Where Is The Most Dramatic Golf Hole In The UK?

Golf Monthly

Joel Tadman is tasked with going to play the most dramatic golf hole in the United Kingdom and in the 9th hole on the Ailsa course at Trump Turnberry, believes he has found the perfect candidate!

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00:00interesting so I've just got this very random text from Neil asking me to go and play the

00:13most dramatic hole in the UK that sounds like a fascinating challenge one I'm definitely

00:17excited to take on big question is where do I go there are a few that really spring to mind

00:22but there's one that's definitely I think standing out head and shoulders above the rest so I think

00:29it's time to pack the suitcase and get to the airport right so in case you hadn't guessed it

00:47I am at Trump Turnberry and I think this golf course or one of the golf courses here has one of the most

00:53spectacular holes in the entire UK I'm really excited to play it going to be doing that tomorrow but

00:58it's worth just touching on Trump Turnberry as a result as you can see here I do think this

01:02resort has a lot of wow factor got the spectacular hotel behind me which really takes your breath

01:06away when you see it for the first time that slope going up to it you've got the helipad there to

01:11take someone very important somewhere they need to go and just underneath that just over the road

01:15here we've got this beautiful miniature pitch and putt course which it looks an awful lot of fun to

01:20play and there is an awful lot of things to do at this kind of resort besides the actual golf courses

01:25there's shooting activities there's whiskey tasting you can do all sorts of fun stuff off the golf

01:31course but of course it is the golf that draws people in and there's three courses here at Trump

01:35Turnberry you've got the Arran which is a short a really fun nine hole golf course really test your

01:40short game but there are some long holes on it as well then there's the King Robert the Bruce which

01:44is definitely a championship golf course looks quite tight a lot of course lining those holes so it could

01:50be quite tricky off the tee I'm going to be playing that later on today but of course it's the Ailsa

01:54course the championship course that everyone wants to play when they come to Trump Turnberry and I

01:59think one of those holes is the most dramatic in the UK

02:02morning today's the day I play the most dramatic hole in the UK in my opinion the sun is out well it

02:25will be it's very early at the moment this should be a really exciting day I just hope I can do it

02:32justice what makes a hole dramatic what's the criteria that I'm going for here well I think it

02:38needs to be visually arresting I think it really needs to metaphorically make you take a step back

02:43and really stir the senses whether it's obviously what you see but also maybe the sound of the waves

02:49crashing against the coast a bit of wind I think it needs to be challenging as well I think it really

02:54needs to test all your skills and that makes it more satisfying if you play it well but also lets you

03:00go off the hook if you play it badly so yeah kind of a win-win situation but I think I found the

03:07perfect candidate here at Trump Turnberry obviously there's a lot of different candidates I could have

03:12picked yes the ninth hole at Royal County down you've got the 18th hole at Trump Aberdeen maybe

03:18the 16th hole at Royal Port Rush that calamity corner par 3 is an epic hole but I think the one

03:25that ticks the most boxes for me is this one at Turnberry on the ninth hole I'm really excited to show it to you

03:30come on

03:30so two holes in two bogeys but it's always the case when you play these amazing courses

03:53the occasion often gets the better of you very nervy stuff but I've just hit it quite close in two on

04:00this path for third hole so potential birdie upcoming

04:04well just absolutely smoked one down the eighth fairway alas made quite a few bogeys and lost a golf

04:26ball after that lovely birdie I made on the third but the anticipation is really rising now walking up

04:33the eighth fairway the lighthouse sweeps into view and the landscape becomes a bit more dramatic

04:39hopefully they'll let me hit a shot off the championship tee on this ninth hole but if not

04:46it will still be a very spectacular hole nonetheless but let's see if we can make a par even a birdie on

04:54the eighth and then even better on the ninth

04:56jump

04:57so

05:02so

05:04so

05:05so

05:10Wow, a bit out of breath, I had to dash and hit that shot off that very back tee, not

05:35technically open but, director of golf, let me have a quick hit. Is it alright, just slightly

05:40down the left, I think it went in the bunker, if it made the carry, it was touch and go,

05:46but yeah, that is a brute into this wind, 240. Spectacular view though, let me show you.

05:59What a hole, unbelievable. Alright, spoiler alert, my tee shot with the driver off the

06:14championship tee, did not make the carry, never to be seen again, and with my proper

06:20ball off the members tees we're playing off today, managed to three putt from the front

06:25of the green for a four, so I've not covered myself in glory but I did birdie the eighth

06:29hole before that, and it doesn't really matter, it's hard not to enjoy your golf when you come

06:35into a hole like this, and we've obviously been blessed with the weather like this, it's

06:39unbelievable, there's hardly a cloud in the sky, obviously it's very windy but the sun

06:43is out, and after all that drama, I think it's about time we go and visit one of the most

06:49spectacular halfway huts, in the world of golf, the lighthouse, got my beef pie, I'm all over

07:14view for it. Okay, so that concludes my playing on the most dramatic old big golf in the UK,

07:20the night of the morning of the outdoors, and then the Tambourie, Trump Tambourie, unfortunately

07:24didn't quite make a par, didn't quite make the carry with the driver, but it was a lot of fun

07:29hopefully, coming along with me, but that's all for me, Trump Tambourie, sweet.

07:35I'll see you next time.

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