Scorecard | Portlethen Golf Club

The par 5, 460 yard fourth hole poses a problem of choice of second shots as the burn crosses 90 yards short of the green, the wayward shot punished by ending up in the burn or in the trees.

The inward 9 holes carry fewer hazards but the Findon burn continues to create problems at the fifteenth and eighteenth.

The Signature Hole

Arguably the fifteenth is the “signature hole” of the course. First, the tee shot has to be accurate to cope with the right to left dog leg, and then the approach shot, from a downhill lie, has to carry the Findon burn which, moat like, guards the entrance to the green.

The Closing Hole

The par 5, 502 yard eighteenth is a challenging closing hole featuring a drystone dyke on the left running all the way from tee to green, with the risk of out of bounds with every shot. The Findon burn, 100 yards short of the green, creates a further dilemma of second shot selection: to carry or not to carry.

Senior golfers and visitors normally play the shorter par 70 “Yellow Tee” course. Course development has seen the planting of around 21,000 carefully selected trees, restoration of drystone dyke, construction of stone bridges, new tees at several holes and a pond at the short fifth.

Black tees · Rating 72.90 · Slope 133 · Par 72 · 6,663 yards

Hole	Yards	Par	SI
1	388	4	7
2	495	5	15
3	417	4	5
4	460	5	11
5	146	3	17
6	380	4	3
7	431	4	9
8	178	3	13
9	439	4	1
Out	3334	36
10	235	3	6
11	341	4	10
12	183	3	14
13	522	5	18
14	364	4	8
15	402	4	2
16	365	4	16
17	415	4	4
18	502	5	12
In	3329	36
Total	6663	72

White tees · Rating 72.00 · Slope 131 · Par 72 · 6,468 yards

Hole	Yards	Par	SI
1	374	4	7
2	487	5	15
3	404	4	5
4	455	5	11
5	131	3	17
6	368	4	3
7	412	4	9
8	167	3	13
9	430	4	1
Out	3228	36
10	222	3	6
11	331	4	10
12	171	3	14
13	510	5	18
14	356	4	8
15	394	4	2
16	356	4	16
17	408	4	4
18	492	5	12
In	3240	36
Total	6468	72

Yellow tees · Rating 68.60 · Slope 124 · Par 70 · 5,773 yards

Hole	Yards	Par	SI
1	358	4	5
2	478	5	11
3	363	4	9
4	439	5	13
5	117	3	17
6	338	4	1
7	371	4	7
8	155	3	15
9	347	4	3
Out	2966	36
10	173	3	14
11	319	4	8
12	161	3	16
13	495	5	10
14	345	4	6
15	383	4	2
16	342	4	12
17	157	3	18
18	432	4	4
In	2807	34
Total	5773	70

Red tees · Rating 73.90 · Slope 129 · Par 73 · 5,608 yards

Hole	Yards	Par	SI
1	332	4	11
2	400	5	13
3	352	4	7
4	425	5	5
5	104	3	17
6	323	4	1
7	359	4	9
8	145	3	15
9	328	4	3
Out	2768	36
10	198	4	18
11	308	4	10
12	146	3	16
13	483	5	2
14	301	4	12
15	305	4	6
16	332	4	14
17	345	4	4
18	422	5	8
In	2840	37
Total	5608	73

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