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The original 9-hole layout at Wannamoisett Country Club was fashioned by Willie Campbell in 1899. Fifteen years later, Donald Ross remodelled and expanded the course to the 18-hole layout that's now in play. Considered to be one of Ross’s favourite designs, the par 69 layout is routed across a meagre 104 acres. With only a single par five on the card, it's by no means a modern day championship test but what the course lacks in length it more than makes up for with sheer charm and variety.
The property is blessed with stately trees and, once upon a time, the land was predominantly orchard and you might spot an ancient apple tree close to the 12th tee. If you don’t spot the apple, you can’t fail to notice the enormous bunker which dominates the front right of the green on this tough 215-yard par three. Known by the name of “Sahara Desert” the bunker looks fairly incongruous from the tee, but as you approach the bowl-shaped putting surface you will soon realise why the hole is called Sahara.
The par three 3rd is a model Donald Ross hole where the green represents an upturned saucer wrapped around with two bunkers at the front. With oaks surrounding the green and a small babbling brook to the right, this is quintessential Ross which is depicted on the Donald RossSociety logo. A three on this hole is to be savoured.
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Donald Ross worked with Old Tom Morris at St Andrews in 1893 then spent part of the following season at Carnoustie before returning to serve under the Dornoch club secretary John Sutherland.
