 Last stop on our inner city golf series was a resort just seven miles from Edinburgh to visit a James Brade design The city might be close, but the park and setting suggests otherwise The resort features two 18-hole courses driving range and a nine-hole pitch and putt I played Brades East course which had previously held the Scottish Scenies Open and the Solheim Cup And it all kicked off with an uphill par 5 Stay out of the bunker. Stay out of the bunker. That's good, I think That's a decent line. We've arrived. We're at Balmahoy The Sun is shining yet again in sunny Edinburgh this time. We've changed city whether state the same It's absolutely gorgeous. I'm three holes in and I'll tell you what I think about this place Right, I want to give you what I thought was why class is first impressions So I'll tell you where we're at. We haven't checked into the hotel yet Staying here for one night, but my first impressions are long driveway up. You're a met with that kind of Country house building historical looking looks fantastic loads of character went into the clubhouse and now the pros You're rather got checked in and you've got to start on the first tee They're all really nice things that make it part of your day. So so far we've ticked all in box And it's really nice. So I'm up for it The Sun's shining beautiful first all up the first and then Part five up the first and then you come to kind of like there's the backdrop that you should see right now in a month So time is all roadie. Dendrums. It was the back of the hole that you're looking now They start to come out a little bit and it's really really pretty and then if we spin round and have a look at the tee shot I'm about to play It's these kind of crisscross patterns in the fairway the stuff we watch on the TV It's got that great sort of feel about it Like I said, it just makes you enjoy the game just that little bit more It almost feels like a bit of a special day out, you know and The Sun is shining that adds to it. Anyway, that's my first impressions. We're only on what is the six tee? I will show you the hotel at some point during this video. I'll let you know what I really think of it Anyway, I'm driving the ball okay for the last couple of days been a strong part of me game See if we can get one off while the camera's on Yeah, it's not bad. I've started down the left and it stayed there sit down Sit down we might have a bit of tree trouble. I just thought I put the camera back on I was bragging about how good I was driving it and we're a bit of tree trouble It could have been a lot worse than that because it's out of bounds I just noticed some white steaks along this left fairway. This is the six and I've just read the down seven as well We've got one just behind as you can see I'm in play is the good news. I'm at you all right Few overhanging branches, but yeah Tree trouble could have been the least of my worries. Anyway Can we get one on from here? It's where we get one on and make birdie in it. That is one shot. You know, I hope you're picking that up camera woman sit down ball. Oh I've got off the back. Wow I was made up with that Too big of a club Right time for some feedback from you Have you played at Dalma Horyu's visited and who's played there? So there's two courses as you've probably just heard I've only played the one that I'm stood on right now Which is this championship course and I've got to say mega impressed But like I said, they'll be interested to know what your thoughts are and if you do watch this video Does it encourage you to come and play that also interests me as well? Let me know Right, I've got to say front nine so far and we stood on the ninth I'll explain why this camera's on but lots of variation the holes that you play Felly easy walking course bit of generosity again in terms of the fairways look superb already said all those things I've really enjoyed my very much feels like a day out so far But the ninth hole is a real sort of special one both kind of visually and the way it plays The first shot when I got to the tee box I didn't record it because it was blind It's all black and white marker on the brown never really too keen on that but when you get over the top This is where I've landed which is not a bad position. We've got kind of it's a par five this by the way Lovely stone wall, which is like I said visually really appear appealing roadie den runes in the backdrop So it looks good, but now you've got this debate. I've got 230 into the green Do we go for it? It looks it's there's a bit of room to the left of the flag Audio lay up and I'm not too sure what the What most people would do here what the members play is but we're going to go straight to the flag scene if you've got that camera on And we're on a bit of a day out Don't leak it left. I think is the I don't leak it right rather. Sorry is there Is what we cannot do Come on and That's a shot and that is right in the middle of the green sit down now And go sit down and go. That's a great instruction We are pin I for eagle I wish you had along the lens on that because that is or I hope we picked it up in terms of ball flight That was a good one. I talked a good game there and I'm glad we got that camera on for that What a great golf ball though this is a putt for eagle and I've never done that too many times and certainly not with a camera on anyway If we concentrate a little bit Come on. What a lovely golf ball having it it don't think No, I did it it to be honest with you got there, but it was never online It's an easy enough tapping birdie, but I think I'd better just do that and Clean things up a little bit. Well, what an end to the front nine like I said stunning golf all over and over all So far I said to my wife camera woman just two minutes ago that I'm actually really Enjoying playing the course. It's that's the you know I've said before bit of a day out and enjoying it nice and the sunshine and sunny Edinburgh But I've just come to check this one. It looks an amazing hole. It's a 13th. It's stroke index one It's 420 odd yards from the yellow T-blocks is which where we're playing. I think it's 440 you want from no whites I'm gonna fly the drone in a second or two, so I can't quite see what's down there But it looks extremely narrow. I can see the flag in the distance And of course, we've got to put the camera back on see how we get on now. It's telling you how good I was driving But you might have just heard a yellow for Four just a few holes ago. I've lost it a little bit And I'm gonna need We need to get this one going down the middle As you can see avoid that tree on the left. Oh, I'll get by it. Get by it Yeah, it has done It's literally hugging the left hand side I don't know what I'll leave us in terms of whether I'll have something to deal with in terms of overhanging or whatever But we'll we just snuck by by that tree the bigger oak on the left-hand side But you've seen the drone footage already by now, so you'll know what awaits me. I've not seen it yet I've just been speaking to someone we met earlier before we we went up and 13 and 14 they run parallel up and down in this what is a very sort of mature tree line and What he told me was these two new two holes are newly laid 13 and 14 been down about 15 years and you would never believe that Because it's so mature as you can see the tree line. They've been built into They're also both extremely tight off the tee with this one stroke 5 I'm sure drivers the right play. It's 371, but We're gonna go off that sort of you want a little bit of left to right ideally Oh look at that ball flight Wow That's a shot and and it's kicking as well That's scooted down there Well, we'll take that but yeah Two really nice golf balls But is the perfect golf resort generous fairways large greens make it very playable and it was in immaculate condition We finish as we started on a par 5 playing your way back to the hotel and clubhouse It was time to get booked into our hotel room. Enjoy some food and drink and start planning our next adventure