SURVEYING THE GROUND

Avoid the Gorse

18 HOLES: YOUR WAY.

Pick eighteen holes from 1,000+ courses. Build your routing.

Gorse watch: Royal County Down's golden hazards, Royal Dornoch's whins, Carnoustie's Whins, and the links holes where missing the path has consequences.

Your Scorecard

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The Course Library

A working catalog of more than a thousand. Tap a course to see its eighteen.


About the Notebook


If you could build one course out of eighteen holes from anywhere on Earth — what's the routing?

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Gorse watch

Royal County Down #9 · Royal Dornoch #6 Whinny Brae · Royal Dornoch #10 Fuaran · Carnoustie #13 Whins

Inspired by

TC's original routing exercise — No Laying Up Pod, Ep. 1151

Field guide

1,447 courses · 26,046 holes · catalogued from official scorecards, the R&A, the USGA, and the world's great clubs.