Southerness Golf Club

Located in far southwest Scotland on the Solway Firth, the course is rather new, by Scotland standards, having been designed in 1940 by Philip Mackenzie Ross, who took the minimalist approach in the design here. It's seems a somewhat plain course, but the setting is remote, scenic, and peaceful, a former pasture on linksland. The setting on a long golden beach with high cliffs in the background, surrounded by the Galloway Hills, and the English coast across the Firth. It's always windy here, just a matter of how much. The course plays to 6,566 yards, par 69, and is a stern test of golf, even though it only has two par fives, and both less than 500 yards, but two one shotters both over 200 yards. The fairways don't leave a lot of room for error, just off them is deep heather, and ever present gorse. The greens are heavily bunkered, some double tiered, and raised. A day here and a day at nearby Powfoot, away from the crowds of Scotland's golf meccas, is a real Scottish golf experience.