Colonsay Golf Club

What The Club Says

The course measures 4,752 yards and comprises four par 5s, eight par 4s and six par 3s. Yardage-wise, the four par 5s, measuring between 341 and 391 yards, should be par 4s; however, they have been accorded par 5 status by dint of the degree of difficulty involved. The seventh hole, The Fank, demands that you avoid an out-of-bounds airstrip, a large area of potentially fatal rough, a ball-eating burn, a fank (sheepfold) and a tight out-of-bounds fence at the back of the green. The 14th, ominously named The Rushes, involves negotiating a large area of “tatty-bye” rough that is every bit as ball-hungry as the burn. The 16th, Muckle Carry, is birdie-able but the last of the par 5s, the 18th (Kilchattan) has caused many an eleventh-hour scoring collapse.