The King’s Golf Course

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21 December 2024

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White markers: 6,471

The King’s Course, created by James Braid and opened in 1919, is a masterpiece of golf course design, which has tested the aristocracy of golf, both professional and amateur.

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A view of the par 4, 18th hole in the foreground on the Kings Course at Gleneagles

9th of The King's Course

The King's Virtual Course Guide

King’s is certainly one of the most beautiful and exhilarating places to play golf in the world. And all the holes have evocative and historic Scots names, what’s not to like?

Whin is the Scots word for furze or gorse and dun is from the Gaelic word for hill.

1. Dun Whinny

Neuk is the Scots word for corner and this hole reaches the most easterly point on the course.

2. East Neuk

Tassie is from tasse meaning cup, the name refers to the cup-shaped hollow in which the green is found.

3. Silver Tassie

Broomy Law or hill of broom refers to the broom bushes on the ridge along the right of the hole.

4. Broomy Law

Het Girdle means hot griddle or skillet.

5. Het Girdle

Blink Bonnie can be explained as beautiful view or glimpse of beauty.

6. Blink Bonnie

Kittle Kink or tricky bend is an appropriate name for this hole with its pronounced dog leg.

7. Kittle Kink

The name means curlew’s nest and this refers to the way the green nestles down among the heather-clad slopes.

8. Whaup's Nest

Height of trouble is an apt description of what awaits if this hole is badly played.

9. Heich o'Fash

Canty can be expressed as pleasant or cheerful and lye is similar to the English lea.

10. Canty Lye

The devil’s fishing basket.

11. Deil's Creel

A tappit hen is an old Scots pewter ale or wine measure.

12. Tappit Hen

Braid’s best. James Braid always signed his name to the hole he considered the best when he designed a course.

13. Braid's Brawest

The dainty or pleasant dell or, in the words of an early guide to the course, “an idyll of sylvan beauty.”

14. Denty Den

The valley or hollow of hope.

15. Howe o' Hope

The little goblin or ghost.

16. Wee Bogle

Warslin’ can mean struggling or wrestling. Warslin’ Lea contains the hole with the narrowest fairway on the course.

17. Warslin' Lea

The home hole and time perhaps to relax in the hotel or The Dormy Clubhouse.

18. King's Hame

A golf club like no other

Welcome to an unparalleled golfing experience. With three championship courses, an elite practice facility, a nine-hole par-3 course, two half-way houses and a lively clubhouse to call our 19th hole, this is no ordinary golf club.

Ready for play

We’ve got everything you need, from free practice facilities, locker rooms and course starters to halfway houses and the 19th hole.

Fully equipped for your game

We offer an extensive choice of top of the range equipment to hire or buy. From clubs, buggies and electric trollies right down to your socks and shoes, we’ve got you covered.

Come on over to our place

Practice makes perfect so they say. And you can certainly find perfection in our clubhouse, from luxurious locker rooms, bag store and even a sauna to warm up the coldest day on the course.

Watercolour image of full Scottish breakfast and cup of black coffee

Feeding your game

From a pre-round bacon roll in The Dormy to a light refreshment in our halfway houses to a delicious meal in our clubhouse, our food and drink offering will tantalise your tastebuds and fuel your game.

Ready for play

We’ve got everything you need, from free practice facilities, locker rooms and course starters to halfway houses and the 19th hole.

Fully equipped for your game

We offer an extensive choice of top of the range equipment to hire or buy. From clubs, buggies and electric trollies right down to your socks and shoes, we’ve got you covered.

Come on over to our place

Practice makes perfect so they say. And you can certainly find perfection in our clubhouse, from luxurious locker rooms, bag store and even a sauna to warm up the coldest day on the course.

Feeding your game

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Golf Course Green Fees

Please see our green fees below and to view our special offers. Prices valid for The King’s, The Queen’s and The PGA Centenary courses.

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