217 - Bruntsfield Links

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

Rating: 8.1

After watching the Springboks beat Scotland the day before, and nursing a wee hangover, we headed to Bruntsfield Links to enjoy the time before heading leaving Edinburgh.

Quite different to playing Mortonhall a few days prior, Bruntsfield Links is as the name suggests a relatively flatter course, utilising the natural contours of the land but different to other links courses in Scotland, it is a bit further from the sea.

Another stunning clubhouse and with beautiful surrounding areas it is difficult to believe that this is another course in the heart of Edinburgh where you feel like you could be out in the countryside.

The course starts and finishes each loop at the top of the hill with lovely elevated tee shots on the 2nd and 11th. The 10th, a short par 3, has a particularly lovely backdrop with the North Sea in the distance.

Similarly to Mortonhall, the course offers a lovely mix of some thickets of bush but predominantly tree lined fairways, a plethora of bunkers that protect the green and the fairways weave in and around.

Again, the course was in top condition considering it was November and the temperatures had started to drop on what was a crisp autumnal morning in Scotland. There was barely a soul on the course this Monday morning and at £55 a round at this time of the year, it is another gem.