Another very nice course from Neil Munro, with a beautiful panorama (rolling hills), a wide serpentine river, some breathtaking views of the valley on a few holes, with plenty of elevation, nice trees and a few well-placed bunkers.
This par 72 starts with a tough par-5 (hard to choose the right club to tee off), with a river across midway and a steeply-elevated green, and is followed a little bit further, by the right dogleg par-4 5th, with a heavily-slanted fairway and an elevated green.
Then, after the par-4 7th hole, uphill all the way, with trees hiding the green on the left side, you will reach my two favorite holes on the front 9, the very scenic right dogleg par-4 8th, with its gorgeous downhill view of the valley from the tee box (with the river on the left), and its slightly-elevated green, and the nice, but tough, left dogleg par-5 9th hole, with its slanted fairway (parallel to the river on the left) and a very long second shot to try to reach the green on the other bank, with a small elongated bunker in front (on the right) and a smaller one (on the left) !
Coming back, I like the beautiful panoramic view as you tee off from the right dogleg par-4 11th hole, with the river, again on the left, and the back-to-back par-5 holes, the left dogleg 13th, with another steeply-downhill tee shot overlooking the valley, three small bunkers in the middle, and the river, right behind the green, and the right dogleg 14th hole, uphill all the way but with a blind and very steep second shot toward the green.
You will finish with two nice holes : the par-3 17th, along the river on the left, is “cute”, with a lone tree and a bunker on the right of the green, next to the water, and the right dogleg par-4 18th, uphill all the way, is very short (about 325 yards), but you can cut the corner with your tee shot between the tees (while making sure to avoid the elongated bunkers on the left side), before aiming for the green and its beautiful old mansion behind.
After "hibernating" for a few years, Neil Munro is back on the designing path and this Tay Valley Golf & Country Club is a great reminder of how good he was (and still is !) and you should definitely download this beautiful course !

Hi Neil:

Hope all is going well with you.

I have been testing courses for more then 5 years now and I just finished playing your course; And, although I thought it had some pretty interesting hole layouts and was pretty nicely built, I saw some areas that I felt could be improved upon also.

I feel that your design shows that you have the potential of becoming a very good designer. If you wish, I would be happy to test your betas for you before you release them.

Please send me a P.M. with your E-mail address and I will send you my website address. (There is never a charge for my testing service.)

Thanks and I look forward to your reply.

Have a great day.

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