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 and 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 course

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

01:36you've got the Arran which is a short a really fun nine hole golf course really test your short game

01:41but there are some long holes on it as well then there's the King Robert the Bruce which is

01:45definitely 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 Elsa course

01:55the championship course that everyone wants to play when they come to Trump Turnberry and I think

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

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

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

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

02:38it needs 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 three is is an epic hole but I think

03:24the one that ticks the most boxes for me is this one at Turnberry on the ninth hole and I'm really

03:29excited to show it to you so two holes in two bogies but it's always the case when you play these amazing

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

03:59close in two on this par four third hole so potential birdie upcoming

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

04:25golf ball after that lovely birdie I made on the third but the anticipation is really rising now

04:32walking up the eighth fairway the lighthouse sweeps into view and the landscape becomes a bit more

04:39dramatic hopefully 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

05:24wow a bit out of breath had to dash and hit that shot off that very back tee not technically open

05:36but director of golf let me have a quick hit it all right just slightly down the left I think it went

05:42in the bunker if it made the carry it was touch and go but yeah that is a brute into this wind 240

05:50spectacular view though let me show you what a hole unbelievable

06:00all right spoiler alert my tee shot with the driver off the championship tee did not make the carry

06:16never to be seen again and with my proper ball off the members tees we're playing off today

06:22managed to three puck from the front of the green for a four so not covering myself in glory but I did

06:28birdie the eighth hole before that and it doesn't really matter it's hard not to enjoy your golf when

06:34you come into a hole like this and we've obviously been blessed with the weather like this is unbelievable

06:40there's not hardly a cloud in the sky obviously it's very windy but the sun is out and after all

06:45that drama I think it's about time we go and visit one of the most spectacular halfway huts in the world

06:52of golf the lighthouse got my beef pie

07:10all over you for it okay so that concludes my playing of the dramatic old pink golf in the uk

07:21the night of the morning else and obviously the tambourine trump temperature unfortunately didn't

07:25quite make a part didn't quite make the carry with the driver but it was a lot of fun hopefully

07:29coming up a lot of fun but that's all for me trump tambourine

07:34bye

07:44you

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