The senior of the two coures at Kinross, The Montgomery, is fair for the weekend or occasional golfer yet the course provides a test for the more accomplished and experienced player.

     The Montgomery Challenge is an incentive for Kinross visitors to break 80 (gross). Card a 79 or lower and your next round is on us (limit two free rounds per year).

     As you can see from the relatively short list of people who have achieved “Montgomery Challenge Hall of Fame” status since the inception of the programme in 2006, breaking 80 is a challenge—even for low-handicappers. If your club handicap is 10 or greater and you successfully take on the Montgomery Challenge, we'll extend the offer of a free round to include a friend; if your handicap is nine or less, you still get a free round for yourself.

Design changes improved an already excellent golf course

     The Montgomery's statistics (6,508 yards, par 72, SSS 72) are not jaw-dropping yet why have so few good golfers broken 80? The lengthening of the course plus the addition of 19 new strategically placed bunkers and a pond made life a little more difficult but perhaps the answer to the question can be found at the very first hole, a slightly downhill short hole where most will consider the 161 yards from the white tees to be less than daunting.

     Yet any shot that misses the difficult green will, more often than not, lead to a bogey. And so it goes on The Montgomery: many holes may seem straightforward on the scorecard yet the subtleties of the design combine with penal bunkering and challenging green complexes to create a course that makes consistent scoring difficult.

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Three strong holes where par is a result

    The best par-3 on The Montgomery is the fourth, just 139 yards uphill to a green that slopes considerably from front to back. Any shot that finds the front right bunker is almost instantly a bogey and chipping around this green is never easy.

    The best par-4 on the course is 16. Again, length is not a big factor: the hole is a modest 399 from the white tees. However, placement off the tee is vital and there is a long iron approach to a well-guarded green. Walking off with a par here is usually a result.

   The best par-5? The 11th with its new pond that makes this 498 yard hole a great risk and reward test; it's especially so for those playing the yellow tees at 465 yards: given the right wind and ground conditions, it will be very tempting to fetch the green in two but the second shot must be perfect or it will likely find a watery grave in the pond.

    The Montgomery is friendlier to ladies than in the past. Construction of new ladies' tees reduced the yardage by about 250 yards and the standard scratch score went from 75 to a more realistic 73.

    The course has a “standard” par-72 configuration with four par-5s, four short holes, and 12 par-4s. Its most difficult par-4 is the last, a brutish 443 yards to a difficult green. Many a golfer has stood on the 18th tee thinking about The Montgomery Challenge Hall of Fame only to have their hopes dashed here.

Will you par the last on The Montgomery and successfully tackle The Montgomery Challenge?

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