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Musselburgh Links, The Old yardage book

Golf course in Musselburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Holes
9
Par
34
Length
2,865 yd2,620 metres
Bunkers
33

9 holes, par 34, about 2,865 yards (2,620 metres) along the hole lines. The par 3s are 1, 5 and 8. The only par 5 is the 7th. The longest hole is the 7th at 468 yd, the shortest the 5th at 177 yd. The map shows 33 bunkers. It shows no water in play.

Musselburgh Links, The Old course map

Every hole, numbered, as the app draws it.

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Musselburgh Links, The Old hole by hole

Each hole turned so it plays up the page, from the tee at the bottom. Where a green's slopes are mapped, flip its card to see them.

Hole 1 The Short Hole

Par 3 · 226 yd

Plays south. 2 bunkers.

Hole 2 The Graves

Par 4 · 344 yd

Plays east. 5 bunkers.

Hole 3 Barracks Entry

Par 4 · 353 yd

Plays east. 6 bunkers.

Green 25 yd deep, 23 yd wide. Nearly flat overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 4 Mrs Forman's

Par 4 · 423 yd

Plays east. 2 bunkers.

Green 25 yd deep, 32 yd wide. Falls 2% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 5 The Sea Hole

Par 3 · 177 yd

Plays north-west. 6 bunkers.

Green 22 yd deep, 23 yd wide. Falls 2% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 6 The Table

Par 4 · 326 yd

Plays west. 3 bunkers.

Green 38 yd deep, 19 yd wide. Falls 6% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 7 The Bathing Coach

Par 5 · 468 yd

Plays west. 5 bunkers.

Hole 8

Par 3 · 237 yd

Plays west. 6 bunkers.

Hole 9 The Gas

Par 4 · 308 yd

Plays west. Dogleg left. 6 bunkers.

Hole distances

HoleParLengthBunkersWater
1 The Short Hole3226 yd2–
2 The Graves4344 yd5–
3 Barracks Entry4353 yd6–
4 Mrs Forman's4423 yd2–
5 The Sea Hole3177 yd6–
6 The Table4326 yd3–
7 The Bathing Coach5468 yd5–
83237 yd6–
9 The Gas4308 yd6–

Lengths are measured along each hole's line on OpenStreetMap, so they can differ from the club's card. A bunker between two holes counts on both.

The app

Musselburgh Links, The Old in your pocket

On your iPhone and Apple Watch, Number & Line turns this map into a yardage book, with distances to the front, middle and back of each green from where you stand. You can plan each hole at home and get club advice from your own distances and the day's wind.

The app is coming soon to the App Store, and this course is already built for it.

See the app

The app on the course: a hole in colour with distances from the player and the caddie's note

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Course map © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence. See it on OpenStreetMap, where anyone can correct it. Green slopes: Scottish Remote Sensing Portal LiDAR, Scottish Government (Open Government Licence). Our maps are open data too. Number & Line isn't connected with the club.