2017

FifeThe home of

The Perfect 18 The very best golf holes in the ‘Kingdom’

Where it Began All you need to know about golf’s birthplace

www.visitfifegolf.com 2017

FifeThe home of golf

The Perfect 18 The very best golf holes in the ‘Kingdom’

Where it Began All you need to know about golf’s birthplace

www.visitfifegolf.com 2017

FifeThe home of golf

The Perfect 18 The very best golf holes in the ‘Kingdom’

Where it Began All you need to know about golf’s birthplace www.visitfifegolf.com 2017

FifeThe home of golf

The Perfect 18 The very best golf holes in the ‘Kingdom’

Where it Began All you need to know about golf’s birthplace www.visitfifegolf.com 2017

FifeThe home of golf

The Perfect 18 The very best golf holes in the ‘Kingdom’

Where it Began All you need to know about golf’s birthplace www.visitfifegolf.com 2017

FifeThe home of golf

The Perfect 18 The very best golf holes in the ‘Kingdom’ Where it Began All you need to know about golf’s birthplace www.visitfifegolf.com with History A unique opportunity to play five of the world’s most historic championship golf courses

Play 5 golfing jewels set in the Kingdom of

Links with History is a unique golf pass offering the opportunity to play top quality championship golf at great value. Developed by four of ’s leading golf clubs, the pass provides a ‘one-stop-shop’ to book and play rounds of golf at special rate green fees on these historic venues. Links with History brings together Crail Golfing Society, , Lundin and Scotscraig golf clubs, three of which have been Open Championship Final Qualifying venues. These clubs are among the oldest in the world and enjoy a rich golfing heritage. They are all within a short driving distance at the Home of Golf at making the pass the ideal way to experience playing on some true golfing treasures. The Links with History golf pass offers: Four historic golf clubs offering five top class championshipgolf courses to choose from Special green fee rates Short travelling distance between the courses Maximum convenience when planning your golfing break Professional advice and assistance

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Contents 4 Map of Fife 6 St Andrews 12 Close to 'Home' 16 Gateway to the Kingdom 20 Play the Perfect Round 28 Ladies First 30 Looking After the Future 32 Where to Play 45 Where to Stay 48 Away from the

Ladybank

Photography/Cartographics: Harper Collins, Mark Alexander, Iain Lowe, David J Whyte, VisitScotland, Fotolia, Dave Cannon, Getty Images, Shutterstock, www.golftravellers.com, Fairmont St Andrews, Saline GC, Scotscraig GC, or golfers the world over, courses spread across six of the Kingarrock Hickory GC. there is nowhere that seven Continents and more than Published for and on behalf of: Fife Golf Partnership compares to Fife. It is golf’s 60 million active players around Published by: PSP Media Group Ltd, Fown Mecca, pure and simple. the world. PSP House, 50 High Craighall Rd, Glasgow G4 9UD Affectionately known as ‘The For the vast majority of those Tel: 0141 353 2222 - to view the full PSP portfolio visit: pspmediagroup.com Kingdom’ and located between people, Fife is the centre of Cover: xxxxxxxxxxxx the Firths of Forth and Tay, with the golfing universe and the inland boundaries to Perth & axis around which the game, Kinross and Clackmannanshire, from the grassroots level to the it is internationally recognised professional arena, rotates. as the birthplace of the game, That’s why this guide exists. It which explains why hundreds of has been created to showcase thousands of tourists visit it each the very best of the region, its year. courses, its places and its other There is evidence that golf non-golfing landmarks and has been played on the links of attractions to help you get the Disclaimer: The information in this brochure St Andrews, the main golfing hub very most out of your visit. From is provided in good faith and Fife Golf Partnership can take no responsibility within the region, since the 16th phone numbers, to websites, to for any errors, changes to dates or cancellations, please check before century. the pick of the places to play travelling. The information was correct at time of going to press. Since those early beginnings, and stay, you’ll find it all in here, it has become a truly international leaving you to go forth, explore sport with more than 31,000 and enjoy.

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4344 47 41 46 40 45 42 28 12 50 18 22 Golf courses 24 29 Aberdour Ladybank 10 11 1 29 Anstruther Leslie 19 2 30 3 Auchterderran 31 Leven Links 4 Balbirnie Park 32 Lochgelly Lochore Meadows 35 7 5 33 2 6 Canmore 34 Lundin 25 38 34 30 4 Charleton Lundin Ladies 26 21 16 7 35 Cluny Pitreavie 31 17 8 36 9 , Dora 37 Saline 10 Crail, Balcomie Links 38 Scoonie 8 49 11 Crail, Craighead Links 39 Scotscraig 33 3 12 Cupar 40 St Andrews, 32 15 13 Drumoig The Duke’s 9 14 , 41 , 37 27 Pitfirrane Balgove 6 15 Dunnikier Park 42 St Andrews Links, The Castle 16 Elie St Andrews Links, 14 17 Elie Sports Club 43 20 5 23 Eden 18 Elmwood 36 1 St Andrews Links, Falkland 44 19 Jubilee 20 Forrester Park 45 St Andrews Links, 21 New Kingarrock Hickory 22 46 St Andrews Links, 23 Kinghorn Old 24 47 St Andrews Links, 25 Kinross, Bruce 26 Kinross, Montgomery 48 St Michaels 27 49 Thornton Golf 28 The Kittocks, 50 The Torrance, Fairmont St Andrews Fairmont St Andrews

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St Andrews Links, Old Course

very story begins of the town’s total population in the main by Mother Experience somewhere. For golf and it was during their time Nature herself, and lying as we know and love studying there that the Duke adjacent to the famous West world-class Eit, that ‘somewhere’ is St and Duchess of Cambridge Sands beach, which itself golf in the Andrews. first met. was featured in the Oscar- Named after Saint Still, for all that, St winning film Chariots Of Fire. town where , the Andrews is even more It is impossible to one-time royal burgh sits on famous the world over as overstate either the historical it all began the east coast of Fife, ten the home of golf and the significance or enduring centuries ago. miles southeast of cradle of the game. It was importance of the Old and approximately 30 miles here, in the 16th century, Course. It has hosted more It is a simply northeast of . that the world’s first-ever Open Championships than Acknowledged as one course was completed on any other course on the rota, unforgettable of the world’s leading common ground within the having staged golf’s oldest experience. academic hubs, it is home town boundaries. Indeed, professional tournament to the oldest university in the Old Course, as we 29 times to date, and it Scotland, as well as the know it today, can trace its features some of golf’s most third oldest in the English- earliest recorded beginnings celebrated features. The speaking world. During to the mid-1500s. Starting and ‘Road term time, students at the and ending in the town, the Hole’ bunker are two such course occupies a dramatic, examples. The course was Old Course account for almost one third natural piece of land, carved also the standard-bearer

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St Andrews Links, Jubilee

for the 18-hole composition of golf courses Morris Sr, better known to golfers around – it originally comprised 22 holes but was the world as ‘’. Affectionately reconfigured to 18 in the mid-19th century – regarded as the ‘grandfather’ of the modern whilst the sport’s administrative body, the R&A, game, Morris was born and raised in St has its headquarters right next to the course. Andrews and went on to become one of the Understandably, the demand for times sport’s great pioneers, both on and off the golf on the course is exceptionally high throughout course. A prolific designer, he is responsible for the year and are, therefore, largely distributed many of the country’s most esteemed layouts, by public ballot – entirely appropriate with the New being a particularly fine example considering that the course itself remains a of his work. public layout. Get your name in the draw prior The Jubilee, named in honour of Queen to 2pm two days before you intend to play Victoria’s 50 years as Britain’s monarch in 1897, and you could enjoy the experience and the was originally intended for women golfers thrill of a lifetime on this most special of golf and beginners but, following a significant courses. The world ‘iconic’ is often misused modernisation in the 1980s, it is now the these days but, in the case of the Old Course, longest – and, in many people’s opinion, the it is almost an understatement. most challenging – course in the St Andrews Unable to get a tee time there? Don’t worry. Links portfolio. There are no fewer than five other excellent The Eden and Strathtyrum courses are links layouts within this remarkable parcel also fantastic fun to play, whilst the nine-hole of land, which, like their more celebrated Balgove caters primarily for families, children neighbour, are operated by St Andrews Links. and absolute beginners. They are the New Course (opened 1895); A seventh St Andrews Links layout, the Jubilee (1897); Eden (1914); Balgove (1972); and Castle Course, opened in 2008. Unlike its six Strathtyrum (1993). ‘stablemates’, it is located a few miles outside The New Course is ‘new’ in name only. Built the town but is no less appealing. It sits on adjacent to the Old Course, it was designed a rugged clifftop above St Andrews Bay, by the ‘Keeper of the Green’, Thomas Mitchell from where it provides dramatic, panoramic “...Nowhere like St Andrews”

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views of the town. A classic The Kittocks, meanwhile, years in a row. ‘modern links’, it is not to be is a fine challenge in its own On the opposite side of the overlooked. right but is slightly shorter and town, meanwhile The Duke’s The Castle Course sits more forgiving than its older Course offers a completely right next door to the popular sibling. different taste of golf in St Fairmont St Andrews resort, Continue along the Andrews. Operated by the which has two courses of its A917 and you will arrive at world-famous Old Course own: The Torrance and The . It Hotel – the five-star resort Kittocks. The former is the epitomises everything that that lies adjacent to the 17th senior of the two and, as you makes such fairway of its eponymous might have guessed from a special experience: a links – The Duke’s is a its name, was designed by simply magnificent course; heathland championship former winning terrific catering; and, above layout. If you can somehow captain Sam Torrance. all, outstanding hospitality. contrive to shoot a level- A former host venue for That goes some way to score around there, you will the Scottish Senior Open explaining why it has won be doing very well indeed. – one of the most high- the ‘Scotland’s Best Golf For world-class, world- profile tournaments on the Experience’ accolade at famous golf in the most European Senior Tour – it is a the Scottish Golf Tourism historic of surroundings, there formidable but fair test. Awards for the last three is nowhere like St Andrews.

St Andrews Links Trust he responsibility of managing the six courses Eden and Balgove courses. Combined, these that sit within St Andrews - as well as the Castle courses host over 200,000 rounds per year. Course just outside it - falls to the St Andrews It also manages the Links, Eden and Castle Course TLinks Trust. A charitable organisation, the St Andrews clubhouses, the Golf Practice Centre and Golf Links Trust was established in 1974 and employs more Academy, as well as five golf shops, making it the than 300 staff. largest public golf complex in Europe. What’s more, As well as the famous Old Course and all revenues are reinvested straight back into the aforementioned Castle Course, the other layouts it has running of its facilities. responsibility for are the New, Jubilee, Strathtyrum, For more information, log-on to standrews.com.

www.visitfifegolf.com 11 There is much more to golf in Fife than the abundance of world-class treats in St Andrews, as these gems not far from the town boundaries all demonstrate…

hilst it is tempting to golf clubs, Scotscraig is the 13th confine yourself to oldest in the world and celebrates exploring the great its bicentenary this year. Founded Wcourses either within or right on in 1817 by members of the St the fringes of the St Andrews town Andrews Society of Golfers – which boundaries, doing so would mean subsequently became the Royal & missing out on some truly superb Ancient – who wished to layouts that are located within a play more golf than the Society’s 15-minute of the game’s home occasional meetings afforded them, town, all of which come highly its part-links, part-heathland course recommended. has hosted numerous high-profile Take St Michaels, for example. So events down the years, including, close to St Andrews that it is within since 1984, Final Open Qualifying sight of the town, it is a beautiful in the years that The Open parkland course that dates back Championship has been contested over a century to 1903. Originally over the Old Course in St Andrews. a nine-hole course, it wasn’t until The famous players to have graced 1996 that it was extended to 18 its fairways include the likes of 1991 holes. It is particularly well regarded Open champion Ian Baker-Finch, the for the high standard to which it is 2016 Olympic gold medallist Justin maintained and the quality of its Rose, and former Ryder Cup winning drainage. It’s very rare indeed for captain Sam Torrance. the course to be forced to close Over on the opposite side of St fully, which is rather impressive, Andrews and down into the historic particularly for a parkland course. A East Neuk, you will find even more special mention must be made of its great courses to sample. Leven par-3s, too, which are truly superb. Links is a great place to start. Drumoig is another excellent Situated around ten miles south of St parkland track, set within 250 acres Andrews, it has deservedly earned of spectacular Fife countryside. its place amongst the country’s top It weaves through a natural bird courses. It is, in just about every Close to Home and wildlife haven and has an conceivable respect, a ‘classic’ World-Class Treats abundance of challenging features, links: tight fairways, pot bunkers, Crail, Balcomie Links with water coming into play on four large fast-running greens – it will holes. Its on-site hotel, meantime, test every facet of your game and makes it an excellent ‘stay and play’ then some. option. Its near-neighbour, Lundin Links, Approximately 15 minutes’ drive is just as unmissable. Originally from the centre of St Andrews, you designed by Old Tom Morris and will find the delightful town of Cupar. extensively reworked by James Amongst other things, it is reckoned Braid in the early 1900s, it is a to be home to the world’s oldest formidable but fair test for players nine-hole golf club. Established in of all standards. Renowned for the 1855, it is located at Hilltarvit on the quality of its greens and the strength south side of the town and playing of its par-4s, it is a complex course, there is a hugely enjoyable way to with open burns, an internal out of spend a couple of hours. bounds created by the old railway Anstruther Ladybank St Michaels On the topic of long-established line, and strategic bunkering. It’s a

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Hickory Golf Kingarrock Hickory Elie hese days, golf clubs are made using a Tvariety of materials, from titanium, to carbon, to ‘Enchants & delights...’ tungsten and so on. Back in the mid-19th century, true ‘thinking golfer’s’ golf course. complement. Opened as recently however, they were A few minutes away, you’ll find as 1998, it was designed by the primarily made using one Elie, where it is reckoned that golf critically acclaimed golf course thing: wood. has been played as far back as architect Gil Hanse, who made Hickory shafted clubs the 15th century. Peter Thomson, fantastic use of the natural terrain were the order of the day when the likes of Old five times a winner of The Open to create a course that has a Tom Morris and James Championship, is a huge fan of maturity which belies its years. Braid were in their pomp it. “It’s quirky and it’s the most Moving inland, Ladybank, and, to this day, there enjoyable course I know,” said like the aforementioned remains an element of the Australian. “If I had my way, Scotscraig, is proof that Fife does the golf community who I’d build Elies all over the world.” parkland-style golf every bit as prefer to play the game Watch out for the 13th, proclaimed well as it does links. Framed in ‘the way it was intended by the great James Braid as the places by tall pine trees and to be played’. If that’s you, finest hole in all the country. maintained to the highest of you might be interested The vastly underrated standards, it thoroughly deserves to know that Fife is home Anstruther is close by, whilst, just its reputation as one of Scotland’s to Scotland’s first and a few more miles back up the leading inland layouts. only hickory golf club. road towards St Andrews, is home The likes of Elmwood and Kingarrock, near to two absolutely sublime courses: Falkland will also sate your Cupar, is a nine-hole the Balcomie and Craighead golfing desires, as will Charleton, layout that re-opened in Links. near Colinsburgh, which holds the 2008 after having been abandoned more than 70 The Balcomie has been interesting distinction of having years earlier. It picked described as ‘one of Scotland’s been opened in 1994 by the right up where it left off, most finely polished golfing gems’ former president of the United too, offering visitors the – and it’s hard to argue with that States of America, George Bush chance to play a round sentiment. Designed by the great Snr. using hickory gear. Old Tom Morris, it opened in 1895 What does all this prove? That Forget your TaylorMade and, according to the club itself, St Andrews is fantastic – but there drivers and Mizuno irons. it is a course that ‘both enchants are plenty more magnificent At Kingarrock, you play using spoons, mashies and delights but which also treats waiting to be explored and and niblicks. Find out demands and punishes’. enjoyed by casting your net a more at kingarrock.com. The Craighead Links, little wider. Enjoy! meantime, is the perfect

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or many people, their Fife golfing Arthur’s Seat, visible on a clear day. adventure will start on the Nearby Burntisland is also well opposite side of the Firth of Forth worth a visit. It is thought that golf has Fwhen they arrive in Edinburgh. been played there since 1797, although Scotland’s capital city, Edinburgh, local historians have repeatedly attracts over one million overseas stated a case for it having started as visitors per year, with only London far back as 1688. Three of the greats experiencing a higher annual volume of the game – namely Old Tom Morris, in the whole of the . James Braid and Willie Park Jnr – have Whether it’s to enjoy the Edinburgh influenced the design of the course, Festival Fringe each August, or which, whilst not especially long, has the city’s iconic New Year’s Eve wide fairways, fantastic greens and celebrations, or even just to experience some of the best vistas in the area. It is a taste of Scotland’s culture at absolutely not to be missed. another time of the year, the capital is Likewise, be sure to plan time in immensely popular with tourists. your itinerary to play Kinghorn. A Gateway to the What many of these visitors may or friendly, seaside club, it is a traditional may not realise is that the opportunity links test, which will challenge both to play golf where the sport began all high and low handicappers alike. You those centuries ago is little more than may also be interested to know that 20 minutes away from the moment its fabulous clubhouse was opened Burntisland they walk out of the ‘Arrivals’ lobby at by Scotland’s most recent men’s major Kingdom Edinburgh International Airport. winner, , in 2009. Simply journey across the famous In and around Kirkcaldy – Fife’s Forth Road Bridge – marvelling at the second largest town – there are many Forth Rail Bridge en route – and you more fantastic courses you should will arrive in ‘The Kingdom’, where you consider checking out. Kirkcaldy itself don’t have far to look for your first taste and Dunnikier Park are both great of golf in Fife. fun, whilst Thornton, which is found You’ll find it at Aberdour Golf Club, on the outskirts of the town towards just ten miles from the bridge and just Glenrothes, is a true gem. It was outside the coastal town of Dalgety founded back in the 1920s by a group Bay. Routinely acclaimed as one of the of local railwaymen and is home to a country’s most friendly and welcoming picturesque part-woodland, part- golf clubs, Aberdour was established in parkland course, bounded by the River 1896 and promises ‘golf with a view’. As Ore and renowned particularly for its anyone who has played it can attest, tough closing stretch of holes. The it fully delivers, with famous Edinburgh par-3 14th is a standout. Walk away landmarks, such as the castle and from there without dropping a shot and Thornton Kinghorn

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Golf Immensely popular...” Trails you’ll be entitled to give yourself a another place that is well worth Build a break big pat on the back. checking out. An easy-walking in Fife around On the north side of course, it is full of charm and a purpose-built trail Glenrothes, you’ll find Balbirnie character, not to mention views The Classic Links Golf Trail Park, regarded by many as one of to die for. The breathtaking vistas Experience four of the Fife’s finest parkland tracks. Great towards the Ochil and Lomond finest links courses in the golf and great hospitality combine hills are worth the green fee on world on this trail that to give visiting golfers a day they their own. encompasses the Old, won’t quickly forget. The same Into Dunfermline, the biggest New and Jubilee Courses could be said of Glenrothes itself, town in ‘The Kingdom’, you will in St Andrews, as well as which is located on a prominent find some truly excellent courses. Kingsbarns Golf Links position on the high ground to the Pitreavie is perhaps the best and Lundin Golf Club. west of the town. Its current course example. Get through the first six The Open record (65) has stood since 1981 – holes without any real disasters Championship are you the player to eclipse that and you’ll set yourself up to Qualifying Trail mark in 2017? There’s only one post a good score. Meanwhile, Sample four of Fife’s way to find out! Dunfermline Golf Club, known premier courses, all of Waiting just off the main locally as Pitfirrane, is good for which have been used as A92 road, which divides players of all abilities, as is Saline, Final Qualifying venues Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy, there which lies to the north west of the for Opens at St Andrews: Ladybank, Scotscraig, are more courses you should town. Lundin and Levin Links. be keeping an eye out for. The short but mighty Canmore Auchterderran and Cluny are two will give a thorough examination The Ladies’ Golf Trail of those, whilst Cowdenbeath – of your skills, whilst Forrester Park Celebrate Fife’s proud which has been built on the site is unquestionably one of the most tradition of fantastic of the old Dora coalmine – is improved courses in Fife, thanks ladies’ golf by playing also fully deserving of your time. in no small part to a considerable Lundin Ladies’ Golf Club, A picturesque, 18-hole, parkland investment made in it in recent the Strathtyrum Course in St Andrews, Elie Golf layout, its fairways are framed years. House Club and by mature trees, so accuracy With so much to enjoy so Balcomie Links at Crail rather than brute power is best close to Edinburgh, you’d be Golfing Society. rewarded. mad to overlook this wonderful, Cont'd on p27 Nearby Lochgelly Golf Club is underrated pocket of Fife.

Dunfermline, Pitfirrane

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PerfectRound In Fife St Andrews, The Duke’s

1st Aberdour further, there are deep bunkers to Henry Longhurst’s book ‘Best 18 A ‘dream course’ made up Par 3, 159 yards negotiate and a wickedly sloping Holes of Golf’. Your first priority entirely of some of the best Unusually, your round at Aberdour green to read carefully. Walk off is to keep your tee shot out of opens with consecutive par-3s, the here with a par and you’ll be doing the bunkers that line the fairway. holes in Fife. first of which is particularly strong. very well indeed. Taking your opening shot down It doesn’t require much more than the left hand side will give you a a mid-iron on a good day and 3rd The Duke’s better angle into the green for your plays from an elevated tee down Par 3, 171 yards second shot but this is fraught with towards a green that sits on a rock The first of the par-3s on this danger, with three sand traps lying promontory. When the prevailing magnificent heathland course, in wait. Choosing the right club wind is blowing from the right, which sits high above St Andrews, for your approach into the small your best line is the bunker on the visually intimidating third at The plateau green is essential, as it is the right hand side of the hole, Duke’s is not to be taken lightly. surrounded by thick rough and a next to the second tee. The views The green is well-protected by deep kidney bean-shaped bunker, beyond the hole, meantime, are bunkers guarding the front and from where you’ll struggle to save Aberdour spectacular. It’s the perfect way to sides of it, whilst anything long will par. It is a true ‘thinking golfer’s’ start your round. require a chip from thick rough off a hole. steep lie. Also, take the crosswinds 2nd Crail (Craighead) overhead into account when you’re 5th Anstruther Par 4, 385 yards choosing your club. Hit the green Par 3, 245 yards Rated the third hardest hole on and you’ll give yourself a realistic Routinely acknowledged as one the second of the two courses at birdie opportunity. Miss it and you’ll of the best par-3s in the British Crail, the second on the Craighead do very well to save par. Isles, the fifth at Anstruther also Links is a real gem. As you might so happens to be one of the be able to deduce from its name 4th Scotscraig toughest. For a start, it’s pretty long, – ‘Windmill Corner’ – it doglegs Par 4, 366 yards measuring 230 yards from the tips. at almost a right angle from left to How good is the fourth at Broadly speaking, you can tackle it right almost halfway up the fairway. Scotscraig? Put it this way: it in one of two ways: lay up into the Scotscraig Anstruther Just to complicate matters even featured in the esteemed golf writer small patch of short grass that sits

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www.anstrutherfishbar.co.uk 01333 310 518 42 - 44 Shore Street, Anstruther, Fife KY10 3AQ Kinross, The Bruce in the front of the green and play 8th Leven Links manage to achieve the first part it as a par-4; or grab a long iron, Par 4, 350 yards successfully, you then have a hybrid or even a wood, and take Considered to be one of the lengthy second shot into a green on the green, with all the risks that hardest holes on this classic links, that is tucked away behind a brings. the sixth hole at Leven Links is a piece of a lake on the left. It’s a short par-4 that commands respect. tremendous, strategic hole where 6th Kinross (Bruce) The key to tackling it successfully is there are eagles to be had – but, Par 4, 292 yards to keep your ball out of the bunker just as equally, double-bogeys. The sixth hole of the Bruce Course down the left hand side of the at Kinross is proof that some of fairway and avoid the out of bounds 10th St Andrews Links (New) the best things in life really do on the right. Get that part right and Par 4, 464 yards come in small packages. At just you’ll be looking at nothing more If you’re looking for a hole that 292 yards, the ‘Pond Hole’ is a than a short iron into a large sloping bears all of the hallmarks of a short par-4 where big-hitters will green where you ideally want classic, traditional links, then look fancy their chances of driving to find the lower portion to give no further. The tenth of the New the green. However, things are yourself an uphill putt. Course at St Andrews has got the never that straightforward, are lot. A blind tee shot is followed by they? Complicating matters is 9th Drumoig a long approach into a bunker-less the eponymous pond, which has Par 5, 530 yards but still hugely challenging green. become the final resting place for Located just a 15-minute drive from The great golf writer, Bernard many mis-hit or under-hit shots. St Andrews, Drumoig is a truly Darwin, included it in his 1910 book Underestimate it at your peril! fantastic test of golf, and nowhere The Golf Courses of the British is this better demonstrated than Isles. A shrewd and informed judge, 7th St Michaels on its superb ninth hole. Finding Darwin knew a good golf hole Par 3, 176 yards the fairway with your tee shot is when he saw one, which is just ‘Treetops’, as it is called, is a simply an absolute ‘must’ as water lurks about the highest praise that can fantastic par-3 with far more to the on both sides. Provided that you be afforded to the tenth. challenge than at first meets the eye. Out of bounds awaits any shot Drumoig hit too far left, whilst three devilish pot bunkers guard the front left entry to the green, with another on the right for good measure. The two-tier green, meanwhile, has wicked slopes all around. Your best bet is to aim for the flat area at the back of it – but, of course, that’s easier said than done!

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28 The Scores, St Andrews KY16 9AS To make an enquiry or to book a tee-time T: 01334 472466 call the Professional’s Shop on 01592 872116 or E: [email protected] email: [email protected] www.burntislandgolfhouseclub.co.uk

98665 Elie

Kingsbarns Thornton Lundin Links

11th St Andrews Links (Eden) of the . In terms of 14th Lundin Links Par 4, 375 yards its playability and challenge, it Par 3, 175 yards The Eden was designed in is truly exceptional. There are To describe the 14th at Lundin 1914 by Harry Colt and is full generous landing areas to hit Links as anything other than a of personality. Its 11th hole is your tee and approach shots or masterpiece is to vastly undersell an unmistakable gem. After a lay-ups into but the long, narrow it. Playing from an elevated tee, relatively straightforward tee shot, green is seriously tough. Walk up you have to carry swathes of you have to negotiate a seriously the hill to the next tee with a par gorse and a well disguised bunker tough approach with pot bunkers and you’ll do so with a real spring to reach what is a relatively flat bisecting the fairway just short in your step. putting surface – but one which is of the hidden green in almost a guarded by five bunkers that form straight line. Try, if you can, to 13th Elie Golf House Club a semi-circle around the back of find the left portion of the green Par 4, 380 yards the green. as there are steep run-offs on the Named ‘Croupie’ after the right of it. ravens that dominate the cliffs 15th Thornton beyond the green, the 13th at Par 4, 355 yards 12th Kingsbarns Elie is a picturesque but For evidence that the great golf Par 5, 606 yards challenging hole that has been holes in Fife are by no means There is a good reason why this the undoing of many good rounds restricted to the coast, look no is one of the most photographed down the years. The best advice further than Thornton. Located just holes in Scottish golf. Named is to aim to the right-centre part south of Glenrothes, it is home to ‘Orrdeal’, in recognition of both of the fairway to give yourself a wonderful and varied collection the Orr family, who were once the best angle of attack into of holes. Of them all, the 15th is the landowners of the green the large, undulating, raised the pick of the bunch. A dogleg site, and the challenge that lies green. Whatever you do, don’t from right to left, your first task in wait, the 12th at Kingsbarns undercook your approach, is to find the sloping fairway. Do is unquestionably one of the otherwise you’ll end up in the that and you’ll give yourself the world’s best golf holes. Visually, hollow that lies just short of the best possible chance of hitting the it is dramatic, sweeping around green, from where you’ll do plateau green and setting up a the rugged, craggy shoreline immensely well to save par. birdie opportunity.

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St Andrews Links, Castle Fairmont St Andrews, The Torrance

16th Fairmont St Andrews (Torrance) St Andrews Links, Old Par 4, 429 yards Located just outside St Andrews, the Fairmont St Andrews resort is home to two sublime courses. Of those, the Torrance is arguably the more senior and, of its 18 holes, the 16th is potentially the pick of the bunch. Playing downhill towards the sea in the background, it’s visually striking as you stand on the tee and, so long as you can stay out of the bunkers, it’s a genuine birdie opportunity at a vital stage in your round.

17th St Andrews Links (Castle) Par 3, 184 yards The most recent addition to golf in St Andrews, 18th St Andrews Links (Old) the Castle Course opened for play in 2008 and, Par 4, 357 yards in the time since, many good scores have been Quite simply, the greatest walk in golf. It is impossible undone by the formidable, fearsome 17th. On to play this hole and not be struck by the history and paper, the task appears easy: take on and clear prestige of it all. After hopefully finding the humungous the deep ravine that separates the tee and the fairway – for your line, aim at the clock on the wall green. However, it’s far less straightforward than of the R&A Clubhouse – you get to walk across the that, particularly when the wind blows. There Swilcan Bridge, retracing the footsteps of almost all of is a ‘bail out’ area to the left out the green that the greatest players ever to play the game. Keep your reduces the amount of the ravine you have to approach out of the ‘Valley of Sin’ and you’ll set up the carry but it is protected by a menacing bunker chance of finishing your round with a birdie – probably if you don’t get your yardage right. It is, truly, a in front of a watching audience! supreme golf hole.

Golf Trails Continuing the great golf great trails you can sample in Fife

The Family Trail Hidden Treasure Trail Carnegie Country Trail The Golf Gourmet Trail Visiting Fife with the As well as world- Sample the best of the Great golf and great food family? Why not base renowned treasures, Fife west on this superb trail is a winning combination - your trip around golf? also has many courses that takes in four of the that’s what this trail celebrates. The Family Trail that you may not have region’s best-loved Play at St Andrews’ Castle Course, takes in rounds of heard of. Get to know inland courses: the Torrance Course at Fairmont golf at Anstruther, some of the Kingdom’s Glenrothes, Dunnikier St Andrews, The Duke’s and Charleton, Scoonie undiscovered gems, such Park, Dunfermline, and Balbirnie Park, followed by meals and the Balgove as Thornton, Kinghorn, the Montgomery Course at The Peat Inn, The Seafood Course in St Andrews. Aberdour and Burntisland. at Kinross. Restaurant, Esperante and more.

www.visitfifegolf.com 27 As well as hosting this year’s RICOH Women’s British Open, Fife also has plenty of places for Ladies First female golfers to play. ‘There is a long and proud tradition of t is shaping up to be a hugely yourself a major champion, you can memorable 2017 for women’s golf expect all of the greats of the women’s women’s golf in Fife’ in Fife as the region plays host game to feature. Ito the RICOH Women’s British Open. Of course, it is entirely appropriate One of five major championships in that the championship should be women’s professional golf, and the returning to Fife given the long and only one to be staged in the UK, it will proud tradition of women’s golf in the be contested at Kingsbarns Golf Links area. There are documents, which for the first time from August 3-6. show women playing golf in the region For the multi award-winning dating back to the 1800s. Kingsbarns, it will be a first opportunity By the end of that century, the to stage a major championship, ladies’ game was thriving, particularly although it’s already had plenty of in the sport’s hometown. Indeed, the experience of hosting high-profile St Andrews Ladies’ Golf Club boasted tournaments as the annual co-host as many as 500 members in 1887, DO NOT USE!!! for the European Tour’s Alfred Dunhill which was not much less than the Links Championship, which has Royal & Ancient Golf Club. been played there since 2001. It was The Jubilee Course, meanwhile, Have requested also used for Open Championship was opened in 1897 to cater for qualifying in 2010 as well as qualifying the demands of lady golfers. It was the 2013 Women’s British Open, so it named in honour of Queen Victoria’s is well versed and rehearsed in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, which RAW file from DJW requirements of staging high-profile took place the same year, and it has golf events. subsequently become one of the top By making a first visit to Kingsbarns, courses in the town. the RICOH Women’s British Open will Elsewhere in Fife, there are continue its habit of visiting Scotland, many other facilities that tailor to on average, every other year since the requirements of female golfers, 2010. Kingsbarns will become the Lundin Ladies’ Golf Club being one fourth different Scottish course to such example. Its course is one of four stage the event, following in the that makes up the Ladies’ Golf Trail, footsteps of the Old Course at alongside the Strathtyrum Course St Andrews and the Ailsa Course at in St Andrews, the Elie Golf House Trump Turnberry – both of which have Club and the Balcomie Links at Crail staged it on two previous occasions Golfing Society. – as well as , and with a So, whether it’s playing or watching, tournament record prize fund up for there is plenty in Fife to interest female grabs, not to mention the right to call golfers.

Kingsbarns Golf Links RICOH Women’s British Open 2016 Winner, Ariya Jutanugarn

28 www.visitfifegolf.com www.visitfifegolf.com 29 ‘it’s important to nurture, develop and encourage the Looking after next generation’ the future How Fife is playing its part in developing the game’s next generation

ost forward-thinking, the country. Indeed, the Fife modern golf Golf Invitational – contested communities recognise annually by golf-related tourism Mthat, in order to safeguard the businesses – contributes a game’s future, it’s important to quarter of its income from nurture, develop and encourage its auction towards the Fife the next generation of players. Junior Open, demonstrating Fife is no different in that regard. a commitment from both the Getting more children to industry and the region to invest enjoy and play the game is a in the next generation. huge priority for those closest If competitive golf is not your to the game in ‘The Kingdom’. thing, then there are plenty of That should really come as no family-friendly and child-friendly surprise. This is, after all, the places to enjoy a game. There birthplace of golf and where, if not is, for example, an abundance the game’s spiritual home, can of nine-hole and par-3 courses hope to create the Rory McIlroys throughout the Kingdom, such as and Lydia Kos of the future? Cluny Golf Course near Kirkcaldy, It’s a responsibility that is taken as well as Saline and Lochore seriously, with many clubs and Meadows. individuals actively involved in Kids can even enjoy a taste Winner's of Fife Junior Open initiatives that are designed to of golf in St Andrews, courtesy of help capture the imagination of the Balgove Course. A nine-hole youngsters. layout, measuring just 1,520 yards The Fife Junior Open is in total, it is targeted primilary at perhaps the biggest and best families and beginners. What’s example of the work that is being more, with green fees ranging done. Having proven immensely from just £3 to £5 at the height popular in the last two years, of the season, it doesn’t eat too the event is set to return with an much into your young golfer’s even bigger field in 2017. It will pocket money! take place at one of the Fife Golf So, whilst Fife might have a Trust golf courses and is a great long and proud golfing history, opportunity for youngsters to it maintains a keen eye on enjoy some competitive golf. the future, too. Good news for The event is one of the anybody visiting the region with best supported of its kind in young golfers in tow. Saline Starting young St Andrews Links, Balgove

30 www.visitfifegolf.com www.visitfifegolf.com 31 Driving Ranges If you don't have time to play a round, Where to why not head to a driving range instead?

Elie Sports Club DR (14 bays) 01333 330955 Forrester Park DR PLAY (20 bays) 01383 880505 Looking to book a tee time on one of the Kingdom's

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Wellsgreen GR (17 bays) 01592 712435

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Drumoig Golf Centre (25 bays) 01382 541529

Elmwood DR (17 bays) 01334 658780

Fairmont St Andrews, Kittocks

32 www.visitfifegolf.com www.visitfifegolf.com 33 98696 98701 Lindores Oakwood Abbey Nurseries

98743 St Andrews Hotel & Guesthouse Aberdour Golf Course 1 Burntisland Golf Course 5 Seaside Place, Aberdour, Fife KY3 0TX Dodhead, Kirkcaldy Road, Burntisland, Fife KY3 9LQ H: 18 P/SSS: 67/66 T: Parkland L: 5,460 yrds R: from £37 D/T: from £47 H: 18 P/SSS: 70/70 T: Parkland L: 5,965 yrds R: from £29 D/T: from £39 [email protected] [email protected] www.aberdourgolfclub.co.uk www.burntislandgolfhouseclub.co.uk Tel: 01383 860256 Tel: 01592 872116/874093 Anstruther Golf Course 2 Canmore Golf Course 6 Marsfield, Shore Road, Anstruther, Fife KY10 3DZ Venturefair Avenue, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 0PE H: 9 P/SSS: 62/63 T: Links L: 4,690 yrds R: from £18 D/T: N/A H: 18 P/SSS: 67/66 T: Parkland L: 5,382 yrds R: from £25 D/T: from £35 [email protected] [email protected] www.anstruthergolf.co.uk www.canmoregolfclub.co.uk Tel: 01333 310956 Tel: 01383 724969 Auchterderran Golf Course 3 Charleton Golf Course 7 Woodend Road, Cardenden, Fife KY5 0NH Charleton, Colinsburgh, Fife KY9 1HG H: 9 P/SSS: 66 T: Inland L: 5,250 yrds R: from £10 D/T: N/A H: 18 P/SSS: 72/72 T: Parkland L: 6,446 yrds R: POA D/T: POA N/A [email protected] www.fifegolftrust.co.uk www.charleton.co.uk Tel: N/A Tel: 01333 340505 Balbirnie Course 4 Cluny Golf Course 8 Markinch, Fife KY7 6NR Cluny Clays, Cluny, By Kirkcaldy, Fife KY2 6QU H: 18 P/SSS: 71/71 T: Parkland L: 6,318 yrds R: from £45 D/T: from £60 H: 9 P/SSS: 32/63 T: Inland L: 2,312 yrds R: from £13 D/T: N/A [email protected] [email protected] www.balbirniegolf.com www.clunyactivities.co.uk/golf Tel: 01592 752006 Tel: 01592 720374

Aberdour

www.visitfifegolf.com 35 THE INN at Kingsbarns

A traditional family-run Inn situated in the heart of Kingsbarns village, surrounded by Fife’s finest countryside and coast. Only a 5 minute drive from Kingsbarns Golf Links and 10 minutes from St Andrews. Four newly-refurbished bedrooms with en-suite and off-road parking. Also home to ‘The Scranhoose’ - offering freshly- cooked family favourites and chef’s specialities.

01334 880778 [email protected] 5 Main Street Kingsbarns, St Andrews, Fife KY16 8TA www.theinnatkingsbarns.co.uk Drumoig Golf Course 13 Drumoig Golf Hotel, Drumoig, St Andrews, Fife KY16 0DS H: 18 P/SSS: 73/73 T: Inland L: 6,472 yrds R: from £35 D/T: from £45 [email protected] www.drumoiggolfhotel.com Tel: 01382 541898 Dunfermline, Pitfirrane Golf Course 14 Pitfirrane, Crossford, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 8QW H: 18 P/SSS: 72/70 T: Parkland L: 6,121 yrds R: from £45 D/T: from £60 [email protected] www.dunfermlinegolfclub.com Tel: 01383 723534 Dunnikier Park Golf Course 15 Dunnikier Way, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY1 3LP H: 18 P/SSS: 72/72 T: Inland L: 6,532 yrds R: from £18 D/T: from £24 [email protected] www.dunnikierparkgolfclub.com Crail Tel: 01592 261599

Cowdenbeath, Dora Golf Course 9 Elie Links Golf Course 16 Seco Place, Cowdenbeath, Fife KY4 8PD Golf Course Lane, Elie, Fife KY9 1AS H: 18 P/SSS: 71/70 T: Parkland L: 6,207 yrds R: from £18 D/T: from £24 H: 18 P/SSS: 70/70 T: Links L: 6,273 yrds R: from £77 D/T: from £97 N/A [email protected] www.fifegolftrust.co.uk www.golfhouseclub.org Tel: 01383 513079 Tel: 01333 330301 Crail, Balcomie Links Golf Course 10 Balcomie Clubhouse, Fifeness, Crail, Fife KY10 3XN H: 18 P/SSS: 69/70 T: Links L: 5,861 yrds R: from £69 D/T: from £95 [email protected] www.crailgolfingsociety.co.uk Tel: 01333 450686 Crail, Craighead Links Golf Course 11 Balcomie Clubhouse, Fifeness, Crail, Fife KY10 3XN H: 18 P/SSS: 72/74 T: Links L: 6,651 yrds R: from £69 D/T: from £95 [email protected] www.crailgolfingsociety.co.uk Tel: 01333 450686 Cupar Golf Course 12 Hilltarvit, Cupar, Fife KY15 5JT H: 9/18P/SSS: 68/66 T: Parkland L: 5,153 yrds R: from £15 D/T: from £20 [email protected] www.cupargolfclub.co.uk Tel: 01334 653549 Elie

www.visitfifegolf.com 37 St Michaels Golf Course A hidden gem only 6 miles from St Andrews! It is so close to the historic town that it can be seen from numerous points on the course. We plan it - You play it.

“We had an amazing time playing this course. Specialists in creating It is challenging and gives you a great walk, lot of up and down. customised golf tours to The people are the best!” Fife, Scotland and Ireland. Golf Adviser Review A rolling, undulating parkland layout it offers a distinct, unique test Packages available to The Open at of golf. It was extended to 18 holes in 1996 and it has the ability to Carnoustie at 2018theopen.com play tricks with your head from the tee. Despite its relatively short Customised trips for 4 - 40+ golfers. length, it is a ferocious test to even the most gifted of players. Private and corporate enquiries welcome. A friendly welcome is always guaranteed and thanks to its location and free draining soil, the course is playable throughout the year. So whatever the season you are sure of a warm welcome scotlandgolftours.com at St Michaels! tel +44 1383 727999 Telephone: 01334 838666 30 Canmore Street, Dunfermline, Fife Email: [email protected]

www.stmichaelsgolfclub.com For information on accommodation and things to see and do go to scotland-tours.com St Michaels Golf Club @stmichaels_gc 2018theopen.com Elie Sports Club Golf Course 17 Glenrothes Golf Course 21 Golf Course Lane, Elie, Fife KY9 1AS Golf Course Road, Glenrothes, Fife KY6 2LA H: 9 P/SSS: 32/32 T: Links L: 2,080 yrds R: from £14 D/T: from £19 H: 18 P/SSS: 71/71 T: Inland L: 6,406 yrds R: from £18 D/T: from £24 [email protected] [email protected] www.eliesportsclub.co.uk www.fifegolftrust.co.uk Tel: 01333 330955 Tel: 01592 750063 Elmwood Golf Course 18 Kingarrock Hickory Golf Course 22 Stratheden,Cupar, Fife KY15 5RS Forester's Cottage, Hill of Tarvit, Cupar, Fife KY15 5PB H: 18 P/SSS: 71/70 T: Parkland L: 6,176 yrds R: from £30 D/T: from £50 H: 9 P/SSS: 34/34 T: Parkland L: 2,022 yrds R: POA D/T: POA [email protected] [email protected] www.elmwoodgolf.co.uk www.kingarrock.com Tel: 01334 658780 Tel: 01334 653421 Falkland Golf Course 19 Kinghorn Golf Course 23 The Myre, Falkland, Fife KY15 7AA Burntisland Road, Kinghorn, Fife KY3 9RS H: 9 P/SSS: 68/65 T: Inland L: 5,124 yrds R: from £15 D/T: N/A H: 18 P/SSS: 65/66 T: Links L: 5,141 yrds R: POA D/T: POA [email protected] [email protected] www.falklandgolfclub.com www.kinghorngolfclub.com Tel: 01337 857404 Tel: 01592 890345 Forrester Park Golf Course 20 Kingsbarns Golf Links 24 Pitdinnie Road, Cairneyhill, Dunfermline EH52 6QX Kingsbarns, St Andrews, Fife KY16 8QD H: 18 P/SSS: 72/72 T: Parkland L: 6,296 yrds R: from £25 D/T: POA H: 18 P/SSS: 72/72 T: Links L: 7,227 yrds R: from £240 D/T: from £360 [email protected] [email protected] www.forresterparkresort.com www.kingsbarns.com Tel: 01383 880505 Tel: 01334 460860

Kingarrock Hickory

www.visitfifegolf.com 39 Dunfermline Golf Club

Dunfermline Golf Club (1887) has been at Pitfirrane, a 15th century tower house, since 1953. The course was laid out by J R Stutt (a pupil of James Braid) who constructed a fine undulating parkland course. Andrew Carnegie Birthplace The Club also has a connection with the founder Museum… of the New York, John Reid. great things have small beginnings! He was a Dunfermline man and is known as ‘the father of American golf’. Dunfermline Golf Club member Robert Lockhart took the first set of clubs Humble birthplace of the famous to his friend John Reid in the USA in 1888. This rich Scottish-American millionaire philanthropist. heritage is celebrated within the Clubhouse. 01383 724 302 Pitfirrane, Crossford, Dunfermline KY12 8QW [email protected] 01383 723534 www.carnegiebirthplace.com [email protected] Moodie Street, Dunfermline, Fife Scotland, KY12 7PL www.dunfermlinegolfclub.com

The ideal location for your golf break in the heart of the East Neuk with many links courses nearby and only 10 minutes from St Andrews, the Home of Golf.

All our rooms are en-suite and furnished to a high standard with free wi-fi throughout.We pride ourselves on using local produce for breakfast & evening meals and have been awarded Taste our Best from VisitScotland. There is a licensed honesty bar in the residents’ lounge. We offer drying & storage facilities and can obtain preferential rates Keavil House Hotel sits adjacent from certain local courses. to Dunfermline Golf Club and is around an hour’s drive to Email: [email protected] Tel: 01333 310573 Championship courses at St The Spindrift Guest House, Pittenweem Road, Anstruther, Fife KY10 3DT Andrews, Gleneagles and, the host of The Open in 2018, Carnoustie. Our immaculate 72 bedrooms, luxury health & GOLD fitness spa and award winning food make this the ideal stay for your golfing trip in Fife. Dinner Bed & Bed packages are available from only £99 prpn and we have a range of golf packages available 01383 736258 to cater for all budgets. [email protected] Please call for further details. Crossford, Dunfermline KY12 8NN

www.keavilhouse.co.uk www.thespindrift.co.uk Ladybank Golf Course 29 Annsmuir, Ladybank, Fife KY15 7RA H: 18 P/SSS: 71/72 T: Heathland L: 6,616 yrds R: from £65 D/T: from £90 [email protected] www.ladybankgolf.co.uk Tel: 01337 830814 Leslie Golf Course 30 Balsillie Laws, Leslie, Fife KY6 3EZ H: 9 P/SSS: 62/65 T: Parkland L: 4,940 yrds R: N/A D/T: from £10 [email protected] www.lesliegolfclub.com Tel: 01592 620040 Leven Links Golf Course 31 The Promenade, Leven, Fife KY8 4HS H: 18 P/SSS: 71/72 T: Links L: 6,551 yrds R: from £65 D/T: from £75 [email protected] www.leven-links.com Ladybank Tel: 01333 421390

Kinross, Bruce Golf Course 25 Lochgelly Golf Course 32 The Muirs, Kinross KY13 8AS Cartmore Road, Lochgelly, Fife KY5 9PB H: 18 P/SSS: 73/72 T: Parkland L: 6,231 yrds R: POA D/T: POA H: 18 P/SSS: 68/67 T: Parkland L: 5,443 yrds R: from £15 D/T: from £22 [email protected] [email protected] www.golfkinross.com www.lockgellygolfclub.co.uk Tel: 01577 865125 Tel: 01592 782589 Kinross, Montgomery Golf Course 26 The Muirs, Kinross KY13 8AS H: 18 P/SSS: 72/72 T: Parkland L: 6,508 yrds R: POA D/T: POA [email protected] www.golfkinross.com Tel: 01577 865125 Kirkcaldy Golf Course 27 Balwearie Road, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY2 5LT H: 18 P/SSS: 71/70 T: Parkland L: 6,083 yrds R: from £20 D/T: POA [email protected] www.kirkcaldygolfclub.co.uk Tel: 01592 205240 The Kittocks Golf Course, Fairmont St Andrews 28 Fairmont St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 8PN H: 18 P/SSS: 71/75 T: Coastal L: 7,192 yrds R: from £50 D/T: POA [email protected] www.standrewsbay.com

Tel: 01334 837023 / 837053 Leven Links

www.visitfifegolf.com 41 Lundin Ladies CARDY NET HOUSE Stunning Modern Seaside Holiday Golf Club Home set in the heart of Fife’s golfing country Booking is advisable. 9 HOLES - £12 • Ideal for golfing 18 HOLES - £20 groups - sleeping up Golf clubs and trolleys to 12 adults are available for hire. • All modern amenities, Sky TV, Free WiFi • Local Courses Lundin & Lundin Ladies, 5 minutes • Leven Links , 10 minutes • St Andrews, 20 This James Braid 9 hole parkland course is minutes suitable for players of all abilities. With a • Kingsbarn, 25 standard scratch of 68, we are proud to boast minutes a course kept in pristine condition.

Visitors will be enthralled with the mystical WEEKLY RATES ‘Standing Stones’ which dominate the second from £1,200 fairway against a background of Largo Law. WEEKEND RATES Truly a gem. from £875 Secretary 01333 320832 [email protected] Starter 01333 320022 01333 329552 www.lundinladiesgolfclub.co.uk www.cardy-nethouse.co.uk

A golfing heaven on the shores of the Firth of Forth. Established in the early eighteen hundreds, Leven Links Golf Course is a seaside links, forming part of a Tom Morris-designed course which was split and extended in 1909. Located in Fife, near St Andrews, the course comprises 6551 yards, eighteen holes and Par 71, providing an interesting and challenging game of golf whatever your ability. This true links course has undulating fairways, sandy dunes and superb greens, making it an aesthetically pleasing sight to enjoy as you complete your game. Alongside its fantastic course, Leven Links is also home to two clubhouses. Relax after a challenging game in the comfort of either lounge, enjoy a drink at the bar or sample a fine menu in either restaurant. The clubhouses are also home to excellent changing facilities and the course is able to offer trolley and caddy hire and practice nets. Leven Links welcomes visitors. The course runs a number of special offers throughout the year – please contact us for further details. Green fees start at just £65 per round and £75 per day ticket for non-members. Discounts available for parties of 12 or more golfers. For more information, please contact 01333 421390 email [email protected] or visit www.leven-links.com Lochore Meadows Golf Course 33 Saline Golf Course 37 Lochore Meadows Country Park, Crosshill, Lochgelly, Fife KY5 8BA Kinneddar Hill, Saline, Fife KY12 9LT H: 9 P/SSS: 72/71 T: Inland L: 6,414 yrds R: from £11 D/T: from £16 H: 9 P/SSS: 68/66 T: Parkland L: 5,384 yrds R: from £10 D/T: from £15 [email protected] [email protected] www.fifegolftrust.co.uk www.salinegc.co.uk Tel: 07506 850286 Tel: 01383 852591 Lundin Golf Course 34 Scoonie Golf Course 38 Golf Road, Lundin Links, Fife KY8 6BA North Links, Leven, Fife KY8 4SP H: 18 P/SSS: 71/71 T: Links L: 6,371 yrds R: from £65 D/T: from £90 H: 18 P/SSS: 67/66 T: Parkland L: 5,494 yrds R: from £18 D/T: from £24 [email protected] [email protected] www.lundingolfclub.co.uk www.scooniegolfclub.com Tel: 01333 320202 Tel: 01333 307007 / 423437 Lundin Ladies Golf Course 35 Scotscraig Golf Course 39 Woodielea Road, Lundin Links, Fife KY8 6AR Golf Road, Tayport, Fife DD6 9DZ H: 9 P/SSS: 68/68 T: Inland L: 4,730 yrds R: from £20 D/T: N/A H: 18 P/SSS: 71/72 T: Links L: 6,550 yrds R: from £70 D/T: from £90 [email protected] [email protected] www.lundinladiesgolfclub.co.uk www.scotscraiggolfclub.com Tel: 01333 320832 / 320022 Tel: 01382 552515 Pitreavie Golf Course 36 St Andrews, The Duke's Course 40 Queensferry Road, Dunfermline, Fife KY11 8PR Craigtoun Park, St Andrews, Fife KY16 8NX H: 18 P/SSS: 71/70 T: Parkland L: 6,032 yrds R: from £30 D/T: from £40 H: 18 P/SSS: 71/71-77 T: Heathland L: 5,216 yrds R: from £50 D/T: N/A [email protected] [email protected] www.pitreaviegolfclub.co.uk www.oldcoursehotel.co.uk Tel: 01383 722591 Tel: 01334 470214

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www.visitfifegolf.com 43 St Andrews Links, Old Course 46 St Andrews Links Trust, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SF H: 18 P/SSS: 72/73 T: Links L: 6,721 yrds R: from £175 D/T: N/A [email protected] www.standrews.com Tel: 01334 466666 St Andrews Links, Strathtyrum Course 47 St Andrews Links Trust, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SF H: 18 P/SSS: 69/66 T: Links L: 5,620 yrds R: from £30 D/T: N/A [email protected] www.standrews.com St Andrews, Old Course Tel: 01334 466666

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A luxury home from home designed by The Albany Hotel is a boutique, informal, Fife Cottages has some stunning properties Award winning country house only 1.5 Town house hotel with busy bar and 98729 golfers for golfers in the heart of traditional 3-star hotel situated in the heart of historic for holiday rental in St Andrews and the miles from the town centre. The hotel restaurant overlooking St Andrews Bay and St Andrews with the world’s most famous St Andrews. All main shopping outlets, nearby countryside. Self-catering offers the comprises of 24 luxurious bedrooms and 3 golf courses. Fabulous location, only 200 St Andrews golf course just down the street. 3 double museums, bars, restaurants and coffee freedom of home from home, to come and self-catering lodges. The Terrace Restaurant yards from The Old Course and St Andrews bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 living rooms. shops within a few minutes walk. Free go as you choose. Perfect for golf breaks, offers excellent cuisine using the very best town centre. A fine reputation for friendly Minimum of 4 nights. on-street parking nearby. Free Wi-Fi. walkers, city breaks and family holidays. ingredients that Fife has to offer. service and great food. The ideal19th hole! Local Courses: St Andrews Old Course and Local Courses: St Andrews Courses, Local Courses: Old Course, Jubilee Course Local Courses: St Andrews Links, Kingsbarns Local Courses: Old Course, Kingsbarns and Kingsbarns Kingsbarns, Crail Golfing Society and New Course and Crail Crail

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HHHH B&B HHHH to HHHHH SELF-CATERING SMALL HOTEL HHH GUEST ACCOMMODATION HOTEL Prices from £125 prpn SC Prices from £50 pppn Prices from £75 prpn B&B prices from £34.50 pppn B&B prices from £50 prpn Knockhill Farm B&B Morton of Pitmilly Royal Hotel Anstruther University of St Andrews The Upper Largo Hotel & Countryside Resort Restaurant Knockhill Farm B&B is situated in the Morton of Pitmilly offers 4 and 5 star An Independant and family-run hotel, During the summer months, University of St 98733 Situated at the start of East Neuk of Fife, stunning countryside of North East Fife, with boutique self-catering holiday houses, restaurant and bar. Our 7 newly renovated Andrews offers fantastic holiday this charming 17th century coaching fantastic views. Located 4 miles from St perfectly suited to your golfing holiday. bedrooms are individually decorated with accommodation within walking distance Bayview inn retains its original features in the Andrews, a recently converted barn offering We also have Fife’s only indoor tennis court, an en suite shower room. We serve a from the world famous Old Course. We offer traditional public bar. The bright, airy luxury spacious rooms with own private swimming pool, spa treatments, putting selection of lagers and beers, fine wines, a wide range of accommodation, with Conservatory Restaurant enjoys superb access and ample free parking. green and much more. whiskys and ciders. Free Wi-Fi, Sky and BT packages tailor made to suit you. views over the Firth of Forth. Sports, pool table. Local Courses: Old Course St Andrews, St Local Courses: Kingsbarns, The Old Local Courses: The Old Course, Local Courses: Lundin, Lundin Ladies and Andrews Links courses, Dukes Course Course and The Castle Course Local Courses: Crail Golfing Society, The New Course and Kingbarns St Andrews Kingsbarns. St Andrews Courses

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46 www.visitfifegolf.com www.visitfifegolf.com 47 ‘It's not just all about golf’ Off The Packed museums, ancient cathedrals, Course royal tennis courts, famous beaches Travel and award-winning chip shops – Fife Fife is perfectly placed and easily has loads to keep you occupied when accessible to the visitor, you’re not on the course. with excellent transport links via road, rail and air. By road Only a short drive from hilst golf is an Castle, dating back to the 13th Edinburgh via the Forth important part of the and 14th centuries respectively, Road Bridge. The direct fabric of life in Fife, it is are also good fun to explore. route from Glasgow and W the west is via the M8, by no means the only reason For great museums, look to visit ‘The Kingdom’. Indeed, no further than the British Golf and from or Perth it’s via the Tay Road there is an abundance of things Museum, located directly Bridge at Dundee. to do, see, taste, explore and opposite the R&A Clubhouse learn about in this unique part in St Andrews. It underwent a By rail of Scotland. comprehensive facelift and Regular trains from The nave within Dunfermline Abbey As a region steeped in extension in recent years and Aberdeen, Dundee and history and rich in culture, it is home to one of the world’s Edinburgh on the East Coast Line, from should come as no surprise largest collections of golfing history of the Scottish fishing industry family can enjoy together. that Fife has many historic memorabilia, with more than and Perth to the north and from Glasgow via and the people who work and have Another great attraction is attractions that are worth 16,000 individual items on Edinburgh. worked within it. It opened in 1969 Scotland’s Secret Bunker. Developed visiting. Dunfermline Abbey display. From paintings to and contains a stunning collection of with the intention of being used as a is one such example. The golf clubs, from clothes to By air more than 60,000 different items. British Government base in the event birthplace of Charles I, the last silverware, it is a seriously Daily domestic and More of a nature lover than a of a nuclear war, the king to be born in Scotland, it impressive collection that any international arrivals to history buff? Again, there is plenty to 24,000sq/ft command centre is Edinburgh Airport, with a is also the final resting place golf fan will love. interest you in Fife. For one thing, the a centre no more. Instead, it is a regular bus link between of some of the country’s other The Andrew Carnegie region is home to numerous award- fascinating tourist attraction that is monarchs, including Robert The Birthplace Museum, meanwhile, the airport and Fife. Regular direct flights from winning beaches, including Elie Ruby unassumingly located beneath a Bruce. celebrates one of Fife’s most London Stansted Airport Bay in the East Neuk and the Silver farmhouse near St Andrews. It is Falkland Palace is also famous sons. Located in to Dundee Airport. Sands in Aberdour. A stroll along absolutely worth checking out. worth a visit. It is home to, Dunfermline, it tells the story British Golf Museum the Fife Coastal Path is generally In terms of great places to go for amongst other things, the of Carnegie, who, despite his By bus regarded as the best way to see the food and drink, you are utterly spoilt oldest ‘royal’ tennis court in diminutive physical statute, Inverkeithing Ferrytoll is best of the region’s dramatic, rugged for choice. From the Rocca Bar & the hub for bus and rail the UK, which was built for was a business giant who led coastline. The fact that it will also Grill in St Andrews to Room With A travel throughout Fife, James V in 1539. In St Andrews, the expansion of the American take you through some of Fife’s most View in Aberdour, there are plenty a visit to the remains of the steel industry in the 19th with a regular bus service connecting it to Edinburgh charming and friendly fishing villages of opportunities to sample some fine town’s cathedral comes highly century. Reckoned to be one of Airport. is an added bonus. dining. Not in the mood for anything recommended. At one time the the wealthiest individuals ever If you happen to be a car that fancy? Then you simply have to largest cathedral in Scotland, it to have lived, Carnegie gave Where to find out more enthusiast, make sure you check check out the Anstruther Fish Bar & dates back to the 12th century away approximately 90% of his See map on p4-5 for out Knockhill Racing Circuit at Restaurant. An award-winning chip and its visitors are encouraged enormous fortune to charities locations of VisitScotland Scotland’s National Motorsport shop, it is so popular that queues Information Centres. to climb to the top of the spiral and museums when he died Centre near Dunfermline, whilst regularly extend out of the doors and Further information can staircase in St Rule’s Tower to in 1919. Craigtoun Country Park, near St out into the street. enjoy the breathtaking views The Scottish Fisheries be obtained from or Andrews, and the Scottish Deer From great places to visit, to of the town and the wider area. Museum in Anstruther is a great www.traveline.org.uk 0871 200 2233. Centre, a few minutes outside of fantastic dining options, Fife delivers Abbey and Kellie place to learn all about the The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Dunfermline Cupar, are great fun that the whole on every single front.

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February British Superbikes August Snowdrop Festival Knockhill Racing Circuit Ricoh Women's British Open , Kingsbarns Dates: 16 - 18 June Kingsbarns Dates: 3 February - 12 March knockhill.com Dates: 2 - 6 August camboestate.com ricohwomensbritishopen.com Ceres Highland Games March Ceres Pittenweem Arts Festival St Anza, Scotland’s Dates: 24 June Various venues in Pittenweem International ceresgames.co.uk Dates: 5 - 13 August Poetry Festival pittenweemartsfestival.co.uk Various venues in St Andrews East Neuk Festival Dates: 1 - 5 March Various venues in the East Neuk British Touring Car Championship stanzapoetry.org Dates: 28 June - 2 July Knockhill Racing Circuit eastneukfestival.com Dates: 12- 13 August April knockhill.com St Andrews Golf Week July St Andrews Dunfermline Fake Festival October Dates: 9 - 15 April Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline Alfred Dunhill Links Championship standrewsgolfweek.com Date: 8 July St Andrews, Kingsbarns fakefestivals.co.uk Dates: 5 - 8 October Open Studios North Fife alfreddunhilllinks.com Various venues Burntisland Highland Dates: 29 April - 1 May Games and Piping Contest St Andrews Voices openstudiosfife.co.uk Burntisland Various venues in St Andrews Dates: 17 and 22 July Dates: 26 - 29 October June standrewsvoices.com Culross Festival Crail Festival Various venues around Culross Various venues in Crail November Dates: 15- 18 June Dates: 19 - 29 July Savour St Andrews culrossfestival.com crailfestival.com Various venues in St Andrews savourstandrews.com Crail Food Festival St Andrews Highland Games Various venues in Crail Station Park, St Andrews St Andrews Day Celebrations Dates: 10 - 11 June Date: 30 July Various venues in St Andrews crailfoodfest.co.uk standrewshighlandgames.co.uk standrewsdaycelebrations.com

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