ðɪ ˈɛmɪnənt ɡˈɑːlf ɹˈaɪɾɚ sˈæm mə kˈɪnleɪ wʌz mˈuːvd tə sˈeɪ "ðɛɹˌɑːɹ fjˈuː kˈoːɹsᵻz ɪn ðiːz ˈaɪləndz wɪð ɐ bˈɛɾɚ, mˈoːɹ tˈɛstɪŋ, mˈoːɹ pˌɪktʃɚɹˈɛsk ˈaʊtwɚd nˈaɪn ðɐn bˈælɡaʊni".
The eminent golf writer Sam McKinlay was moved to say "There are few courses in these islands with a better, more testing, more picturesque outward nine than Balgownie".