The Championship Course

The Course

Perhaps the most challenging course in the Lothian’s, Deer Park extends through natural parkland enjoying an enviable reputation. Deer Park was designed and built by Peter Allis, Dave Thomas and Peter Clark in 1978, and has become one of Central Scotland’s leading Golf & Country Clubs.

Over the years it has hosted prestigious golfing events including the Scottish Under 25s, the Scottish PGA Championship and was a Regional qualifying course for The Open Championship. In 2004 it hosted the inaugural Deer Park Masters, a highly successful Pro-AM competition which is a leading Tartan Tour event, with many more to come! Over the past few years the Course has undergone design changes and new greens’ constructed.

These on-going improvements have created a venue that provides golf all year round and has added to the charm and character of the course, providing stunning views of west Lothian and Fife.  Deer Park is a challenging but fair Parkland course, with generous tree lined fairways and the occasional pond to capture a stray ball! Strategically positioned bunkering and large undulating greens make this 6,727 yard course a fair test of golf.

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PLEASE AVOID SLOW PLAY AT ALL TIMES

1. OUT OF BOUNDS
a) On or over any wall, fence or hedge bordering the perimeter of the course and roadway.
b) In or over any boundary trenches on the course marked with white or white topped stakes.
c) On or over the road behind the 18th green.
d) Both practice areas (i.e. right of 9th fairway and left of 18th fairway).
e) Tree plantation behind the 10th green.
f) The putting green and on or over the path at the back of the 9th green.

2. All man made paths and seats on the course are OBSTRUCTIONS and relief may be taken as under Rule 24-2.
3. The mound to the left of the 15th fairway is G.U.R. and relief may be taken as per Rule 25-1.
4. The protective netting and its supports on the forward tee at the 6th hole are an IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTION and relief can be taken under Rule 24-2b.
5. All winter greens are G.U.R. and play from these areas is prohibited. The ball must be lifted and dropped at the nearest point of relief. The ball may be cleaned when so lifted.
6. If a ball comes to rest in an AERATION HOLE, the player may, without penalty, lift the ball and clean it. Through the green, the player shall drop the ball as near as possible to where it lay, but not nearer the hole on the putting green, the player shall place the ball at the nearest spot not nearer the hole which avoids such situation.
7. PROTECTION OF YOUNG TREES identified by stakes or white painted markings. If such a tree interferes with a player’s stance or the area of his intended swing, the ball must be lifted, without penalty, and dropped in accordance with procedure prescribed in Rule 24-2b(i) (IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS). The ball may be cleaned when so lifted.
8. All trenches surrounding tree plantations should be considered G.U.R. and relief can be taken in accordance with Rule 25-1. 		9. The pond and ditch on the 4th and 6th holes are WATER HAZARDS and Rule 26 shall apply.
10. LATERAL WATER HAZARDS
a) The burn running behind the green at 10th hole and to the right of the fairway on the 3rd, 4th, 8th and 11th holes.
b) Under any bridge to the right of the 11th fairway. 11. STONES IN BUNKERS are MOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS (Rule 24-1 applies).
12. TRACTOR TYRE MARKS are ground under repair (Rule 25-1 applies).
13. FIXED SPRINKLER HEADS All fixed sprinkler heads are IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS and relief from interference by them may be obtained under rule 24-2. In addition, if such an obstruction on or within two club lengths of the putting green of the hole being played intervenes on the line of play between the ball and the hole, the player may obtain relief, without penalty, as follows: If the ball lies off the putting green but not in a hazard and is within two club lengths of the intervening obstruction, it may be lifted, cleaned and dropped at the nearest point to where the ball lay which a) is not nearer the hole b) avoids such intervention and c) is not a hazard or on a putting green.