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Plate II — Parkland course — tree-lined fairways, year-round play
The R&A's community golf facility on the former Lethamhill municipal site — a nine-hole course with five tee sets, a double-decker driving range and short-game areas.
Golf It! is the most interesting thing to happen to public golf in Glasgow in a generation. When the council closed Lethamhill in 2020, golf's governing body, The R&A, took on the site beside Hogganfield Loch and rebuilt it as a community golf complex — opened in 2023 with the explicit aim of getting people who have never held a club into the game.
At its heart is a new nine-hole grass course — par 33, playing from 1,680 yards off the forward tees up to about 2,470 off the back — designed with five sets of tees so that beginners, juniors and experienced players can go round together, and built to be playable in about 90 minutes. Around it sits a 52-bay double-decker floodlit driving range with free club hire, putting greens, a short-game area, club fitting, lessons, accessible motorised carts, and a café. Adult green fees are £15 on weekdays and £20 at weekends; under-16s play for £10 and kids' clubs are free.
This isn't a championship test and it isn't trying to be — it's a deliberately welcoming front door to the game on the ground where a traditional municipal course used to stand. For families, returners, and anyone in the north-east of the city who lost their nearest course in 2020, it's a genuinely good thing to have. It sits on the Cumbernauld Road by Hogganfield Loch; book the nine-hole course online.
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Location
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Where to Stay
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How to Get There
Glasgow (GLA) is 25 minutes away by car. Train + onward taxi works for the carless visitor.
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Outerwear
The mid-weight option for parkland — fully waterproof but lighter than the wind-spec links jackets. Packs into a back-pocket pouch when the sun comes out.
Layer
Scotland's premium sportswear name. Cut for a swing rather than a jog; the moisture-wicking suits warmer parkland rounds where the wind isn't doing the work.
Tech
Tree-lined parkland holes are exactly the situation where a rangefinder pays for itself. The V6's slope mode is allowed in any non-tournament round.
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Twenty-eight parkland and moorland courses ringing the city — from Glasgow Golf Club at Killermont (founded 1787) to £6 municipal golf at Littlehill. Championship-grade rounds most visitors drive straight past on the way to Ayrshire.
While they golf — Glasgow
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