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Hi all,

Been reading a while and thought I'd take the plunge. This forum has been a great resource for me for all things golf. I play my golf in Scotland, in East Lothian.

My username relates to my love of Wagon Wheel biscuits. Currently a 9.4 handicap. I mostly almost exclusively play links golf but I do enjoy a good parkland track. I'm on a random side quest to complete the top 100 courses in Scotland, of which I currently sit at 95/100 with one of those lined up for later in the year.

Look forward to getting involved.

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Welcome to TST.  We're glad you've joined.   That's quite an accomplishment to attack that many courses.  I'm sure you'll reach your goal.  

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Welcome to The Sand Trap!

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Welcome to TST.  Playing the top 100 courses sounds like a fun goal to work towards (and hopefully accomplish). 

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"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

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Welcome aboard - plenty of great wisdom here to be had and will be looking forward to a links golf perspective in the discussions.

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
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18 hours ago, dennyjones said:

Welcome to TST.  We're glad you've joined.   That's quite an accomplishment to attack that many courses.  I'm sure you'll reach your goal.  

Thanks. I hope I do but I think I'm going to get stuck at 98 as two of the remainder tracks are notoriously difficult get on.

 

I have Turnberry, Troon, Skibo Castle, Ardfin and Crail Craighead left. I have a round at Turnberry booked in for later this year. Troon is accessible but the green fee is extortionate (compared to what we are used to) so I may go for that in 2027. Crail Craighead is easy enough through member guest sign on's so won't be an issue. 

Skibo Castle is a private, exclusive members club who do not allow guests at all full stop. You have to know a member, who are very rare and secretive (often celebrities, like Harry Styles or other worldwide business types for example, who are supposedly members). So it is basically impossible and I am likely to be stuck with this one.

Ardfin whilst bookable for the average joe - is bordering on extortion and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to afford it. You have to stay over at their 'hotel' and you have to book it out for X amount of people for at least two days and it costs upwards of 15-20k. Even if you divide that by say 12 players it's still far too much money unfortunately. With a bit of luck at somepoint in the future they may introduce a day rate, they had one a few years ago for 500 (GBP). 

Fingers crossed however. I managed to get on the exclusive Loch Lomond easier than I thought it would be!

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Welcome to TST.  I spent a bit of time in the UK but I had to look up Wagon Wheels.  Don't think I ever saw them.  Had to Google to see.  Couple similar items in US but Google says they are different. 😁

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