Gleneagles Golf Resort King’s Course Key Information
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| Address | Auchterarder, Perthshire, PH3 1NF. |
| Phone Number | +44 (0)1764 290 030 |
| Website | gleneagles.com (opens in new tab) |
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| Green Fees | £275 a round high season; from £80-£200 at other times of year |
| Visitor Times | No stated restrictions |
| Par | Men: 71 blue, 70 white, 68 yellow; Ladies: 75 green, 71 blue |
| Slope Rating | Men: 139 blue, 136 white, 133 yellow; Ladies: 134 green, 129 red |
| Opened | 1919 |
| Designed by | James Braid |
Golf Monthly Verdict
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The majesty of the glorious Perthshire countryside makes any round here an unforgettable experience over an historic and highly enjoyable James Braid course held in near-universal high esteem.
The King’s plays over a wonderfully undulating piece of land that offers visitors a tranquil golfing experience. It is a course of true quality and achievable challenge in just the right measures. There is no doubting which country you are in when you are here – it feels so inherently Scottish.
REASONS TO PLAY GLENEAGLES KING’S COURSE
– The chance to play one of Braid’s finest courses exhibiting many of his best design traits
– One of the most glorious backdrops of any inland golf course in the UK&I
– Gleneagles is the perfect place to take in three adjacent but distinctly individual golf courses
RANKINGS
UK & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses 2023/24 – 36
James Braid’s long-revered Perthshire masterpiece enjoys quite simply one of the most beautiful settings for golf in the UK&I. Carved through the pine trees, the King’s course rises and falls over springy moorland turf.
It may not be the longest (though longer than the sister Queen’s course), but with blind shots, humps, hollows and sloping greens, this is a course that will only reward precise and considered play. Gleneagles is also one of just eight golf clubs or resorts to have more than one course that features in the Golf Monthly Top 100 Courses UK and Ireland.
The King’s opened for play in 1919 and has frequently been used for big events, among them several stagings of the Scottish Open. In 1921, a group of American professionals, including Walter Hagen, took on a team from Britain around the King’s course, a contest that would prove the testing ground and forerunner to a little event you may have heard of called the Ryder Cup six years later.
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