The 10 best holes in Great Britain and Ireland
14th, Royal Dornoch
Par 4, 445 yards
The contrarian in me was insouciant about revered ‘Foxy’ the first time I played it many years ago (plus it was basically dark).
The second time in Dornoch made me realise the error of my ways and by the third (of eight games there and counting) I was cringing at my initial view.
It famously has no bunkers and there isn’t a tree in sight; it’s all about the contours of the linksland along an S-bend fairway.
So you plan then execute how much of the dunes to cut off on the drive then be bold on your approach to a table-top green that rejects anything other than sweet strikes.
Unless you’ve held the green, the toughest shot is likely yet to come – a chip from the base of the green up and onto the green. I’ve seen good chippers resort to the putter there.
