点评:We played the medal course at Monifieth and loved our experience. When we first arrived there without booking a tee time, we asked in the shop if they had space on the main course and they accommodated us without any problems. The pro shop and office staff were very friendly and helpful which always starts the day with a positive impression. We had a few chips and putts before heading to the first tee where the starter gave us some tips on the course, advised us about the large society ahead of us and gave us enough time to get going without rushing to catch the society. The starter came up to us several times during the round as he wanted to make sure pace of play was acceptable and that we had no issues. I have to say, I was impressed by his attitude and we had a few chats when he came over as we were not being pressed by anyone behind us. The course itself was great, a typical links course with greens that ran true. We were downwind on the first few holes and that yielded plenty of birdie putts which we didn't take. There were some tricky holes back into the wind, the 9th being a good example as a par 5 which played like it was over 600 yards when into wind. You aim for a marker in the middle of the fairway and then play your second aiming for that again as it's a blind shot. There was plenty of variety of holes with shot selection being key as it punished wayward drives. It's easy to understand why this was once an Open qualifying course and, I believe, they are trying to get the course back to an acceptable standard for Open qualifying.
Once we finished, we had a quick meal in the clubhouse and that was a massive portion of food. You will not be hungry after eating in one of their clubhouses as they have plenty of choices. Given the opportunity, I would return to this golf course.
翻译:我们在 Monifieth 的奖牌球场打球,非常喜欢这次体验。我们第一次到达那里时没有预订开球时间,我们在商店询问主球场是否有空位,他们毫无问题地为我们安排了位置。专业商店和办公室的工作人员非常友好和乐于助人,这总是给我们留下积极的印象。在前往第一个发球台之前,我们打了几杆,发球员给了我们一些球场上的提示,告诉我们前面有大型社区,并给了我们足够的时间开始,而不必急于赶上社区。发球员在比赛期间多次走到我们面前,因为他想确保比赛速度可以接受,并且我们没有问题。我不得不说,他的态度给我留下了深刻的印象,当他过来时,我们聊了几句,因为我们后面没有人催我们。球场本身很棒,是一个典型的林克斯球场,果岭很直。前几个洞我们处于顺风位置,这给了我们很多小鸟推杆,但我们没有把握住。迎风时有一些棘手的球洞,第 9 洞就是一个很好的例子,它是 5 杆洞,迎风时打起来就像超过 600 码一样。你瞄准球道中间的标记,然后打第二个球洞,再次瞄准它,因为这是盲打。球洞种类繁多,击球选择是关键,因为它会惩罚任性的击球。很容易理解为什么这里曾经是公开赛资格赛球场,我相信他们正在努力让球场恢复到公开赛资格赛的可接受标准。
打完球后,我们在俱乐部会所吃了一顿快餐,食物分量很大。在他们的俱乐部会所吃过饭后,你不会饿,因为他们有很多选择。如果有机会,我会回到这个高尔夫球场。