Scottish Links Golf Course
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Discover the Best Golfing in Hocking Hills
“The Scottish Links at Glenlaurel” is a replica of the links-style golf courses built as far back as 400 years in the British Isles.
Historically, these golf courses varied from five to twenty-five holes. The famed Old Course at St. Andrews played for a century with twelve holes, then was expanded to twenty-two, and finally reduced to eighteen, which was adapted as the norm. Those earliest golf courses were not built, but rather they were “discovered” as golfers selected small flat areas to serve as “greens,” many of which were pure sand without grass. In America, even North Carolina’s famed Pinehurst Country Club started in 1894 with sand greens and nine holes, and didn’t get grass greens until 40 years later.
Glenlaurel built a links-style Scottish golf course that is unlike any other Hocking Hills golf course you’ve ever experienced! World-renowned golf architect, Dr. Michael Hurdzan and his son Dr. Chris Hurdzan, from Hurdzan Golf Design (located in Columbus, Ohio) suggested the original concept because it fits so well with the Glenlaurel aura. As golf collectors, historians, and traditionalists, Mike and Chris have advocated old-time, low-cost, simple golf courses and strongly believe that they can be just as much fun to play and memorable as their expensive counterparts. Although Hurdzan Golf has designed over 400 golf courses worldwide, Glenlaurel is their first authentic sand-green links-style golf course.
Discover the Best Golfing in Hocking Hills
“The Scottish Links at Glenlaurel” is a replica of the links-style golf courses built as far back as 400 years in the British Isles.
Historically, these golf courses varied from five to twenty-five holes. The famed Old Course at St. Andrews played for a century with twelve holes, then was expanded to twenty-two, and finally reduced to eighteen, which was adapted as the norm. Those earliest golf courses were not built, but rather they were “discovered” as golfers selected small flat areas to serve as “greens,” many of which were pure sand without grass. In America, even North Carolina’s famed Pinehurst Country Club started in 1894 with sand greens and nine holes, and didn’t get grass greens until 40 years later.
Glenlaurel built a links-style Scottish golf course that is unlike any other Hocking Hills golf course you’ve ever experienced! World-renowned golf architect, Dr. Michael Hurdzan and his son Dr. Chris Hurdzan, from Hurdzan Golf Design (located in Columbus, Ohio) suggested the original concept because it fits so well with the Glenlaurel aura. As golf collectors, historians, and traditionalists, Mike and Chris have advocated old-time, low-cost, simple golf courses and strongly believe that they can be just as much fun to play and memorable as their expensive counterparts. Although Hurdzan Golf has designed over 400 golf courses worldwide, Glenlaurel is their first authentic sand-green links-style golf course.
A Truly Fantastic Experience
Golfers will have the opportunity to play on pure sand greens and tees rather than conventional grass greens; play with four original 100-year-old Hickory shaft clubs, a vintage stovepipe golf bag, and a sand tee mold.
Our Scottish Links Golf Course is intended to convey the look and feel of a Scottish golf course built over 100 years ago — if you played golf in 1899, you wouldn’t find lush fairways, golf carts, or manicured surroundings. The sand greens are a composite of sand and clay with approximately 22%-25% clay mixed into the sand.
“Fantastic experience; where are you going to play golf like this?”
– Jeff, Glenlaurel Guest
More Relaxing Than a Regular Golf Course
Nestled in the beautiful rolling hills and meadowlands on Glenlaurel’s Hocking Hills Estate are eight links-style holes. The golfers’ experience will replicate Scottish golf from over 100 years ago, with play on actual sand greens and tees and the use of original Hickory Shaft Clubs and sand tees.
Sand greens and tees will need no water, fertilizer, pesticides, or energy sources for their maintenance, which also fits with Glenlaurel’s approach to environmental stewardship, as well as what Hurdzan has championed for decades.
Navigating our Hocking Hills golf course, players will use golf balls designed to travel half the distance of today’s balls and mimic the rules of golf in that era…ever so enhancing the game as it was meant to be played a century ago. The gently rolling grass fairways and pasture grasses are accented by occasional old stone fences as found in Scotland. There are so many ways to play Glenlaurel Links that golfers will never tire of our unique Hocking Hills golf course. Course open May through October, weather permitting.
“So much fun. More relaxing than a regular golf course.”
~ Leah, Glenlaurel Guest
The Way it Was Meant To be Played
Keep in mind, we are trying to replicate how golf was actually played over 100 years ago. Golf was not as refined as it is today, with equipment, tees, greens, and fairways. We have tried to mimic our course to be similar to that era.
The Scottish Links at Glenlaurel will re-create the old-style, rustic feel while providing an abbreviated lesson in golf history by presenting the challenges our ancestors faced. Glenlaurel, A Scottish Inn & Cottages, offers its guests complimentary use of its golf course. Your golf experience also includes Hickory shaft clubs, a golf bag, a sand tee, and a score card with instructions. Guests purchase golf balls (unique to our course).
“Not a golfer, took up the challenge and really enjoyed it.”
– Bruce, Glenlaurel Guest