Uphall Golf Club
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About
Uphall Golf Club began in 1895, when the golf course was erected on terrain leased from Sheriff Shairp, who lived on the neighboring Houston Estate. It's a convenient golf course to reach, sitting just seven miles west of the Edinburgh Airport, outside of Uphall Village. It is an 18-hole parkland course set amidst mature trees and features relatively flat land within somewhat tight boundaries, making for a test for all golfers.
Uphall Golf Club's course measures 5,588 yards at par 69. A round of golf kicks off on Mains, a par 4 that comes in at 404 yards from the medal tees. It makes for a challenging opening hole, especially when played into the west wind, requiring an accurate tee shot so as to stay clear of troubles on the left and right, and then golfers are just a medium-to-long iron from a slim green. The round concludes on Binnie Craig, a par-4, 383-yarder that offers an excellent closing hole, again when that west wind is blowing.
After the round, check out the Uphall Golf Club's clubhouse, where management assures that although you're at a "Members Club," you'll be "made extremely welcome."
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medal | 69 | 5646 yards | ||
| Forward | 69 | 5366 yards | ||
| L.G.U. | 71 | 5049 yards |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White M: 67.5/115 | 404 | 298 | 175 | 395 | 283 | 284 | 148 | 360 | 418 | 2765 | 434 | 484 | 274 | 304 | 412 | 173 | 134 | 283 | 383 | 2881 | 5646 |
| Yellow M: 65.9/113 | 366 | 293 | 145 | 389 | 267 | 273 | 144 | 351 | 410 | 2638 | 427 | 471 | 265 | 293 | 409 | 152 | 95 | 240 | 376 | 2728 | 5366 |
| Red W: 69.7/124 | 292 | 290 | 128 | 382 | 260 | 261 | 138 | 337 | 402 | 2490 | 417 | 461 | 252 | 197 | 404 | 141 | 91 | 227 | 369 | 2559 | 5049 |
| Handicap | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 5 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 69 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 8 |
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Unique layout
Enjoyed the few holes played on the clubhouse side the most. A range of difficulties and obstacles. Locals were a nice bunch too.
Great Condition and Friendly Staff
Course is in great condition for the time of year, greens running well and fairways playing quickly. Friendly staff helped us get our bearing and even offering some local advice (that was needed on the tricky par 3’s).
Would recommend to anyone in the area looking for a challenging affordable track to play. Will be returning.
Great course and friendly staff
Richard at the golf hut was brilliant - gave us some great course info before tee’ing off.
The course was in tremendous nick and a few more obscure holes which made it an enjoyable round. A few greens were a bit sandy but to be expected with coming out of the tail end of winter. Overall a great experience, would recommend and will definitely be back for another round.
Great course but slow
The course is enjoyable but still after 20 years of playing it, I don't understand the rights of way through the first 3 and last 4 holes due to the layout, but somehow the longest wait we had was on the 4th tee where a queue formed behind us. Ridiculous layout for such a busy course and I was surprised they were taking casual bookings on the same day as a medal.
Will be back
Great track for the price. Really friendly and knowledgeable starter - should have taken his advice and left the driver in the bag more often though. Sad situation with the clubhouse but once rebuilt, it will make Uphall an even better spot. Will be back to play again.
Little gem of a course
You need to be selective with your club choice on the 1st three holes but after this the course opens up to allow the big hitters to bring out the drivers.
The course crosses over on a couple of holes which was fine for us on a quiet Tuesday but it may be a bit difficult on a busy weekend
The fairways and semi rough were in really good condition but the greens had recently been cored and sanded so it will be May /June time before you see the benefit of this.
The staff were brilliant , very friendly which must be hard working out of a portakabin after the club house was razed to the ground in a fire a couple of years ago. A new one is in motion to be rebuilt soon.
Overall the course was a good test for both high and low handicaps and the staff are a credit to the club
Will definitely be back
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George McAllister
Great find
Sadly the clubhouse was burnt down last year but don’t let this stop you coming here. The starter made me feel very welcome and gave me some great advice on how to play the first and other holes! Just a really nice course highly recommend
Lovely course
Great course, played it on a beautiful day. Greens were being cored although we had been warned about this by the starter. We enjoyed our game thank you
Very good course
Very good course
Could do with better amenities
Uphall golf course
First 4 holes a bit strange crossing over each other and sharing greens with the 15th but fine once you understand which green you’re aiming for. Just need to be careful with other golfers on the course. Fairways and greens well maintained. Speed of play is good and some fun par 3 holes scattered amongst the round to keep things interesting. Good value for money.
No facilities
We arrived at the course to find out the clubhouse burned down in March 2021. Portaloos were available in the car park. We have never played this course before so we were expecting to find a layout of the course on the cards but that wasn’t the case no map books of the course were available either. The course is very confusing on the fist tee you are driving down a fairway the has two other tee boxes on it so a long wait can be expected before you get a window to hit your first shot. I would not recommend this course
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