Lanark – Scotland – Episode 30 – Off the beaten Track

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you know they say a picture is worth a thousand words well if true I need not say anymore [Music] welcome to lanet golf club and this is why I do what I [Music] do I’ve lost count of how many golf courses I’ve played over the last few years and I hope to continue this journey of dis Discovery off the Beaten Track has led me to some of the most incredible places meet incredible people and gave myself on my channel a new purpose that purpose is to help golf clubs who might be sometimes overlooked but are deserving of the [Music] Limelight it’s falling sideways oh my God he made it we should have had the camera that way to just see how much break that is well this is one of those very courses I’ve just described and uh I came here last evening took a walk around and I’ve got a feeling this could be Scotland’s Hidden Gem finest Hidden Gem that I’m yet to discover I only heard about Lan Golf Club in recent months and that’s largely due to the efforts made by the club to produce high quality content for social media now I hope I can share with you what it was that caught my eye and got me [Music] here oh that’s another bogey on the card I’m afraid and there’s there’s been a few but uh the course itself has a bit of an update through I think that was seven holes is the there little greens you can probably see from the screen that are rolling so so pure look incredible definition from ta green again is stunning in terms of the visual but it’s also a tough all routing there’s a couple of long par fours in that opening stretch of those seven holes and I’ve certainly got perhaps a few more Bogies on me card than I would like but on my word I don’t care too much because when you look back at the views this place is stunning only seven HS [Music] [Applause] [Music] in oh made our way to the 11th T and to be honest with you we’ve gone out very early in front of what is a medal round and between them and the green staff were trying to dodge in between so I’m not talking and showing you perhaps as much as a light but we’ve got loads caught on camera of just how good this place is and that previous par three um bit of Drone footage for you now our absolute belt in Al gol ho but maybe more importantly this sort of position furthest away from the clubhouse I think around 10 11 is so so quiet and uh as Pat Ruddy said which I keep quoting it’s a time to smell the roses and just chill for a bit I’ve just teed off as well hit a decent forward down there hole really Narrows up by the looks of things and uh yeah we’re in good Nick but this is all about as well as being just an amazingly good golf course and a real Discovery in my opinion it’s just so tranquil and my type of golf I love life out here in uh such quiet and pretty settings this is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world and is the oldest Inland course that remains on its original land in 1897 at a cost of £310 Shillings old Tom Morris was employed to lay out 18 holes and in 1927 James braid supervised the construction of several new holes to produce the basic layout which with the exception of longer teas and modern bunkering remains largely unchanged this day lanic golf club can be found south of both Glasgow and Edinburgh and probably just an hour’s drive to each of those major cities from what I can see the most you’ll ever pay to play lck is a70 Green fee which is in the peak times of the main season well we’ll just wait for the green staff just to finish this next t- box on uh what’s that 12 or 13 now I don’t know and uh discovering a course like this for me is what this whole thing has been about and I love traveling and finding new golf courses whil I like being a member somewhere and and getting some you know familiarity with a place I love finding a new course and finding somewhere that’s really decent and then being able to share it with you as an audience is uh is just what my Channel’s all about and then if I get to find out that any of you ever watch a video and then go to play one of the golf courses because you’ve seen it on the channel well then uh I’m a happy man I feel like I’m doing my bit towards promoting Golf and after all I mean that’s what this is all about isn’t it [Music] [Applause] [Music] this could be good if it’s the right yardage it’s all over it it it’s probably been about the best part of my game today has been me wedgies I’ve struggled a bit off the tea pulling a bit left and this is a typical old where I could have been uh in the longer stuff through not quite understanding the layout and it’s a course I’d definitely love to play again uh with a better understanding of where I should be what clubs I should use off the tea and that kind of says to me it’s very much that thinking man’s course again where I love the fact that you don’t just bash driver you have to plot your way around and try and find the angles to come in I got a good angle in here but like I said a few yards further to my left and I’d have been in a bit of trouble but I got a birdie chance one of the main features of the golf course is without doubt the greens and one because of the condition of them they’re fantastic as you can see but the other thing is the movement in them they’re all fairly substantial in size but there’s a huge amount of movement and I’ve just did a little Chip Shot not the greatest come up short thought and I’m on a wrong tier and all of a sudden the difficulty of this put is uh a far different than if I managed to get another 10 yards or so with the wedge that’s a decent pace it’s not bad but every Green has been the same and I can imagine they can have some real fun with the pin positions so uh getting your ball from T to Green is one part but then getting in the O that’s uh that’s another challenge that’s okay but it’ll be a long way on the second one because uh the 15th is a par for stroke two 445 yards off the yellows which is forced me to get the driver out but I’ll still have a a good couple of hundred so more and there’s been a few of them few long par fours we’re actually into a bit of draft as well well so that’s a tough start to the finishing stretch on 15 I love the sun was starting to fade the 16th was one of my favorite holes maybe because I ate a decent te- shot a lovely Par Four from a slightly elevated tea Fairway bunkers a weight and a burn runs in front of a small Target [Music] [Music] I read that lanic is often compared favorably with the king’s course of Glenn Eagles ofering a similar mall and challenge setting a wonderful Scenic Countryside and it’s easy to understand the parallels lanak is a great layout on a mall and setting that is an incredibly good condition from te green those greens roll true the course as a charm and character G treescapes wildlife and color with far reaching views Scotland is blessed with so many courses to choose from but often You’ll Play a course based on reputation or medeor exposure and there are so many courses that do not get the recognition they deserve I don’t believe any course should want a title of being a Hidden Gem although I might selfishly choose to keep them a secret myself I feel it’s my duty to share with you the courses I find went off the Beaten Track and you know what the plan seems to be working I’m meeting more and more people who say they’ve been inspired to travel and go and visit a golf course because they’ve seen it on the channel and for me there couldn’t be anything better as I’ve already mentioned I also got to say that a lot of people come up and stop and say hello and uh I love that it’s uh it’s really humbling when somebody you you meet somebody that watches the channel it makes it all the more real anyway that’s another day done uh it’s been a busy all week done a lot of traveling and uh going to make our way home and I think we’ve discovered like I said one of Scotland’s finest hidden gems it’s uh I don’t think it’ll stay hidden for too much longer