Muirfield Golf Course – Review
Muirfield is one of the very finest golfing layouts in the UK and Ireland and, with the impressive clubhouse improvements enhancing the golfing experience, the East Lothian Links has once again ranked in the top three of the Golf Monthly UK&I Top 100 golf course rankings.
Despite strong competition, it is comfortably one of the best golf courses in Scotland and sits proudly at the top of the list of the best golf courses in East Lothian.
The layout at Muirfield is unusual for a Scottish links as it plays in two loops. The front nine skirts the perimeter in a clockwise direction before the 10th leads into the heart of the course and the inner loop, played in a largely anti-clockwise direction.
The routing means the golfer will never face a succession of holes with a consistent wind direction. It’s one of the characteristics making Muirfield such a wonderfully fair test of golf.
It’s simply a fabulous design providing a stringent examination of every aspect of the game, both physical and mental. For many, this is the fairest Open test of all, with everything laid out in front of you.
Although the ground is undulating, there’s only one blind shot (from the 11th tee,) Jack Nicklaus, who won the 1966 Open at Muirfield, summed it up when he said, “What you see is what you get.”
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The fairways are beautifully designed, the hazards perfectly placed and the playing surfaces always maintained in optimum condition.
The run for home is extremely tough with par a particularly good score at the two challenging par 3s, the 13th and 16th. The par-5 17th provides a birdie chance though, and the opportunity for drama right at the end of a round. In the 2013 Open Championship, Phil Mickelson struck two mighty blows onto the green to secure the win.
The Open Championship has visited Muirfield on 16 occasions and the East Lothian links has been the scene of some of the most thrilling instalments of golf’s greatest tournament. Muirfield’s list of Open champions really is a who’s who of golf, including Harold Hilton,…
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