This section is from the book "Golf at Gleneagles", by R. J. Maclennan. Also available from Amazon: Golf at Gleneagles.
The title the Queen's Hame given to this hole is the last word in titles," so to speak. It is the home or hame hole of the Queen's Course.
O the Queen's Hame is bonnie,
An' the Queen's Hame is braw. Amang the greens that I've played on
It stands abune them a', I trow it is as fair a green,
As ere a body saw, Wi smooth green turf to charm the e'e,
An' help the wee white ba".
And so indeeil you will find it, for on the home greens of the Queen's Course and the Kind's Course tat Glencagles you play your final shot on a mauniticent double green that makes tor the realisation of all that is best in ideal conditions tor .1 glouous finish. It is whispered that .1 favourite verse for the ladies on this green possibly through the wedding of one ureen to another is that from the glorious old Scots song "Comin' Through The Rye ": -
Amang the train there is a swain
I dearly lo'e mysel'; But what his name, or whaur his hame,
I dinna care to tell. Ilka lassie has her laddie,
Nane, they say, ha'e I ! But a' the lads they smile on me,
When comin' thro' the rye.

 
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