点评:We were fortunate enough to have been gifted a round of golf at Gleneagles, so we booked the Queens course for early November.
Arriving very early for our 11:20 tee time at 10:00, we took a walk around the amazing hotel grounds, then made our way into the plush looking Dormy clubhouse.
All concerns about pretension immediately vanished as we were greeted by a friendly, helpful guy who showed us where to get a couple of coffees and when we were ready he’d direct us to the range and trolly drop area.
The Dormy bar, again was a lovely place to enjoy some drinks, staffed by yet more friendly, efficient colleagues.
We used our complimentary allocation of range balls, given to us by another wonderfully friendly chap and proceeded to collect an electric trolly from the bag drop area, again another friendly , helpful guy sorted the trolley for us.
The final interaction prior to tee-off was with the starter, a chatty, helpful and insightful young guy with an obvious passion for the place who furnished us with tees , pencils and pitch repair tools.
The course itself was beautiful and in great condition. Fairways ran well, rough wasn’t too horrible and the greens were unlike anything I’ve played before, ultra fast and undulating, meaning that GIR, for me at least did not guarantee a good score.
The compulsory half way house was a welcome break after hole 10 as we enjoyed a couple of beers and snacks.
Post round drinks in the Dormy bar finished a wonderful day at Gleneagles.
翻译:我们很幸运,被赠送了一轮格伦伊格尔斯高尔夫,所以我们预订了 11 月初的皇后区球场。
开球时间是 11:20,我们很早就到了,在 10:00,我们在迷人的酒店场地散步,然后走进豪华的 Dormy 俱乐部会所。
所有关于装腔作势的担忧立刻消失了,因为我们受到了一位友好、乐于助人的男士的欢迎,他告诉我们去哪里喝几杯咖啡,当我们准备好时,他会带我们去练习场和手推车存放区。
Dormy 酒吧也是一个享用饮料的好地方,工作人员更加友好、高效。
我们使用另一位非常友好的小伙子给我们的免费练习场球,然后从行李存放区取了一辆电动手推车,另一位友好、乐于助人的男士又帮我们整理了手推车。
开球前最后一次互动是与发球员,他是一个健谈、乐于助人、见多识广的年轻人,对这里充满热情,他为我们提供了发球座、铅笔和球场修复工具。
球场本身很漂亮,状况很好。球道很顺畅,长草区也不算太糟糕,果岭与我以前打过的任何球场都不一样,速度超快,起伏不定,这意味着至少对我来说,GIR 并不能保证获得好成绩。
在第 10 洞之后,强制性的中途休息站是一个不错的休息,我们在那里喝了几杯啤酒,吃了点零食。
在 Dormy 酒吧喝完饮料后,我们在 Gleneagles 度过了美好的一天。