Insch Gold Course
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Head pro:
Manager:
Holes:
18 holes
Par:
67
Distance (men/women): 5350y
Courcerating (men/women):
Slope (men/women):
Green Fee: £ 16
Cart Fee: yes
Architect: Greens of Scotland
Is there a hotel: No
Is there a restaurant: yes
Extra info
The game of golf in Insch was first recorded before World War I, with the course being laid around Dunnideer Hill. It was then moved to its present location around 1923 where it existed until 1940, when the ground was seconded by the War Department for use as a grenade range.
Golf was absent in Insch until a committee was formed in 1977 to provide the village with such a facility. A nine-hole course was built by voluntary labour along Valentine Burn and was reopened for play in 1982. The club expanded further in 1987, when an innovative clubhouse facility - complete with changing rooms, office, bar, cafe and dance floor - was provided from the remnants of temporary accommodation for a local school.
The course was extended by the addition of 12 new holes on the slopes of Dunnideer. The design intent of the new course was to match that of the old course , in providing a Parkland course for all golfing abilities, designed around the undulating terrain, with innovative use of water and