Duddingston Golf Course

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Holes: 18 holes
Par: 72 - 72
Distance (men/women): 6199y- 5551y
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Green Fee: £ 35
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Architect: Willie Park Jr

Is there a hotel: No
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Extra info
Duddingston Golf Club was formed in 1895 by the members of the insurance and banking fraternity in Edinburgh, who decided that the park owned by the Duke of Abercorn at Duddingston on the south-east of Arthur's Seat was the most suitable for their own course. The course was first laid out by Willie Park and was subsequently altered in the 1960's and 1970's by John Shade and Bill Biggar.

John Shade's son, Ronnie (RDBM - "right down the bloody middle"), is much the most famous of Duddingston's players, having won the Scottish Amateur Championship five years in a row, played in to Walker Cup four times and finished leading individual in the Eisenhower Trophy (effectively then the world amateur team championship) in 1966. Ronnie Shade took the name of Duddingston round the world and the Club in turn has welcomed visitors from around the world, including Open and US Masters champions over the years. The course, fairly described as undulating park land (and, indeed, the name in Gaelic