With a tee box placed under the highest dunes separating the course from Machrihanish Beach, the 9th hole runs parallel to the furthest boundary of the property and offers some respite after a punishing run through the gauntlet. There is a premium on an accurate tee shot with ample space directly over and to the left of the centre marker, however any drive moving right will risk bringing into play fairway contours that feed down into an area of thick rough.

Most golfers will require a short iron or wedge into the green which is protected by a bunker short right, a series of three pot bunkers along the left side as well as run off slopes that will collect any long approach shot.

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