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Monifieth Golf Links: 36 holes of links golf paradise

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Why we’d rather be playing this 36-hole venue in Angus

Monifieth Golf Links

Many venues can say that have a great golf course. However, Monifieth can say it is blessed with 36 holes of great links golf.

The Medal Course, first extended to 18 holes in the late 1800s, is one of the finest layouts in the Scottish county of Angus, with the Ashludie Course providing the perfect complement.

Small greens are one of the Medal’s characteristics, with those surfaces only rewarding solid iron play. Throw in the railway line – a key for any links course – and you’ll feel right at home.

History

Although golf was played in this part of the world from as early as the 17th Century, the original course at Monifieth was laid out in 1845.

Back then, it was known as Panmure Golf Club, before the club moved to its current location just prior to the turn of the 20th Century.

With the introduction of another 9 holes shortly before the First World War, the 18-hole layout was renamed the Medal Course, with the Ashludie Course then being extended to 18 holes later on – turning Monifieth into a 36-hole venue.

Monifieth Golf Links is blessed with not one, but two stunning courses – the Medal Course and the Ashludie Course – making it 36 holes of golfing paradise.

As with all links courses, there is always a railway line that comes into play. The opening stretch of the Medal Course plays with the main London-Aberdeen line as a constant threat on its right side.

The Ashludie’s fun comes in the form of drivable par 4s and short par 3s, with scoring opportunities throughout the 18-hole layout.

Where does it rank?

Medal Course – 58th in Scotland, 4th in Angus
Ashludie Course – 10th in Angus

Where is it?

Monifieth Golf Links is just a few miles east of Dundee on the eastern coastline of Scotland. The course overlooks Angus Beach, with views across the River Tay to Kinshaldy Beach. Carnoustie is just down the road, while the Scottish capital of Edinburgh is around 70 miles to the south of Monifieth. The course is just a few hundred yards from Monifieth Station, with trains running to Glasgow Queen Street, Aberdeen and Dundee on a regular basis.

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Get in touch with Monifieth

For more information about the club and course, visit its website or call them on 01382 532767.

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About the author

Matt Coles
Matt Coles

Mention a European country, and Matt will tell you which resorts make the National Club Golfer Top 100s: European Resorts list. He might even throw in who designed the golf course and how many rooms the hotel has got at each one…

Matt got into the game of golf from a young age, following his old man to the local golf club. He fell for the sport, and now can’t seem to go a day without thinking about how to improve his game (Thanks Dad!). Matt has been a member of Howley Hall GC in Leeds since 2020, and is just about managing to maintain a single-figure handicap. He likes to remind people that he once broke 75, but won’t tell people that it was on a shortened course during the winter.

He moved to Leeds after graduating from the University of Central Lancashire with a First Class Honours degree in Sports Journalism. Matt joined NCG after almost five years travelling the world with the Professional Squash Association, working on events in all four corners of the globe.

Matt currently plays a Cobra King LTDx driver and RadSpeed 3-wood. TaylorMade monopolise the rest of his bag, with a SIM UDI, M5 irons and both Milled Grind and HI-TOE wedges, along with a Monza Redline putter. He uses a Vice Pro Plus golf ball, because he’s a bit different…

Away from golf, Matt is a Manchester United fan, and a keen runner, having ran the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon (his first and possibly last), in May 2023.

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