00:00interesting so I've just got this very random text from Neil asking me to go and play the
00:13most dramatic hole in the UK that sounds like a fascinating challenge one I'm definitely
00:17excited to take on big question is where do I go there are a few that really spring to mind
00:22but there's one that's definitely I think standing out head and shoulders above the rest so I think
00:29it's time to pack the suitcase and get to the airport right so in case you hadn't guessed it
00:47I am at Trump Turnberry and I think this golf course or one of the golf courses here has one of the most
00:53spectacular holes in the entire UK I'm really excited to play it going to be doing that tomorrow but
00:58it's worth just touching on Trump Turnberry as a result as you can see here I do think this
01:02resort has a lot of wow factor got the spectacular hotel behind me which really takes your breath
01:06away when you see it for the first time that slope going up to it you've got the helipad there to
01:11take someone very important somewhere they need to go and just underneath that just over the road
01:15here we've got this beautiful miniature pitch and putt course which it looks an awful lot of fun to
01:20play and there is an awful lot of things to do at this kind of resort besides the actual golf courses
01:25there's shooting activities there's whiskey tasting you can do all sorts of fun stuff off the golf
01:31course but of course it is the golf that draws people in and there's three courses here at Trump
01:35Turnberry you've got the Arran which is a short a really fun nine hole golf course really test your
01:40short game but there are some long holes on it as well then there's the King Robert the Bruce which
01:44is definitely a championship golf course looks quite tight a lot of course lining those holes so it could
01:50be quite tricky off the tee I'm going to be playing that later on today but of course it's the Ailsa
01:54course the championship course that everyone wants to play when they come to Trump Turnberry and I
01:59think one of those holes is the most dramatic in the UK
02:02morning today's the day I play the most dramatic hole in the UK in my opinion the sun is out well it
02:25will be it's very early at the moment this should be a really exciting day I just hope I can do it
02:32justice what makes a hole dramatic what's the criteria that I'm going for here well I think it
02:38needs to be visually arresting I think it really needs to metaphorically make you take a step back
02:43and really stir the senses whether it's obviously what you see but also maybe the sound of the waves
02:49crashing against the coast a bit of wind I think it needs to be challenging as well I think it really
02:54needs to test all your skills and that makes it more satisfying if you play it well but also lets you
03:00go off the hook if you play it badly so yeah kind of a win-win situation but I think I found the
03:07perfect candidate here at Trump Turnberry obviously there's a lot of different candidates I could have
03:12picked yes the ninth hole at Royal County down you've got the 18th hole at Trump Aberdeen maybe
03:18the 16th hole at Royal Port Rush that calamity corner par 3 is an epic hole but I think the one
03:25that ticks the most boxes for me is this one at Turnberry on the ninth hole I'm really excited to show it to you
03:30come on
03:30so two holes in two bogeys but it's always the case when you play these amazing courses
03:53the occasion often gets the better of you very nervy stuff but I've just hit it quite close in two on
04:00this path for third hole so potential birdie upcoming
04:04well just absolutely smoked one down the eighth fairway alas made quite a few bogeys and lost a golf
04:26ball after that lovely birdie I made on the third but the anticipation is really rising now walking up
04:33the eighth fairway the lighthouse sweeps into view and the landscape becomes a bit more dramatic
04:39hopefully they'll let me hit a shot off the championship tee on this ninth hole but if not
04:46it will still be a very spectacular hole nonetheless but let's see if we can make a par even a birdie on
04:54the eighth and then even better on the ninth
04:56so
05:03so
05:12Wow, a bit out of breath, I had to dash and hit that shot off that very back tee, not
05:35technically open but direct with golf, let me have a quick hit, a bit alright, just slightly
05:41down the left, I think it went in the bunker, if it made the carry it was touch and go but
05:46yeah that is a brute into this wind, 240, spectacular view though, let me show you, what a hole, unbelievable.
06:00Alright, spoiler alert, my tee shot with the driver off the championship tee, did not make
06:15the carry, never to be seen again, and with my proper ball off the members tees we're playing
06:22off today, managed to three puck from the front of the green for a four, so I've not covered
06:27in glory, but I did birdie the 8th hole before that, and it doesn't really matter, it's hard
06:33not to enjoy your golf when you come into a hole like this, and we've obviously been blessed
06:38with the weather like this, it's unbelievable, there's not hardly a cloud in the sky, obviously
06:42it's very windy, but the sun is out, and after all that drama, I think it's about time we go
06:48and visit one of the most spectacular halfway huts in the world of golf, the lighthouse.
06:54I've got my beef pie, I'm all over you for it.
07:14Okay, so that concludes my playing on the dramatic old big golf in the UK, the night of the morning
07:21else of golf, the little Tambourie, Trump Tambourie, unfortunately didn't quite make a par, didn't
07:26quite make the carry with the driver, but it was a lot of fun, hopefully, coming along
07:30with me, but that's all for me, Trump Tambourie, sweet.
07:34Bye-bye.
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