Gleneagles - Queens Course

Gleneagles is one of the world's most famous golf resorts with luxurious accommodation and guest facilities and three world class golf courses. Whilst The King's course is regarded as the championship course, the Queens course wins the popularity stakes.

Designed by golfing legend James Braid with CK Hutchison, the course first opened in 1919 and has changed little since, although a significant renovation a century later improved the playability of the course in the modern era. 

The Queen's Course is set in beautifully rolling hills and forest within the 400 acre Gleneagles Estate. It displays both heathland and parkland characteristics, although I'm hesitant to label it as either. Importantly it does roll naturally with the land.

 The course is a par 68, and it is a short course playing less than 6000 yards from the medal tees. It is a good course, but not without it's idiosyncrasies. The women in our group were not impressed with playing a course where seven out of the first twelve holes were par 5's! 

After a relatively straight forward start on the front nine with a series of classic holes,  the course moves into more undulating land. The increasingly choppy landscape introduced a series of short par 4 and par 3's. It is quite a different look and feel to the earlier part of the course. The back nine is par 33, and measures only 2738 yards off the back markers. Nevertheless it is pretty land with quality holes, and we enjoyed our day.

The Queens' courses sits beside the King's Course but has a very different feel to it. Serious golfers will want to experience the King's Course as a priority, but all will enjoy the shorter, quirkier Queen's as well. 

The Queens course has a lot going for it - it is a beautful place to be, a fun course that caters for all level of golfers and really is a joy to play. It is also the preferred choice for the locals, who vote with their feet!