Whitekirk

Number 88. Played summer 2013. Parkland/Heathland designed by Cameron Sinclair.
Whitekirk is another course on Scotland's Golf Coast but unlike some of the more famous courses on that stretch of land (Muirfield, Gullane, Dunbar etc) it is not a links course. Set high on the hill with some magnificent views of East Lothian & the Bass Rock. However, the views could not save this from being a rather disappointing course.
It suffers badly from a great number of blind shots, allied to this it has very small greens & is an very exposed course so this can be a very brutal course. The brutality of the course, the poor condition & the generally poor routing means this is a course which I would avoid playing again.
There are far superior courses in the region but it will be interesting to see what Paul Lawrie does with his redesign.
On a positive note the clubhouse is very nice & the food was very good value for money.




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