The PGA Centenary Course, designed by Jack Nicklaus, is a modern classic.
Even for a champion and acclaimed golf architect like Nicklaus, The PGA Centenary Course
was a challenge.
It had to be a great course and, set as it is in the heart of Scotland, the country that
gave the world golf, Nicklaus describes the course as "The finest parcel of land
in the world I have ever been given to work with".
It had to be unique in its challenge, a course in the modern design ethos that at its fullest
stretch tests the greatest players, while, in the immortal phrase of Bobby Jones, "offering
problems a man may attempt according to his ability... never hopeless for the lesser player
nor failing to concern and interest the expert."
From the back tees, the PGA Centenary Course measures 7,088 yards, the longest inland course
in Scotland. However, the tees are graded at each hole in five stages, including a challenging
6,558 yards from the white markers down to 5,072 from the red. Fittingly, the PGA
Centenary Course begins by playing southeast towards the famed glen of the eagles sweeping
up the Ochil Hills to the summit of the pass below Ben Shee which joins it to Glendevon.
A feature of the PGA Centenary Course is the feast of views of the spectacular countryside
in which Gleneagles is set. Putting on the two-tier second green, you are distracted
by the lush panorama of the rich Perthshire straths. As you move westwards over the next
few holes, the rugged Grampians come into view on the right, then distantly purple ahead,
Ben Vorlich and the mountains above the Trossachs.
Par: 72
Length: Blue Tees 7,088 yards - White: Tees
6,559 yards
Type: Moorland
Architect: Jack Nicklaus
Founded: 1993
Range: Yes
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