Although this is a short par 5 be careful.A good tee shot is essential either with an iron for safety or a drive shaping left to right.With a blind second shot dog-legging right to left players must decide whether to lay-up right or go for it.                                                                                                                            In contrast, the 5th hole opts to lie snugly within the lumpy bumpy cradle of grassy knolls, ridges and gorsey banks, a sleeping giant of a double dogleg hole playing seaward once again. The hole plays from a stunning vantage on the 5th tee with spectacular seaward views over Brighouse Bay and the Solway to the Isle of Man and inland to the rolling, pastoral Dumfriesshire hills. A shoulder of remnant dyke, perched steeply, stands as testament to the historical needs and determined skills required in farming days of old. A tiny little quarry hewn many years ago into a ridge on the left and since then used for collecting grass clippings has become a glory hole of nettles making it a potential haven for a range of butterflies to lay their eggs. A delightful gem of a wildflower liberally studding the rough grassland along this hole is the beautiful, jewel-like devils’ bit scabious, highly attractive to bumble bees, hoverflies and other insects.   

The bankings here also yield up traceries of animal tracks through the long rough. What species could live here and come out when nobody is around? Foxes? Badgers? Hares? Perhaps even otters?

The 5th green is so subtle in its setting, tucked as it is in a crook of the turning sea dyke, just looking like it has always been there. An historic promontory this is too, being the site of the medieval Borness Fort, now designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.