Hirsel

COLDSTREAM, BORDERS

PAR 70, 6,111 YARDS

DESIGNER: Willie Jackson

GREEN FEES: £30 weekdays, £34 weekends

TEL: 01890 882678

This Borders gem is set in rolling woodland with thick shrubbery, water and fierce rough in abundance. Founded in 1948, it is a course of strategic design with a fair margin for error. The fairways are generous, as are the greens, but getting from one to the other calls more for precision than power. Two or three holes demand blind tee shots.