Old photograph of the golf course in Dysart, Fife, Scotland. The club was founded in 1897. The nine hole golf course was laid out on fine old pasture ground in the Loughborough Road district. The length of the holes varied greatly, none of them being beyond a par four for distance. The course was beautifully situated, a splendid view being had all round. The first hole could be reached with a long shot, but it was usually found necessary to pitch a second from the foot of the hill. Length 230 yards. The second hole was slightly shorter but a dyke and a bunker laid in wait. Length 210 yards. The third hole was the longest one, the pond and a dyke having to be carried by the drive. It was a capital four, but a fair five. Length 375 yards. Number four was the trickiest hole on the course, it was reminiscent of the seventeenth at St Andrews on a shorter scale. Length 240 yards. The fifth hole was artificially bunkered, but a pulled shot landed in rough country. Length 250 yards. The dyke and a bunker faced the sixth tee and the hole was 245 yards in length. The seventh hole was a fairly long one, a good drive reaching the hill, from which a brassey shot would reach the green, otherwise difficulties were met in the way of bunkers, dyke, pond and a quarry. Length 350 yards. The Short Hole was the eighth, and a two or three was the reward of an accurate full iron shot, the green lying on a slight incline. Length 185 yards. The home hole was 315 yards and it required straight play to secure its value. The greens were in the care of Mr Ross, whose energy in maintaining them was in first class order. Dysart Golf Club had disappeared by 1951.
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