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Gleneagles Queen’s Course Key Information
| Row 0 – Cell 0 | Row 0 – Cell 1 |
| Address | Auchterarder, Perthshire, PH3 1NF. |
| Phone Number | +44 (0)1764 290 030 |
| Website | gleneagles.com (opens in new tab) |
| playground.planners@gleneagles.com (opens in new tab) | |
| Green Fees | £275 a round high season; from £80-£200 at other times of year |
| Visitor Times | No stated restrictions |
| Par | 68 |
| Slope Rating | 121 (White), 118 (Yellow), 132 (Women’s Red) |
| Opened | 1919 |
| Designed by | James Braid |
Golf Monthly Verdict
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Stunning, throughout. It’s hard to discern what has been created, shaped or manicured by man and machine and what has been done by nature
It may be a relatively short track by modern standards, but the Queen’s delivers a complete test of golf. It’s long been a favourite at Gleneagles and recent works have greatly enhanced what was already a tremendous course in terms of both aesthetics and playability. Set on the high ground of the Gleneagles Estate, the views are phenomenal.
The Queen’s is worthy of a trip to Gleneagles on its own.
REASONS TO PLAY GLENEAGLES QUEEN’S COURSE
– An excellent example of James Braid’s design work
– A small but perfectly formed inland track
– Wonderful views of the Perthshire countryside
RANKINGS
UK & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses 2023/24 – 50
The three courses at Gleneagles are all very different, and although the King’s and Queen’s share the same designer in James Braid and a similarly rich heritage, the Queen’s has the distinction of enjoying perhaps the best views of all on this glorious Perthshire playground.
It’s also the only course in our Top 100 where total yardage off the tips starts with a ‘5’ rather than a ‘6’ or ‘7’.
The views out over the Perthshire Straths, to Ben Vorlich, the Ochil Hills and the Grampian Mountains are both serene and majestic.
And despite only stretching to 5,965 yards, the course plays over often narrow, rolling fairways to relatively small greens, guaranteeing a test that belies its length, especially when you factor in a solitary par 5 on the 7th, where the views are perhaps at their very finest.
Indeed, there is no shortage of excellent, and indeed tough, holes, with the 5th and 6th before that really shining – first a longish par 3 to a green beautifully framed by pines, then the longest of the par 4s playing up to a raised green.
The 9th is a Braid risk-reward masterpiece, a 90˚ dogleg right, where taking on the corner represents a…
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