden days to send news of disaster along the Moray Coast . |
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