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Scotland Outdoors

The Sport of Park Golf

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Rachel Stewart presents Scotland Outdoors

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0:00.0

Did you know that you can listen to many of your favourite podcasts first on BBC Sounds?

0:06.6

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0:12.7

and enjoy longer versions of the music they've picked. Good things come to those who don't wait.

0:18.7

Listen to your favourite podcasts first on BBC Sounds. Hello and thanks for

0:24.3

choosing to listen to this. I'm Rachel Stewart. Now we all know that St Andrews in Fife is

0:30.0

widely regarded as being the home of golf, but a bit further down the road in Kirkcody, there's a

0:36.3

new kid on the block. Yes, it's golf,

0:38.9

but not quite as you know it. This is park golf and it's a much simpler, more accessible

0:45.1

version of the traditional game, which can be played well, pretty much anywhere. Already people

0:51.6

who would never normally venture onto the golf course have been giving it a go.

0:57.1

I met up with Martin Christie from Dunicier Park Community Golf to find out more.

1:03.6

Basically Rachel, it's about whacking a ball as far as you can and taking the few shots

1:07.9

to get the ball into water and large holes to meet that game.

1:11.2

And that's just much easier.

1:13.0

So that sounds a bit like regular golf to me.

1:15.8

How does it differ?

1:17.4

It differs because there's no technical skill involved,

1:20.4

which means again can we play about all abilities and ages.

1:24.2

We have people playing from age four all the way through to 91,

1:33.3

and people are disabled and more abled. And they're all here simply to be outside, be active outdoors and have fun. So you've just got a club and a ball and you've got holes dotted round this course?

1:39.3

We have a six hole course here. It's 500 yards long. So roughly speaking each hole is

1:45.1

80 yards long. So it takes probably two or three hits to get it to the hole and

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