Wick Golf Club

Submitted by Owen McCafferty on Mon, 2010-01-04

Founded in 1870 and located just 3 miles North of Wick in the Highlands of Scotland, this beautiful course comes highly recommended by many a player, including Ronan Rafferty. To find Wick Golf Course, one must follow the main road out of Wick for John O’Groats to arrive at the turn off for Reiss Sands.

Type: Members’ club
Holes: 18
Par: 69
Standard scratch: 71
Length: 6,123 yards

The club boasts a new £250,000 clubhouse. Opened in 1994, it is one of the best in the north, offering warm hospitality and spectacular views out over the course and coastline. The club house can also be hired for private functions, such as birthday parties, weddings and engagements etc. Catering can be arranged via the secretary.

There are few bunkers on the course, but a crafty use of ditches and some gentle doglegs makes the round very rewarding. Captain John Hunter recommends two holes in particular; the fifth and the twelfth. The fifth hole measures 423 yards with a ditch crossing the fairway 250 yards from the tee, whilst the twelfth is over 400 yards in length, with the drive being the important shot to set up a second shot to a green with a narrow entrance of a bunker on the right, and a protruding mound on the left. The club is host to a number of open competitions.

Wick Golf Club’s Course Guide Wick Golf Club is an eighteen hole links course of the nine holes out, nine holes variety. This year, for the benefit of visitors and members alike, the rough has been drastically cut back.

Hole 1: First White: 286 yds | Par 4 | SI 15 Ladies: 279 yds | Par 4 | SI 15

Hole 2: Burn

White: 353 yds | Par 4 | SI 8 Ladies: 328 yds | Par 4 | SI 5

Hole 3: Quoys

White: 352 yds | Par 4 | SI 6 Ladies: 332 yds | Par 4 | SI 7

Hole 4: Knowe

White: 203 yds | Par 3 | SI 11 Ladies: 192 yds | Par 3 | SI 13

Hole 5: Sleepers

White: 423 yds | Par 4 | SI 1 Ladies: 407 yds | Par 5 | SI 3

Hole 6: Warren

White: 375 yds | Par 4 | SI 13 Ladies: 335 yds | Par 4 | SI 11

Hole 7: Wester

White: 389 yds | Par 4 | SI 4 Ladies: 371 yds | Par 4 | SI 1

Hole 8: River

White: 507 yds | Par 5 | SI 10 Ladies: 440 yds | Par 5 | SI 9

Hole 9: Tern

White: 152 yds | Par 3 | SI 17

Ladies: 140 yds | Par 3 | SI 18

OUT: White: 3040 yds / 35

Ladies: 2824 yds / 36

Hole 10: Long White: 403 yds | Par 4 | SI 3 Ladies: 389 yds | Par 5 | SI 6

Hole 11: Shochad

White: 171 yds | Par 3 | SI 12 Ladies: 164 yds | Par 3 | SI 16

Hole 12: March

White: 416 yds | Par 4 | SI 2 Ladies: 364 yds | Par 4 | SI 8

Hole 13: Cup

White: 390 yds | Par 4 | SI 5 Ladies: 368 yds | Par 4 | SI 2

Hole 14: Plateau

White: 149 yds | Par 3 | SI 18 Ladies: 144 yds | Par 3 | SI 14

Hole 15: Desert

White: 291 yds | Par 4 | SI 14 Ladies: 283 yds | Par 4 | SI 12

Hole 16: Bents

White: 188 yds | Par 3 | SI 9 Ladies: 149 yds | Par 3 | SI 17

Hole 17: Valley

White: 549 yds | Par 5 | SI 16 Ladies: 534 yds | Par 5 | SI 4

Hole 18: Home

White: 379 yds | Par 4 | SI 7

Ladies: 296 yds | Par 4 | SI 10

IN: White: 2936 yds / 34

Ladies: 2691 yds / 35

TOTAL: White: 5976 yds / 69

Ladies: 5515 yds / 71

And now for the 19th tee…
Come and refresh yourself at our licensed bar at the comfortable facilities offered in the Clubhouse. Visitors are welcome all week. It is always be advisable to book in advance, although in most cases there will be no problem accommodating.

Green fees £25 per day per round (April – September)

£12 per day per round (October – March)

For further information or clubhouse bookings: Contact at: Wick Golf Club Secretary: Ian Miller (Contact Person) Telephone: 01955 602726 Fax: 01955 602726

Email: wick…@hotmail.com

Web: http://www.northhighland.ac.uk/nhconline/wgc/index.htm

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