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Niall C

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Of which Scottish course did Darwin say..............
« on: November 28, 2011, 02:45:41 PM »
"...........is a fine course: a little back-breaking here and there to the elderly and the plump, but as good as its scenery is beautiful."

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Mark Chaplin

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Re: Of which Scottish course did Darwin say..............
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2011, 02:56:04 PM »
Gleneagles Kings?
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David Nelson

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Re: Of which Scottish course did Darwin say..............
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2011, 03:04:54 PM »
Gullane No 1 ?

Mark Chaplin

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Re: Of which Scottish course did Darwin say..............
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2011, 03:25:47 PM »
Or No 2 or No 3!
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Alister Matheson

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Re: Of which Scottish course did Darwin say..............
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2011, 03:41:30 PM »
Cruden Bay ?
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Ronald Montesano

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Re: Of which Scottish course did Darwin say..............
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2011, 06:28:11 PM »
Kingsbarns? Castle Stuart? El Donaldo's new layout? Is Darwin a rapper?
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Neil Regan

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Re: Of which Scottish course did Darwin say..............
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2011, 02:24:44 AM »
Pitlochry ? After 18 there, you will be less plump and fell a good bit older.  :)

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Colin Macqueen

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Re: Of which Scottish course did Darwin say..............
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2011, 04:15:17 AM »
Niall,

This is driving me batty.  The closest I can get is a reference from "A Round of Golf on the L&NER" where he mentions the quirky holes at Cruden Bay which Ally Matheson has already put forward as a candidate.

Darwin writes of Cruden Bay  “…at the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth holes the most elderly and phlegmatic persons will pant up to the top of the bank like two-year-olds to see what has befallen their ball on the far side.”

Not good enough for you I reckon. A stab in the dark from me, then, is St. Cuthbert's.

Did crusty old Bernardo really have such empathy for the elderly, phlegmatic and plump? He died in 1961 and I wonder if any of the elders on this forum ever met him or have been in his presence.... a fair stretch but possible.

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Niall C

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Re: Of which Scottish course did Darwin say..............
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2011, 01:19:24 PM »
Gentlemen

I posted this last night just before heading off to do something useful so apologies for not responding to the various replies until now. The answer is, as Mark C managed to get within 10 mins, indeed Gleneagles. Well done Mark, no prizes involved, just an excuse to quote a bit of Darwin.

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