Scotland Golf Adventure Guide the Essential Planning Resource for Great Scottish Golf Trips

1 Scotland Golf Adventure Guide The essential planning resource for great Scottish golf trips.

Contents Introduction Using This Guide (PDF Version) Scotland Tourism Board Scotland Golf Adventure Guide, 1 Planning my first golf trip to Scotland was time This guide is designed to be printed on letter- or Scotland’s National Tourism Board is the official The Big Picture, 2 consuming and difficult. The tourist board informa- A4-size paper, but you can also view it directly in tourism marketing body for Scotland. They main- tion, travel guides, books about golf in Scotland, Adobe Acrobat. It’s your choice. tain an excellent web site at: Tools for Planning Your Trip, 3 and countless web sites overwhelmed me with Printing When to Go, 4 possibilities but provided minimal guidance on www.visitscotland.com In the Adobe Reader toolbar click the Print button making smart choices. And whenFree faced with Demonearly PDF Temperature & Rainfall Statistics, 5 , or choose File > Print. Specify the printer, page Contact them and they will gladly send you a free 600 golf courses and thousands of hotels, you range, number of copies and other options, and Vacation Planner. Be sure to also ask for a copy Building a Rough Itinerary, 6 need to make a lot of choices. This is a FREE DEMO PDFclick of OK. the Enable Scotland (check) Golfthe option to “Shrink of the Official Guide to Golf in Scotland. Use the Sample Itineraries, 7 I started by filteringAdventure the golf course Guide. and accom I -hope youoversized like pages what to paperyou size.”see. web site to request these publications or call: Getting on St Andrews Old & Muirfield, 8 modation choices down to a manageable number. Viewing in Adobe Reader US/Canada 800 462 2748 You won’t find every golf course in Scotland listed Driving Times & Distances, 9 View this document in Adobe Reader to use the UK 0845 22 55 121 here, just the best. Still, there are more courses To purchase a versionbuilt-in of this hypertext guide links with (blue text). For example, International +44 1506 832 121 Golf Course & Town Map, 10 than you could play in four or five trips so I added clicking on a Table of Contents entry will take you tools — course rankings, detailedall visitor of policies,the content, please visit: Golf Courses, 11 directly to that page. Other Official Scotland Tourism Web Sites course cards, driving-time map, etc. — to help you Golf Course Rankings, 18 golf.visitscotland.com (Golf in Scotland) craft your own itinerary with confidence. If you’re connected to the Internet, clicking on a Demo DemoGolf CourseDemo Designers, 19 Demo Demo http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchaseURL will open that web site in your web browser; Compact, concise, and practical describe this Regional Tourism Web Sites clicking on an email address will start a new Getting to Scotland, 20 guide well. It goes beyond the scenic pictures and www.standrews.co.uk message. When over the link, a small “W” will flowery prose found in most travel publications. www.angusanddundee.co.uk Flights Between U.S. & Scotland, 21 appear in the cursor, indicating it’s a web link. If The result is a guide specifically for golfers that Flights Between London & Scotland, 22 you have the full Adobe Acrobat software (not www.scottishgolfsouthwest.com delivers the essential information and tools for Adobe Reader), you may see a “+” in the cursor. If www.golfeastlothian.com Demo DemoFlights Between Ireland & DemoScotland, 23 planning great golfDemo trips to Scotland. The way I’ve Demo www.visit-dumfries-and-galloway.co.uk/golf/ so, change your Web Capture Preference to open done it is non-traditional, but I think it’s incredibly Choosing Where to Stay, 24 web links in your browser, not Acrobat. www.perthshire.co.uk effective. Accommodations, 25 www.aberdeen-grampian.com Course Cards & Calendar Renting a Car, 31 No Ads. No placement fees or advertise- The Course Cards and Calendars are separate PDF A Word of Caution Rental Car Price Quote Worksheet, 32 ments. Golf courses, hotels, airlines, car rent- files. When printing these documents I recom- The volume of information from the tourist boards Demo Demo Demo Demomend you disable (uncheck) Demo the “Shrink oversized al firms, and tour operators can’t buy their can be overwhelming. They promote every golf Tour Operators, 33 way into my guide. I provide an unbiased, pages to paper size” option. course, hotel, tour operator, and travel-related Practical Matters, 34 independent view of the travel-planning Clear Plastic Envelope establishment in all of Scotland. Their material experience and my only objective is to make Paying for This Guide, 36 Buy an expanding, clear plastic envelope to hold and listings are supported by advertisements. Use it easier and more enjoyable for you. them wisely to supplement and reinforce the care- Index, 37 the printouts of this guide and calendar pages. Demo Demo Demo DemoDuring your trip it makes a great place to file Demoaway fully edited unbiased information in this guide. This guide is not free. See the Paying for This Course Cards & Calendars, 39 score cards, brochures, receipts, etc. gathered Guide section on page 36 for details. during your trip.

1. Rough itinerary 2. Travel reservations 3. Tee times 4. Accommodations Your first step in the planning process is to create Why make travel reservations so early in the Now that you know exactly when you’ll be in Book accommodations after you’ve made the tee a rough itinerary with proposed arrival and depar- process? Well, if you’re not actually in Scotland you Scotland, it’s time to finalize the golf itinerary and times. Until you have your tee times set, you really ture dates. It may seem rather obvious, but before can’t play golf in Scotland. If you’re travelling by air make the tee times. This is the ultimate objective don’t know where you’ll be and need to stay. you make any other plans you’ve got to have your first priority is to book airline tickets. isn’t it? a good idea when you plan to arrive (and into Thankfully, there are many options to choose from Use this guide to help pick the right airport, airline, which city), the length of your trip, which courses Free Demo PDF and in all price ranges. Depending on your travel and connections to increase the chances that you want to try to get on, and the date and city of style and how many “base camps” you use, you both you and your luggage will get to Scotland as departure. may have relatively few reservations to make. Use planned. You want toThis avoid is a tripa FREE to the dreadedDEMO PDF of the Scotland Golf the Driving Times & Distances, Choosing Where “Baggage Services” Adventureoffice at the airport. Guide. I hope you like what you see. to Stay, and Accommodations sections to help you decide. To purchase a version of this guide with all of the content, please visit: 5. Rental car You could certainly book a rental car along with I strongly recommend calling the golf courses the other travel reservations, but I’ve placed it at Demo Demo Demo Demo Demodirectly. Do not rely on email or online reservation http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase the end to emphasize that it’s the least critical step systems on the course’s web site. Golf courses, in the process. Just don’t forget it. Also, if you’re especially those in Scotland and Ireland, are coming into Scotland on a ferry you may not even Use the When to Go and Temperature & Rainfall inherently low tech. Online tee-time reservation need a rental. Statistics sections to select an approximate time Take the arrival and departure information from requests are likely to go into a black hole. By Demo Demoof year for your trip. Go throughDemo the Building step one and makeDemo your travel reservations us- calling theDemo course directly, scheduling conflicts can a Rough Itinerary process to get more specific ing a travel agent, online service, or the airlines be resolved and tee-time decisions can be made about which courses you’ll play. Read through the directly. Use the Getting to Scotland section for immediately. Sample Itineraries, Driving Times & Distances, airline service, schedules and contact information. Start with the most important (to you) courses on Golf Courses, and Accommodations sections as your itinerary. Work your way through the list until you craft your itinerary. Booking early will help you get a better fare and the exact flights you want. Don’t make tee times you’ve secured all of your tee times, adjusting the Demo DemoAt the end of this step, you should have yourDemo cal- or hotel reservations until you’ve gotDemo your travel itinerary along the way as needed.Demo Use the Renting a Car and Rental Car Price endar page(s) filled in with all of the courses you plans set. Ask if a fax confirmation is needed and be sure to Worksheet sections to understand and simplify intend to play (on specific days) and have decided understand their deposit requirements. I recom- this process. upon your arrival and departure dates and cities. mend taking care of all deposits with your credit card which you can easily provide along with your Demo Demo Demo Demofax confirmation. Demo

This Guide A Good Map Another Good Book A Travel Guide You obviously have a copy of this already. Good The best road map is the Scotland 501 Regional The golf course entries in this guide are purposely I think the Scotland Eyewitness Travel Guide job! The Scotland Golf Adventure Guide will be Map (ISBN 2061007317) from Michelin. It has a brief. While they certainly contain enough informa- (ISBN 075668420X) is one of the best travel your primary resource as you plan your trip. good level of road detail, folds and unfolds easily, tion to build an itinerary and make tee times, I find guides and will enhance your trip and planning and clearly shows the golf course locations. Its it enjoyable to read more about the courses I’m process. It has great information for what to do map grid coordinates match those in this guide. about to play. My favorite is Golfer’s Guide Scot- when you’re not playing golf as well as good, solid You will find this map to be Freean indespensable Demo tool land (ISBN PDF 1859742769) by David J. Whyte. tips for travelling around Scotland. as you plan your itinerary and navigate your way through Scotland. This is a FREE DEMO PDF of the Scotland Golf Adventure Guide. I hope you like what you see.

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As you build your itinerary you’ve got important Demo Demodecisions Demo to make like selecting golf courses, Demo Demo http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase how far to drive each day, where you’ll stay, etc. This guide will help you get 95% of the way, but information is power and I want you to have three more tools on hand. You’ll likely find the Scotland golf and travel guide Whyte’s book provides in-depth and enjoyable books in your local bookstore. You can also pur- Demo DemoI strongly recommend youDemo get Demodescriptions Demo of the top courses in Scotland. If chase them online from: you’re going to buy just one more book about golf • a really good map, in Scotland (other than this guide), this is a good • Amazon (www.amazon.com) • a book on golf courses in Scotland, and You may not find this map in your local book or one to get. Other books worth considering: • Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com) • a travel guide travel store. Save yourself the trouble of driving all • Powell’s Books (www.powells.com) around town and purchase it online from: Golf in Scotland Demo Demoin that order of importance. If you only purchase Demo DemoAllan McAllister Ferguson (ISBNDemo 0971032629) Other travel guides worth considering: • Amazon (www.amazon.com) one more item, make sure it’s the map. • Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com) Blasted Heaths and Blessed Greens: A Golfer’s Fodor’s Scotland • Powell’s Books (www.powells.com) Pilgrimage to the Courses of Scotland Fodors (ISBN 0307928411) James W. Finegan (ISBN 0743264843) Footprint Scotland Tip! – Enter the map’s ISBN number in the web Scotland Home of Golf Alan Murphy (ISBN 1907263322) Demo Demosite’s SearchDemo box; it’s more accurate and quicker DemoDonald Ford (ISBN 1873163711) Demo than entering the title. This works with the books AAA Spiral Guide Scotland too, by the way. AAA (ISBN 1595084355)

Overview Rainfall Overall Golf-Weather Ranking Daylight Hours While most Scottish locals golf year round, No- Yes, it rains in Scotland, but perhaps not as much Using the temperature and rainfall rankings, here’s Should you desire, two rounds in a day is no prob- vember through March is not recommended for as you might think. And unless a course is under an overall golf-weather ranking for Scotland. From lem from April to October when daylight savings the visiting golfer. During this time, the days are water, which is highly unlikely given the well- the best golfing weather to the least best (I don’t time is in effect. See the calendar that accompa- shorter (no daylight savings time), colder, and wet- draining links courses in Scotland, rain probably want to say “worst”): nies this guide for sunset times for the entire year. ter. Not exactly what we’re looking for in a holiday won’t stop you from playing. If you wake up to a Club Closures golf experience. Unless you’re in Scotland anyway, wet and windy day, I say embrace it and get out • July (better) Most golf clubs are open to visitors year round. on a business trip or visiting relatives, avoid these there and enjoy the “full Scottish”Free golf experience. Demo • June PDF During the winter months some clubs require you months. It makes for great stories to tell your buddies back • August to hit off plastic mats to spare the fairway and give home. This is a FREE DEMO PDF •of May the Scotland Golf May through September is most popular for golf • April the turf a chance to rejuvenate itself. in Scotland, when the weather is generally warmer Still, no one likes toAdventure play golf in the Guide. rain, so here’s I hope you like what you see. • September Also, St Andrews Old is closed Sundays and for and drier. According to Scotland’s Tourism Board, what you need to know if you’re looking to maxi- • October (“less better”) a week in early October for the Dunhill Links 80% of all holiday golfers arrive during these mize your chances for dry weather. Here’s how Championship. See the calendar PDF and the St months. Consider visiting in April and October the golfing months rank,To from purchase driest to wettest: a version of this guide with Crowds Andrews Links Trust web site for other closures for more travel flexibility and fewer crowds, and all of the content,As pleaseyou might visit: expect, summertime is most popular due to tournaments (i.e. fixtures). we end up with a practical golf season of April • April (drier) • June with all tourists in Scotland, not just golfers. through October. Prices • May Increased competition for tee times, hotel rooms, and rental cars during these months makes it If you’re looking to economize, prices for airfare, Demo DemoYou mayDemo have other travel constraints, but if your Demo• July Demo http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase even more important to book early if that’s when hotels, and rental cars are typically at their peak schedule is flexible, use the weather and crowd • August you intend to visit. Here’s how the golfing months June/July/August and are often cheaper in the rankings below to help fine tune a time that works • October rank, from least to most crowded on the golf shoulder months of April/May and September/ for you. • September (wetter) courses: October. Temperature As an example, round-trip airfare on Continental Demo DemoScotland has a fairly mild climateDemo compared to The southwest coastDemo of Scotland is generally • October Demo (fewer golfers) 1 from Newark to Glasgow (with early booking, other countries at a similar latitude, thanks to the wetter than the east coast, as you’ll note on the • April flying on Tuesday, at least one Saturday stayover, temperate effects of the Atlantic. While the winters rainfall chart on the next page. • May • September 2 2014) is $US 893 in April/May, $US 1,380 in never get that cold, it doesn’t get very warm in Wind 3 June/July/August, and $US 1,214 in September/ the summer, either. Perfect golfing weather I say! The wind in Scotland is relatively constant across • June 4 October. Here’s how the golfing months rank, from warm- the golfing months of April to October. There’s just • August Demo Demoest to coolest: Demo Demo• July 3 (more golfers) DemoFrom April to October, green fee rates are, for the no escaping it. And for many courses, it is their most part, unchanged throughout Scotland. You • July (warmer) primary means of defense. 1 Month with fewest American golfers need to get out there and give it a lashin’ in Janu- • August Rather than trying to avoid it, which you can’t 2 Month with most American golfers ary if you want to get a price break. • June anyway, you’re better off learning how to play a 3 Months with most Mainland European golfers • September solid knockdown shot and brushing up on your 4 Month with most British golfers Demo• May Demobump-and-run Demo game. You’ll need it. Demo Demo • October • April (cooler)

130 mm 5.1 in Fahrenheit/Celsius Comparison Mean Monthly Rainfall 115 4.5 100 3.9 Scotland’s Climate 85 3.3 Not Very Likely! 70 2.8 For the more visually inclined, these charts back 75˚ F 24˚ C 55 2.2 up the weather information and conclusions made 40 1.6 JF MA MJ JA SO ND on the previous page. East (St Andrews/Fife) Fahrenheit & Celsius Comparison Forget those wacky formulas! For our North Ameri- Heavenly Free Demo PDF can friends, here’s a more practical chart which JF MA MJ JA SO ND relates the temperatures in ˚F and ˚C to what you 65˚ F 18˚ C 18˚ C might actually need to wear on the golf course. This is a FREE DEMO PDF of the Scotland Golf

Mean Daily Maximum/Minimum Temperatures Adventure Guide. I hope you like what you see. The data shown represents the temperature ranges as measured at five locations across Light Jacket or Vest Scotland: Edinburgh (East), St Andrews (East), To purchase a version of this guide with Aberdeen (Northeast), Inverness (North), and all of the content, please visit: Prestwick (Southwest). The mean daily minimum 55˚ F 13˚ C 13˚ C temperatures are those you’ll likely encounter if Demo Demoyou haveDemo an early tee time. Demo Demo http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase Mean Monthly Rainfall Warm Sweater & Thermals The data shown represents the mean monthly rainfall as measured at Prestwick/Troon (Ayrshire) and St Andrews (Fife). For each month, the bot- 45˚ F 7˚ C 7˚ C Demo Demotom line is from the east coastDemo (St Andrews) and Demo Demo Range of Mean the top line is from the slightly wetter southwest Daily Max. Temps coast (Prestwick/Troon) of Scotland.

Winter Hats & Gloves Range of Mean Demo DemoAdditional Resources Demo Demo Demo Daily Min. Temps The Met Office has excellent historical climate 32˚ F 0˚ C 0˚ C information, current weather reports, and JF MA MJ JA SO ND weather forecasts available on their web site You‘re Crazy! (www.metoffice.gov.uk). Demo Demo Demo DemoMean Daily Maximum/ MinimumDemo Temperatures

An itinerary is not just a list of courses to be Arrange The Courses In Sequence played. You must assemble them in chronological Use the course cards as an easy way to visually order and in a sequence that works geographi- organize the itinerary. For each course on your cally. Course visitor policies and holidays influence wish list, get its card and put them all in a separate which days of the week you can play a particular stack. If you’ve kept the cards in geographic order, course. The sequence is influenced by the driving as you gather them you’ll be close to having a times and distances between the courses and reasonable playing order. Now, make room on towns in which you’ll be staying. a large table and place the dayFree cards (“Sunday”, Demo PDF “Monday”, etc.) across the top. Start placing the Get Started By Building A List course cards on the Thistable payingis a FREEattention DEMO to how PDF of the Scotland Golf Start out by writing down any “must play” courses. the course’s visitor policy aligns with the day of the The source can be friends, magazine articles, Adventure Guide. I hope you like what you see. week under which you’ve placed it. It immediately books, the web, wherever. If you’ve read anything becomes clear if you need to shift the course about golf in Scotland you probably have a few forward or back a day or two in the schedule to courses in mind that you want to play. Write them To purchase a version of this guide with allow for visitor policies. Add or remove courses to By transferring the itinerary to the calendar, it’s Bay area to stay the night. After playing Cruden down. At this point, don’t worry about geography fit your trip length. all of the content,obvious please when visit: and where you’ll be arriving and Bay, stay there another night. Get an early start the or visitor policies — we’re creating a wish list. departing Scotland. Use this information to make next morning and drive to Nairn for a late-morning For example, it works out that the best day to play Now, do more general research and add to your your air or ferry travel reservations. or early-afternoon tee time. After golf and a pint in Glasgow Gailes on the Southwest/East Lothian Demo Demolist. Go overDemo the sample itineraries and read the Demo Demo the clubhouse (diet coke or coffee for the driver, Quickie sample itineraryhttp://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase (see next page) is on Itinerary Tips course descriptions in this guide. David Whyte’s of course), drive on to Dornoch for the evening. Monday. If you start on Tuesday, that puts you Try to stay in the same place for the first 3 nights book, Golfer’s Guide Scotland, has good accounts You’ve done a bit more driving on those transition back at Prestwick Old on Saturday and that day is (minimum), preferably close to your arrival airport. of most courses in this guide. Two good web days, but you’ve eliminated one-night hotel stops. for members only. It will give you a chance to recover from jet lag resources are Scotland Golf Course Reviews and ease into your holiday. If your baggage is lost, When changing cities, consider driving to the new (scotlandgolf.com/departments/coursereviews/) I think you get the picture. And that’s the point. the airlines will be able to deliver it to you more city after the day’s golf. If possible, do a recon- Demo Demoand The 18 Best Courses Demoin Scotland (golf.com/ Using the course Democards greatly simplifies the pro- Demo easily than if you’ve already driven halfway across naissance mission to the next day’s course so special-features/18-best-courses-scotland/). cess. If you’re not familiar with driving times and Scotland and are still on the move. you’ll be able to find it easily the next morning. distances, you should also have the golf course Your wish list should be bulging by now. If you Note: A complete reconnaissance mission involves and driving time maps handy to make sure you Try to stay at least two nights in each town. Keep- have a week or less, you shouldn’t try to play sampling pints of ale or shots of whisky in the can get from course to course or hotel to course ing the number of hotel check-in and check-outs courses at opposite ends of Scotland — like trying clubhouse bar to determine their freshness. each day. to a minimum helps keep everyone’s stress level Demo Demoto squeeze in Southerness and Royal Dornoch. Demo It Demo Demo down. Finally, don’t ever be late for a tee time. Try to can be done, but why kill yourself? Concentrate Use a calendar to pull it all together. Print the avoid long, early-morning drives where you’re on one or two regions and save the courses else- calendar page(s) that cover the span of your trip. If you have two courses far from each other, play a rushing to make an early tee time. Plan to arrive where for subsequent trips. You’ll be back. With your course cards still in place, write the course in between to break up the long drive. But at least 30 minutes early and allow time to get course name on its appropriate calendar day. I don’t spend the night at the intermediate course. Armed with your wish list of courses, it’s time caught in slow traffic. recommend putting the course name at the top of For example, let’s say you’ve been staying in St to put them in order and build an itinerary that Demo Demothe day’sDemo box, leaving room for the tee time and DemoAndrews and you want to move on to Cruden Demo Use the course cards — they really do work! makes sense. notes in the middle, and hotel name and city at Bay. Try playing Carnoustie, Montrose, or Royal the bottom. Aberdeen along the way then on to the Cruden

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0 Banff ground as you’re used to on the high-speed 34 :5 35 freeways and autobahns of the U.S. and mainland Nairn 22 :50 35 17 :35 Elgin :53 Peterhead Europe. Please plan accordingly. :25 42 44 1:05 Free Demo PDF Inverness 30 66 8 miles, 12 minutes 1:05 :4 1:40 Driving Times 0 Cruden Bay The driving times shown are based on normal 1:00 44 Boat of Garten Skye 24 0 driving conditions. You’ll average 40-45 miles- This is a FREE DEMO PDF of the Scotland Golf :4 19 :30 per-hour on most Scottish roads, considering the Adventure Guide. I hope you like what you see. Aberdeen topography, towns, roundabouts, narrow roads, Kingussie and getting stuck behind an occasional farmer in 38 the countryside. Give yourself plenty of time. To purchase a version of this guideSCO withTL AN D :55

2:00 85 Miles or Minutes? all of the content, please visit: Montrose 5 39 5 You’ll find road signs in miles and the Michelin 16 Blairgowrie 4:1 1:00 22 :35 map I recommend uses miles. Use the distance 25 29 :4 :45 0 Carnoustie conversion chart on the right to convert to/from 33 0 :5 5 miles, 10 minutes Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo 15 http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchaseMull Monifieth kilometers as needed. However, the exact distance :30 43 St Andrews is not nearly as important as the time it will take to Gleneagles/Auchterarder 11 miles, 16 minutes 1:05 50 5 Crail make the drive. 1:1 10 miles, 15 minutes 40 1:00 Elie 44 5 miles, 8 minutes Driving Tips 51 1:05 1:00 North Berwick If you’re not used to driving on the left-side of the Flight 20 12 miles, 20 minutes Edinburgh Gullane Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo:45 :30 road, repeat after me: “Stay to the left, look to the 50 Dunbar 1:00 right.” Repeat that each time you get behind the Islay 102 2:40 Glasgow wheel. Designate a navigator who does all of the Kennacraig Ferry route planning, map reading, and sign watching. It 2:30 33 Port Ellen 0 Arran :45 33 80 will help the driver immensely. The Highway Code :5 2:00 Flight 76 :25 Troon 1:30 web site (direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/ Prestwick Demo Demo Demo Demo DemoAyr Highwaycode) has useful information about driv- Campbeltown 20 ing in the U.K.. :30 Turnberry Route Planning 73 1:50 You should be able to determine your driving 43 Dumfries routes using the Michelin map. If you want a 1:45 16 :25 Powfoot :20 Demo Demo Demo Demo Demo13 second opinion, a good online resource is The 28 77 :45 Automobile Association (www.theaa.com). Click Portpatrick 2:30 on the Route Planner link in the Travel and Leisure Southerness section of their web site.

Brora GC Golspie GC Royal Dornoch GC Brora Golspie Tain GC Dornoch Moray Old GC (Lossiemouth) Tain Duff House Royal GC Lossiemouth Fraserburgh GC Nairn Elgin Banff About This Map & The Courses Castle Stuart GL Peterhead This map shows the golf courses covered in Nairn Dunbar GC Inverness Cruden Bay Cruden Bay GC this guide and the towns in which I recommend Nairn GC Boat of Garten you stay. Details for each course are in the Golf Skye Newburgh Trump Intl Golf Links Courses section. Details for the accommodations Boat of Garten GC Murcar GC are in the Accommodations section. Aberdeen Royal Aberdeen GC Free Demo PDFKingussie Golf Course Listings Kingussie GC Alphabetical golf course listings follow in the Golf Courses section on the next seven pages. For each This is a FREE DEMOSCO PDFTL ofAN theD Scotland Golf Montrose GC course, its Michelin (Scotland 501 Regional) map Adventure Guide. I hope you like what you see. grid reference coordinates are shown to the right Montrose of the course name. Blairgowrie Panmure GC Blairgowrie GC (2) Carnoustie GC Where known, the course designers are listed; an To purchase a version of this guide with Mull Downfield GC Monifieth GC alphabetical index of course designers follows the all of the content, please visit: Scotscraig GC golf course listings. This is a great tool when plan- Auchterarder St Andrews St Andrews Links (4), Kingsbarns Duke‘s Course, & ning your itinerary and figuring out which courses Gleneagles GC (3) Crail GC St Andrews Fairmont (2) Demo Demoto play. Demo Demo DemoLadybank GC Elie GC http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchaseLevin Links GC Lundin Links GC Green fee rates are simplified to show prices for Gullane North Berwick GC The Glen GC the May through September high season and are Edinburgh Dunbar GC per round per person, unless otherwise indicated. Islay Most courses charge weekend rates on holidays. Kennacraig Glasgow Demo DemoAs you know, green fees areDemo subject to change DemoPort Ellen Demo and if they change you can be assured the direc- Machrie GC Arran Muirfield tion will be up. Troon Machrihanish GC Gullane GC (3) Campbeltown Prestwick The Missing Isles Machrihanish Dunes GC Ayr Luffness New GC This map doesn’t show the Western Isles, Orkney Longniddry GC Islands, or Shetland Islands. While there are golf Turnberry Irvine GC (Bogside) Turnberry (2) Demo Democourses on these islands, they’re not practical Demo op- Gailes Links GC Demo Demo tions for most holiday golfers. Dundonald Links Dumfries Kilmarnock GC(Barassie) Western Gailes GC Powfoot Royal Troon (2) Southerness Portpatrick Prestwick GC ENGLAND Demo Demo DemoPrestwick St Nicholas GC Demo Demo Portpatrick GC Southerness GC Powfoot GC

Blairgowrie J14 Brora I9 Castle Stuart Golf Links I11 Cruden Bay O11 Blairgowrie, Perthshire Brora, Highland Balnaglack Farmhouse, Inverness IV2 7JL Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire Heathland. Situated in the heart of the magnificent Links. Established in 1891, the golf club in Brora prides Links. A championship links course overlooking Links. Uniquely challenging terrain and magnificent Perthshire countryside, the club was founded in 1889 itself in their warm and friendly welcome of visitors. the Moray Firth. Debuted at #56 on Golf Magazine’s views — one of the best links courses in Scotland. and is is home to the renowned Rosemount and Lans- The James Braid design is a classic layout that remains Top 100 Courses in the World list. Lodge and rooms Ranked as one of the top 100 courses in the world downe championship courses. Both courses are set in a fair and challenging test of true links golf. planned for Spring 2014. (Golf Magazine) and one of the top 40 courses in Great heather-lined avenues of pine and silver birch trees. Phone +44 1408 621 417 Phone +44 1463 796 111 Britain (Golf World). Phone +44 1250 872 622 Fax +44 1408 622 157 Free DemoWeb PDFwww.castlestuartgolf.com Phone +44 1779 812 285 Fax +44 1250 875 451 Web www.broragolf.co.uk Email [email protected] Fax +44 1779 812 945 Web www.theblairgowriegolfclub.co.uk Email [email protected] is a FREE DEMO PDFDesigner of the MarkScotland Parsinen & GolfGil Hanse (2009) Web www.crudenbaygolfclub.co.uk Email [email protected] Designer James BraidAdventure (1923 redesign) Guide. I hope youVisitors like Welcome what dailyyou see. Email [email protected] Designer James Braid, Rosemount (1930s) Visitors Welcome daily. Tue before 9:15 and after 16:00. Rates £190/round or £235/36-holes same day Designers Tom Morris (1899 original) Peter Aliss & Dave Thomas, Lansdowne (1970s) Tom Simpson & Herbert Fowler (1926 redesign) Sa/Su before 10:00am. Directions Off the B9039 between the Inverness city Visitors Rosemount: Mo-Fr Members only 8-10:00 and Rates £49-59/round or £69-79/day centre and the Inverness airport. Visitors Weekday Restrictions 12-13:30. Sa/Su 14-15:30 visitors welcome. To purchase a version of this guide with No visitors before 10.30 Mondays & 10.30 Lansdowne: Mo-Fri anytime. Sa/Su 14-16:00 Directions Off the A9, 16 miles north of Dornoch and 60 Note Mark Parsinen was the co-creator of Kingsbarns Tuesdays; after15:30 Wednesdays miles north of Inverness. all of the content, pleaseand visit: many think Castle Stuart is even better! Rates £65/round Rosemount, £65/round Lansdowne Weekend Restrictions £95/day for one round on each course Note Voted “best value for money” course in UK No visitors before 14:00 on weekends Today’s Golfer magazine. Crail – Balcomie Links M15 Directions Off the A93 Braemar Rd, signposted one mile Crail, Fife Rates £105/round or £140/day Mo–Fr Demo Demo Demosouthwest of Blairgowrie, and 15 mi. north of Demo Demo £120/round Sa–Su Perth. Carnoustie – Championshiphttp://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase L14 MED Links. A classic links set along the Fifeness coastline Carnoustie, Angus Directions Off the A975 (Newburgh/CrudenBay road) with the sea coming into play on a number of holes. 23 miles north of Aberdeen. From Aberdeen, Boat of Garten I12 Links. The Championship course hosted the 1999 Brit- The course is not long, but its exposed location brings follow the A90 north (Aberdeen to Fraserburgh Boat of Garten, Inverness-shire ish Open, proving itself as one of the toughest links the elements into play. Magnificent views abound. road) and turn right on to the A975. heathland. The view from the clubhouse, over the courses in the world. Phone +44 1333 450 686 Note Many of Tom Morris’ original greensites and Demo Demo1st and 2nd fairways and beyondDemo to the Cairngorm Phone +44 1241Demo 802 270 Fax Demo+44 1333 450 416 basic routing are still in evidence. mountains is spectacular. If you’re traveling to or from Fax +44 1241 802 271 Web www.crailgolfingsociety.co.uk Royal Dornoch, consider playing this gem. Web www.carnoustiegolflinks.co.uk Email [email protected] Phone +44 1479 831 282 Email [email protected] Designer Tom Morris (1895) Fax +44 1479 831 523 Designers Allan Robertson (1842), Tom Morris (1867), Visitors Mon/Wed/Thu 10:00–12:00, 14:00–16:00 Web www.boatgolf.com James Braid (1930s) Tue/Fri 9:30–12:00, 14:00–15:30 Demo DemoEmail [email protected] DemoVisitors Early booking essential. Handicap Demo certificates Demo Sat/Sun 10:00–11:30, 14:00–15:30 Designer James Braid required. Visitors welcome daily as follows: Mon–Fri: 9:00–12:20, 13:30–15:50 Rates £67/round or £92/day Mo–Fr Visitors Welcome daily Sat: After 14:00, Sun: After 11:30 £82/round or £112/day Sa–Su Rates £47/round Mo-Su Rates £175 Directions Off the A917, signposted 2 miles north of Crail Directions From the A9, take the Grantown-on-Spey Directions Off the A92, signposted. 11 miles north of and 11 miles southeast of St. Andrews. turnoff. The village is 6 miles northeast of Dundee. Note A second course, the Craighead Links, opened DemoAviemore. Demo Through the village, past the Boat Demo Demoin 1999 and makes an enjoyable second round.Demo Hotel, under the Strathspey railway bridge, the Note The Carnoustie Golf Course Hotel is located club is on your right-hand side. adjacent to the first tee. Host of the 2007 Open Part of the Links with History program, along Championship (British Open). with Ladybank, Lundin Links, and Scotscraig.

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To purchase a version of this guide with Demo Demo Demo Demoall of the content,Demo please visit: http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase Open Fairways Open Fairways (www.openfairways.com) offer discount passes good at many courses and hotels in Scotland and England. Typical offers are “4 for 2”, “2 for 1”, and 25% off green fees; hotel discounts Demo Demo Demo Demoare typicallyDemo 50%. The price is £89. Check out their web site for details and restrictions. Not all the courses and accommodations in this guide are on their list, but many are. Here are the golf courses and hotels in this guide which are part of the Open Fairways program as of early 2009:

Golf Courses Boat of Garten (25%), Duke’s Course (4:2 & 25%), The Glen (4:2 & 50%), Gleneagles (25%), Demo Demo Demo DemoGolspie (25%), Gullane Demo#2 (4:2 & 2:1), Machrie (4:2 & 2:1), Montrose (2:1 & 25%), Murcar (4:2 & 2:1), Portpatrick (4:2 & 2:1), Prestwick St Nicholas (25%), Scotscraig (25%), St Andrews Bay (4:2 & 2:1), Tain (4:2 & 2:1), Turnberry Kintyre (35% & 4:2 & 2:1)

Hotels Dornoch Castle (Dornoch), Boat Hotel (Boat of Garten), Altamount House Hotel (Blairgowrie), Demo Demo Demo DemoRufflets Country House (St Andrews), GolfDemo View Hotel (Nairn), Newton Hotel (Nairn), Udny Arms (Newburgh), Royal Golf Hotel (Dornoch), The Bonham (Edinburgh), The Howard (Edinburgh)

Scotland has nearly 600 golf courses and ap- proximatley one-third of all of the links courses in the world. The typical golf trip to Scotland is 7–14  days which means you need some way to decide which courses to play.

One obvious method is to concentrate on one or two geographic regions. This minimizes driving Free Demo PDF and limits accomodation changes while still giving  you lots of great courses to choose from. This is a FREE DEMO PDF of the Scotland Golf Another method is to play all the “top-rated” Adventure Guide. I hope you like what you see. courses in Scotland. The 5-star courses are the only courses in Scotland to make Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Courses in the World list from 2013. To purchase a version of this guide with I took that idea one step further and ranked the  all of the content, please visit: other courses in this guide, placing them into three additional groups. The parkland/heathland Demo Democourses Demo were placed in their own category. Demo Demo http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase Additionally, I’ve included two other rankings from Bunkered Magazine and Golf Digest.

About These Rankings The rankings are based on course reviews, articles, Demo Demogolfer feedback, and my ownDemo personal experience  Demo Demo and opinions. Within each group, the courses are listed in alphabetical order; an absolute ranking was far too difficult. Yes, these ratings are subjec- tive, but I think they’re useful. Demo DemoWhen you get to the point in the trip-planning Demo DemoAnother Comment On These Demo Rankings process when you’re trying to decide between two Every course in this guide is a gem. You could or more courses, use these rankings as another throw ten darts at this page and end up playing datapoint. For example, if the choice is between  ten great golf courses (but you might do a lot Nairn and Nairn Dunbar, I would recommend play- of driving if you created your itinerary this way). ing Nairn. Between North Berwick (West Links) This guide contains the top 10% of all golf Demoand The Glen (NorthDemo Berwick East Links), choose Demo Democourses in Scotland. No matter which ones youDemo North Berwick. play, you can’t go wrong. Still, everyone has opinions; these are mine.

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From North America From Ireland Travel Tips Airports in Scotland If you can avoid it, don’t fly throughLondon There are lots of flights between Ireland and Scot- Minimize jet lag by downloading a copy of the Here are the airports in Scotland you need to Heathrow. It makes the trip longer, plus you’re land. The Flights Between Ireland & Scotland Alert Traveler: Your Passport to Managing Jet Lag know about: more likely to lose your checked baggage, espe- chart on page 22 shows which airlines offer direct which is a distillation of recommendations that the Glasgow Airport (GLA) cially if you don’t have a minimum of two hours flights between various airports in Ireland and scientists of Alertness Solutions have been provid- www.baa.com/glasgow/ between connecting flights. You may make the Scotland. You may want to consider combining ing for years to members of the travel industry, connection between terminals, but your golf clubs Ireland and Scotland during yourFree golf trip. Demoparticularly PDF flight crew: Edinburgh Airport (EDI) may not. Do yourself a favor and fly directly to www.baa.com/edinburgh/ Scotland’s tourism web site has a listing of direct Alert Traveler: Scotland. flights into Scotland Thisfrom Ireland:is a FREE DEMO PDF ofYour the Passport Scotland to Managing Golf Jet Lag Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) Fly Direct www.gpia.co.uk http://www.visitscotland.com/travel/getting-to-Adventure Guide. I hope youFor connecting like what flights you in the see. U.S., make sure you United, American, and Virgin Atlantic operate direct scotland/ireland have at least 90-minute layover to allow time for flights to Glasgow and Edinburgh from Chicago, Campbeltown Airport (CAL) your baggage to be transferred. The primary objec- www.hial.co.uk/campbeltown-airport.html Newark, Philadeplphia, and Orlando. The Flights Another alternative is to travel across the North To purchase a versiontive of is this to get guide you and with your golf clubs to Scotland! Between North America & Scotland table on the Channel via ferry, which affords allyou ofthe theoption content, please visit: Islay Airport (ILY) next page shows available direct flights. of bringing your own car into Scotland. The rental Avoid London Heathrow. If you can’t, a two-hour www.hial.co.uk/islay-airport.html car companies prohibit you from taking a rental minimum layover will increase the likelihood of Can’t fly direct? Scotland has excellent air links car on one of these ferries, so this option is really both you and your baggage getting to Scotland. Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) Demo Demowith a numberDemo of European hubs including Lon- Demo Demo www.baa.com/aberdeen/ only for Irish or British citizens with their own car. Anything less and you’re taking your chances (I don, Amsterdam, Paris, and Frankfurt. These hubs http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase Ferries leave from Larne and Belfast (Northern speak from painful experience). link to most cities in the US and Canada. If you Inverness Airport (INV) Ireland) and go to Cairnryan, Troon, and Stranraer want to fly into Prestwick, Aberdeen, or Inverness See the Practical Matters section for more travel www.hial.co.uk/inverness-airport.html in Scotland. you’ll need to fly through one of these hubs first. tips relevant to golfing in Scotland. Demo DemoBooking Flights Demo DemoBook early!Demo My advice for booking flights? Overall it’s a lot less hassle if you use a local travel agent. If you have From Mainland Europe a preference, tell them which flights you want to There are a surprising number of direct flights be- take into and out of Scotland (use the table as a tween major European cities and Scotland. Most starting point reference), and let them book it all are into Glasgow and Edinburgh, but Prestwick Demo Demofor you. Online travel sites are great, but it’s notDemo and Aberdeen airports are also served. Demo Of course, Demo always easy to configure specific flights consisting you can book connecting flights into Scotland of multiple segments and airlines. through many of the airports in England.

Scotland’s tourism web site has a listing of direct Scotland’s tourism web site has a nice listing of flights into Scotland from North America: the available direct flights into Scotland: Demohttp://www.visitscotland.com/travel/getting-to- Demohttp://www.visitscotland.com/travel/getting-to- Demo Demo Demo scotland/overseas/ scotland/overseas/

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My Recommendations Picking Cities Online Resources We all play basically the same golf courses and The accommodations listed on the next six pages I try to use the following “rules” when planning my If you want more accommodation options, you drive the same rental cars. But your choice of are my recommendations for where to stay if you own itineraries: can find them on the web. Here are the best accommodations — and that includes which cities don’t want to put too much extra time and effort resources: you stay in — enables you to customize your golf into this part of the planning process. Whenever • Stay at least three nights in the first city Scotland’s National Tourism Board trip to best suit your travelling style. possible, I’ve included choices in varying price • Stay at least two nights in each city www.visitscotland.com They have a nice search ranges as well as in-town andFree out-of-town options.Demo • Maximize PDF your stay in cities you enjoy I couldn’t possibly list all options here, and what • Minimize your stay in cities that are a bit dull capability. Also a great way to find out more about would be the point anyway? My job is to help you Ratings and Rates This is a FREE DEMO PDF •of Minimize the Scotland driving, i.e. noGolf backtracking the accommodations listed in this guide and to get choose your accommodations by narrowing down The star ratings are from the Scotland’s National • Break any of the rules as needed for golf driving directions for the hard to find places. the choices. So that’s what I’ve done. Tourism Board and are explained on their web site Adventure Guide. I hope you like what you see. Scotland’s Personal Hotels (www.visitscotland.com/accommodation/). Still, if you find other places to stay that look more For example, let’s say I’ve been near Edinburgh www.scotland-hotels.com “The family-run hotels suitable than my recommendations, by all means The room rates are typical price ranges you’ll and want to play North Berwick, Gullane, Elie, St on this site offer a variety of different accommoda- stay there. You won’t hurt my feelings. find during the April to ToOctober purchase golf season. a versionThe Andrews–New, of this guide and withCarnoustie before heading tion in Scotland ranging from city-center hotels in designation “pps” stands for perall person of thesharing; content, up please to play Royal visit: Aberdeen and the courses in the Edinburgh to country house hotels, small hotels, there is usually an additional charge (often called northeast of Scotland. Coming from North Ber- and inns and guest houses.” a “supplement”) for singles. In most all cases they wick, here are what I consider to be the “wrong” Scotland’s Hotels of Distinction Demo Demo Demo Demoinclude V.A.T. and a full Scottish breakfast. Demoand “right” ways to plan where to stay. http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase www.hotels-of-distinction.com “A collection of The rates shown here are highly subject to change The “Wrong” Way four star hotels sought after by discerning guests and seasonal variation, so please use them for Play Stay from around the world for their authenticity and comparative shopping purposes only. North Berwick North Berwick traditional Scottish experience.” Gullane Gullane Do Your Research Elie Elie Stay In St Andrews Demo Demo DemoI encourage you toDemo do additional research before St Andrews, Demo New St Andrews www.stayinstandrews.com “A group of hotels and booking — at least see what the place looks like. Carnoustie Carnoustie guest houses offering accommodations in the St Most hotels and guest houses have their own web Andrews area.” sites and this guide provides convenient web links The “Right” Way to access them with a single click. Play Stay North Berwick Gullane Demo Demo DemoB&Bs DemoGullane Gullane Demo I don’t include many B&Bs in the accommoda- Elie St Andrews tion listings — there are simply too many of them. St Andrews, New St Andrews However, the visitscotland.com web site enables Carnoustie Aberdeen you to search any town or region for “B&B and Guest Houses.” You might choose to stay in North Berwick instead Demo Demo Demo Demoof Gullane, or Elie instead of St Andrews, but theDemo point is to avoid packing up and staying in a new place every night.

Aberdeen N12 Auchterarder I15 Banff M11 Dalmunzie Castle —  Small Hotel If you don’t plan to play more than one day in the The Gleneagles resort is near Auchterarder. Also You could also consider staying in Peterhead and/ Blairgowrie, Perthshire Aberdeen area, consider staying in one of the golf consider St Andrews, Crail, Elie, Lundin Links. or Nairn and playing Duff House Royal (an Alister Phone +44 1250 885 224 towns north or south and playing Royal Aberdeen or MacKenzie designed course in Banff) on the way Fax +44 1250 885 225 Murcar on the way through. The Gleneagles Hotel —  Resort Hotel between the two. Web www.dalmunzie.com Auchterarder, Perthshire, PH3 1NF Email [email protected] Skene House Rosemount —  Hotel Phone +44 1764 662 231 (866-881-9525 US) Fife Lodge Hotel —  Hotel Rates From £180 per room 96 Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen, AB25 1NX Fax +44 1764 662 134 Sandyhill Road, Banff, Aberdeenshire Note Castle-like hotel on a 6,500 acre estate. Phone +44 1224 659 392 Web www.gleneagles.comFree DemoPhone PDF +44 1261 812 436 Fax +44 1224 626 866 Email [email protected] Fax +44 1261 812 636 Kinloch House Hotel —  Hotel Web www.skene-house.co.uk Rates From £300This per room is a FREE DEMO PDF ofWeb the Scotlandwww.fifelodgehotel.com Golf Blairgowrie, Perthshire Email [email protected] Note You do not need to stay at the hotel in order Email [email protected] Phone +44 1250 884 732 Rates From £79 per room to play theAdventure Gleneagles golf Guide. courses. I hope youRates like whatFrom £79 you per room see. Fax +44 1250 884 333 Note Affordable 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom suites Note The Duff House Royal golf course is just a Web www.kinlochhouse.com within walking distance of the city center. The Cairn Lodge & Hotel —  Small Hotel short walk away from the hotel. Email [email protected] Orchil Road, Auchterarder, Perthshire, PH3 1LX Rates From £185 per room Mercure Ardoe House Aberdeen —  Hotel Phone +44 1764 662 To634 purchase a version of this guide with Note A peaceful country hotel on 25 acres. South Deeside Road, Aberdeen, AB12 5YP Fax +44 1764 664 866 Blairgowrie J14 Phone +44 1224 860 600 Web www.cairnlodge.co.uk all of the content, please visit: You could use Blairgowrie as a base for most any of Boat of Garten I12 Fax +44 1224 860 644 Email [email protected] the courses just north and west of St Andrews. Also consider Kingussie and Inverness. Web www.mercure.com Rates From £130 per room Demo Demo EmailDemo [email protected] DemoNote 3 miles from Gleneagles. Quiet setting. DemoBridge of Cally Hotel —  Small Hotel The Boat Hotel —  Hotel Rates From £70 per room http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchaseBridge of Cally, Blairgowrie, Perthshire PH10 7JJ Deshar Road, Boat of Garten, Inverness-shire, PH24 3BH Note A 19th-century mansion house set in 30 Ayr G17 Phone +44 1738 472 138 Phone +44 1479 831 258 acres. Off the B9077 a few miles south of the Also consider Prestwick and Troon. Web www.bridgeofcallyhotel.com Fax +44 1479 831 414 Aberdeen city center. Email [email protected] Web www.boathotel.co.uk Horizon Hotel —  Hotel Rates From £93 per room Email [email protected] Copthorne Hotel Aberdeen —  Hotel Esplanade, Ayr Note 15 minutes north of the Blairgowrie GC off 122 Huntly Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1SU Rates From £89 per room Demo Demo DemoPhone +44 1292Demo 264 384 Demothe A93. Note Friendly, relaxing highland atmosphere. Phone +44 1224 630 404 Fax +44 1292 264 011 Fax +44 1224 640 573 Web www.horizonhotel.com Web www.millenniumhotels.com Brora I9 Email [email protected] Also consider Dornoch and Golspie. Email reservations.aberdeen@millenniumhotels. Rates From £70 per room co.uk Note Panoramic views over the Clyde to the Isle of Royal Marine Hotel —  Hotel Rates From £80 per room Arran; a five minute walk to Ayr town center. Golf Road, Brora, Sutherland, KW9 6QS Demo DemoNote Located in the city center within easy walkingDemo Demo Demo Phone +44 1408 621 252 distance of the shopping district. Enterkine Country House —  Country House Hotel Annbank, By Ayr, Ayrshire, KA6 5AL Fax +44 1408 621 181 The Marcliffe Hotel & Spa —  Hotel Web www.royalmarinebrora.com Phone +44 1292 520 580 Email [email protected] North Deeside Road, Pitfodels, Aberdeen Fax +44 1292 521 582 Phone +44 1224 861 000 Rates From £100 per room Web www.enterkine.com Note The Royal Marine was first designed as a Fax +44 1224 868 860 Email [email protected] DemoWeb www.marcliffe.comDemo Demo Demo Demoprivate country house. The hotel overlooks Rates From £80 per room Email [email protected] the 18th and 1st fairways to the sea. They Note Set within its own secluded estate of 310 also offer the Links Apartments with each Rates From £120 per room acres of woodlands, meadows, and rivers. Note Off the A93 North Deeside Road a few miles featuring two large en-suite bedrooms. west of the city center. 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The Basics Two Golfers Three Golfers Four Golfers or More Recommended firms and contact details are listed A mid-size/intermediate car is just right for two You’ll need at least a small/intermediate estate For four golfers or more, you’ll need a vehicle on the next page. The first four are local firms who golfers and their luggage. Put your clubs in the wagon when you have three golfers in your group. from the minivan/minibus group to hold you and may provide a better value and more personalized trunk, where they’ll be out of sight. When travelling Put your clubs and a few of the suitcases in the all of your gear. service as compared to the global chains. between accommodations use the back seat for back. Luggage that won’t fit in the way back can your luggage. go on one side of the back seat leaving enough Here are the important things to consider when Free Demoroom for PDFa third passenger on the other side. renting a car in Scotland for your golf trip. Vehicle Size This is a FREE DEMO PDF of the Scotland Golf Make sure you get a vehicle that is big enough to hold all of your luggage and golf clubs. See my Adventure Guide. I hope you like what you see. recommendations to the right. What’s Included? To purchase a version of this guide with When you get quotes, ask for an “inclusive” price Vehicles in this rental group include the Ford all of the content,Vehicles please in this visit: rental group typically include estate and carefully note what’s included. Also, get any Mondeo, Vauxhall Insignia, Skoda Octavia, VW Pas- Vehicles in this rental group include the Ford wagons (compact station wagons) from Ford, optional charges so you can make an accurate sat, Vauxhall Astra, and Mazda 6 to name a few. Transit Tourneo, Hyundai Trajet, Mercedes V Class Hyndai, Toyota, and Volkswagen. comparison between companies. The worksheet (auto), Vauxhall Vivaro, Toyota HiAce, and VW Demo Demo Demo DemoApproximate Rates Demo on the next page gives contact information for six http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase Caravelle/Transporter (pictured). The Ford Galaxy Here are the rates I found based on a 10-day Approximate Rates of the top firms and will help you keep track of the is in the “van/people carrier” group and does not rental in June, inclusive of compulsory insurances, Here are the rates I found based on a 10-day price information you gather. have room for four golfers, especially with the taxes, and unlimited mileage (manual transmis- rental in June, inclusive of compulsory insurances, taxes, and unlimited mileage (manual transmis- third-row seat in place. CDW (Collision Damage Waiver) sion). sion). If your credit card claims to provide free auto Approximate Rates • Arnold Clark, £39/day (Mazda 6) Demo Demorental insurance, you’d betterDemo double check. Call Demo Demo Here are the rates I found based on a 10-day • Hertz, £30/day (Skoda Octavia) • Arnold Clark, £44/day (Hyundai i40 Estate) the customer service number on the back of your rental in June, inclusive of compulsory insurances, • Avis, £27/day (Vauxhall Astra) • Hertz, £36/day (Ford Mondeo 1.8 LX Estate) credit card and ask them specifically about their • Avis, £93/day (Volkswagen Passat Estate) taxes, and unlimited mileage (manual transmis- rental insurance coverage in Scotland. Just to be • Clarkson, £35/day (Vauxhall Astra) • Clarkson, £41/day (Toyota Avensis Estate) sion). sure. • Thrifty, £29/day (Vauxhall Astra) • Thrifty, £48/day (Hyundai i40 Estate) • Arnold Clark, £92/day (VW Transporter) Demo DemoWhere You Can’t Go Demo Demo Demo• Avis, £135/day (Vauxhall Vivaro Combi) You cannot take your rental car from Scotland to • Clarkson, £95/day (Vauxhall Vivaro) Northern Ireland or to the Republic of Ireland. • Thrifty, £102/day (Transit Custom Tourneo)

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Money Distances Electricity Getting to Islay & Campbeltown Before each round, note if the course’s distance Scotland is part of the United Kingcom and uses markers are in yards or meters, and to the front The electrical system is 220 volts (50 Hz) in Machrie GC is on the island of Islay and you’ll the British Pound (£). Visa, MasterCard, and or the middle of the green. Write it on your score Scotland as it is in the rest of the UK. Plugs are need to take a ferry or fly to get there. And it’s Eurocard are accepted virtually everywhere. card, if it isn’t there already. If you’re used to think- generally of the flat three-pin variety as pictured a long drive or short flight to Machrihanish GC. ATM Machines ing in yards and the course distances are meters, in the plug adapter below, not the round two-pin Here’s how to get to both. add about 10% (1.093613 yards per meter to variety used on the continent. Avoid the hassle of traveler’s cheques and ex- Ferry to Islay be precise) to convert from metersFree to yards. DemoFor PDF change bureaus. Get cash in the local currency at Electrical Plug Adapter Caledonian MacBrayne (www.calmac.co.uk) oper- example, if you’ve got 150 meters to the front of ATMs which accept Visa, MasterCard, and Eurocard If you’re coming from the U.S., most of the gear ate a ferry service between Kennacraig (on the the green, that’s 164 yards. as well as Plus and Cirrus debit cards. Make sure This is a FREE DEMO PDFyou of might the bringScotland that needs Golf recharging (shaver, Kintyre Peninsula) and Port Ellen on the island you know your card’s PIN before you leave. Trolleys & Buggies Adventure Guide. I hope youlaptop, like PDA, what battery youcharger, see. etc.) can take either of Islay. During the summer, there are typically Exchange Rate Real Scottish golfers walk. Rent a trolley (“pull 220/50 or 110/60 input, so a grounded plug departures from Kennacraig at 7:00 and 10:00 in Get the latest exchange rates online at these web cart” in the U.S.) from the pro shop for £3 or take adapter is all you’ll need. the morning (except Wednesday and Sunday) and site: OANDA.com or XE.com. In late 2016, the a caddy. Unless you’re a Toglutton purchase for punishment, a version of this guide with the ferry trip takes 2:20. don’t carry your clubs. If you’re on an extended exchange rates were roughly: all of the content, please visit: You can download a PDF of the summer schedule trip playing golf every day, take care of yourself from their website or contact them directly: £ 1 = 1.30 US Dollars and give your back and feet a break.  1 = 0.86 British Pounds Tel + 44 8000 66 5000 Demo Demo Demo DemoDon’t expect to rent a motorized cart (“buggies” Demo in 1 = 1.12 US Dollars http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase Fax + 44 1475 635 235 Scotland). While a few courses do have them, just say no unless you really need one for a medical [email protected] Exchange Rate Cheat Sheets condition. The exercise will do you good. OANDA.com lets you create and print a wallet- Flights to Islay & Campbeltown sized currency converter table. Clothing & Rain Gear Flybe (www.flybe.com) offers two flights (operated Demo DemoURL: www.oanda.com/convert/cheatsheet DemoDress in layers. AvoidDemo cotton. Bring your GoreTex Demo by Loganair) daily from Glasgow (GLA) to Islay rain gear. Leave the umbrella at home; it’s useless (ILY) and Campbeltown (CAL). The flights take Enjoying Golf in Scotland in the wind. Instead, wear a bucket-style rain hat. about 45 minutes. See page 21 for details. When it’s wet, use rain gloves and forget about Available at Amazon.com and REI.com (search for Really make a point to enjoy your Scottish golf trying to keep your grips dry. Your hands may get a “plug adapter”). At magellans.com, click on the link Two-Finger Salute experience. Embrace any inclement weather, bad little colder, but your grip will be rock solid. Demo Demobounces, or less-than-perfect greens. And don’tDemo Demoto the Electrical section. DemoThis one’s for us unknowing Americans. expect to score well. Just relax and savor it all. Golf Balls Also known as “flicking the vick.” Holding up two Be prepared to lose a lot of golf balls. Don’t spend Dates fingers with your palm facing you (a backwards Playing in the Wind too much time (fruitlessly) searching for your way- Europeans write dates as day/month/year. That peace sign) is a serious insult. Be careful when My succinct advice is “When it’s breezy, swing it ward balls in the thick, thick rough. Drop a ball at means 5/7/2014 is July 5th, not May 7th. Avoid ordering a coupld of pints in a crowded, noisy easy.” Take a few extra clubs and swing easier than the edge of the fairway, add a penalty stroke, and ambiguity in all written correspondence like fax pub. Either avoid hand gestures entirely, or be normal. With less loft, your initial ball flight will be get on with the hole. All of the golfers behind you Demo Demo Demo Democonfirmations by writing out the month name. Demo sure your palm is facing away from you. lower keeping it out of the wind. And by swinging will be thankful and may even buy you a dram of easier, you’ll impart less spin on the ball which will whisky at the 19th hole. e.g. 5 July 2014 (preferred) or July 5, 2014 keep it from ballooning in the wind.

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C Dumfries accommodations 26 Golf Links Hotel (Golspie) 27 Cairndale Hotel 26 Dunbar accommodations 26 Golf View Hotel (Nairn) 28 Index Cairn, The 25 Dunbar GC 12 Golf View Hotel (Prestwick) 29 Caledonian MacBrayne 34 Duncan, George 19 Golspie accommodations 27 calendar, printing the 1 Dundonald GC 12 Golspie GC 13 Symbols Campbell, Sir Guy 19 Dunmuir Hotel 26 Greywalls Hotel 27 12 Quality Street 28 Campbell, Willie 19 Dunskey. See Portpatrick GC Griffiths, Dennis 19 19th Hole Hotel 26 Campbeltown, flights to 21 Dunskey Guest House 29 Gullane accommodations 27 car ferry to Islay 34 Dunvegan Hotel 29 Gullane GC 13 A Carnoustie accommodations 26 Aberdeen accommodations 25 Carnoustie GC 11 E H accommodations in Scotland Carnoustie Golf Course Hotel 26 Eagle Hotel 26 Hanse, Gil 19 alphabetical listing of 25–29 car rental 31–32 EasyJet 22–23 Hawtree, Frederick 19 choosing 24 Carr Golf & Corporate Travel 33 Edinburgh accommodations 26 Hazelbank Hotel 29 Aer Arann 23 Castle Course, St Andrews 16 electrical plug adapters 34 Hertz 32 Aer Lingus 23 Cavens Country House Hotel 30 Elgin. See Lossiemouth accommodations Highgrove House Hotel 30 Agnes Blackadder Hall (Univ. of St Andrews) 29 CDW (collision damage waiver) 31 Elie accommodations 27 Highway Code, The 9 airports in Scotland 20 celsius to fahrenheit conversion 5 Elie Blue 27 Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. See Muirfield Aliss, Peter 19 Clarkson 32 Elie GC 12 Horizon Hotel 25 Angus, John 19 collision damage waiver (CDW) 31 Enterkine Country House 25 Hotel du Vin 29 Ardell House 28 Colt, Harry 19 exchange rates 34 Hunter, Charles 19 Ardgowan Hotel 29 Continental Airlines 21 Free Demo PDF hypertext links, using 1 Ardoe House 25 Copthorne Hotel Aberdeen 25 F Ardshiel Hotel 28 course cards fahrenheit to celsius conversion 5 I Arnold Clark 32 printing 1 This is a FREE DEMO PDFFernhill of the Hotel Scotland 29 Golf Inverness accommodations 27 ATM Machines 34 using, to build itinerary 6 Fernie, Willie 19 Irvine accommodations 27 Auchterarder accommodations 25 Crail accommodationsAdventure 26 Guide. I hope youferry service like to what Islay 34 you see. Irvine GC 13 Automobile Association, The 9 Crail GC 11 Fife Lodge Hotel 25 Islay Avis 32 credit cards, lost or stolen 35 flights to Scotland 20–23 ferries to 34 Ayr accommodations 25 Cruden Bay accommodationsTo 26 purchase a versionFlybe of Airlinesthis guide 21, 22–23 with flights to 21 Ayrshire Open Qualifier Card 13 Cruden Bay GC 11 all of the content,FlyGlobespan please Airlinesvisit: 21 itineraries 6–7 Culloden House 27 Fowler, Herbert 19 B Fraserburgh GC 12 J Balcomie Links. See Crail GC D J.D. Golf Tours 33 Demo DemoBalcomie Demo Links Hotel 26 DemoDalmunzie House Hotel 25 DemoG Jerry Quinlan’s Celtic Golf 33 http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase Balmoral Hotel, The 27 dates, order of writing 34 Glasgow accommodations 27 jet lag, minimizing 20 Banff accommodations 25 daylight savings time 4 Gailes Links GC 12 Jubilee Course, St Andrews 16 Barassie Links. See Kilmarnock GC Delta Airlines 21–22 Gleneagles Resort Jurys Inn Edinburgh 26 Belhaven Hotel 28 Devlin, Bruce 19 golf courses 12 Best Western Links Hotel, The 28 dictionary of British-American differences 35 hotel 25 K Demo DemoBlairgowrie GC 11 Demodistance conversion Demotable 9 Glen GC 12Demo Kennacraig accommodations 27 bmibaby 23 Dornoch accommodations 26 Glenegdale House 28 Kidd, David Mclay 19 Boat Hotel, The 25 Dornoch Castle 26 Glenmorangie House 30 Kilmarnock Arms Hotel 26 Boat of Garten accommodations 25 Downfield GC 12 golf book recommendations 3 Kilmarnock GC 13 Boat of Garten GC 11 driving in Scotland golf courses in Scotland Kingsbarns GC 13 Bogside. See Irvine GC times and distances 9 alphabetical listing of 11–17 Kingsmill Hotel 27 Bonham, The 26 tips 9 designer index of 19 Kingussie accommodations 27 Demo DemoBraid, James 19 DemoDuff House Royal GC 12 Demomap of 10 DemoKingussie GC 13 Bridge of Cally Hotel 25 Duke’s Course, St Andrews 16 rankings of 18 Kinloch House Hotel 25 British Airways 22–23 Golf Hotel (Crail) 26 British Midland (BMI) 22–23 Golf House Club, The. See Elie GC British Pound 34 Golf Inn (Gullane) 27 Brora accommodations 25 Golf International 33 DemoBrora GC 11 Demo Demo Demo Demo Bunchrew House Hotel 27

L N R T Ladybank GC 13 Nairn accommodations 28 rainfall data for Scotland 5 Tain accommodations 30 Leven Links GC 13 Nairn Dunbar GC 15 Ramada Jarvis Glasgow Airport Hotel 27 Tain GC 17 links courses, ranking of 18 Nairn GC 15 ranking of golf courses in Scotland 18 Taylor, John 19 Lochgreen House Hotel 30 Nether Abbey Hotel 28 renting a car 31–32 temperature statistics 4–5 Loganair Airlines 21 New Course, St Andrews 16 price quote worksheet 32 Thomas, Dave 19 London Heathrow airport Newton Hotel, The 28 road map 3 Thomson, Peter 19 avoiding 20–21 Nicklaus, Jack 19 Robertson, Allan 19 Thrifty 32 flights to Scotland from 22 North Berwick accommodations 28 Ross, Mackenzie 19 Torrance, Sam 19 Longniddry GC 14 North Berwick East Links. See Glen GC route planning, driving 6–7, 9 tourist board Lossiemouth accommodations 27 North Berwick GC 15 Royal Aberdeen GC 16 national 1 Lossiemouth. See Moray Old GC Royal Dornoch GC 16 regional 1 Luffness New GC 14 O Royal Golf Hotel 28 tour operators 33, 39 Lundin Links accommodations 28 Old Course Hotel 29 Royal Highland Hotel 27 travel guide recommendations 3 Lundin Links GC 14 Old Course, St Andrews 16 Royal Marine Hotel 25 Troon accommodations 30 Old Schoolhouse 27 Royal Troon GC 16 Turnberry M OnlineGolfTravel.com 33 Rufflets Country House 29 golf courses 17 Machrie accommodations. See Port Ellen Open Arms Hotel 28 Rusacks Hotel 29 Turnberry accommodations 30 Machrie GC 14 Open Fairways 17 Russell Hotel 29 Turnberry Resort Machrie Hotel 28 Osprey Hotel 27 Ryanair 22–23 hotel 30 Machrihanish accommodations 28 Owenoak International Golf Travel 33 two-finger salute 34 Machrihanish Dunes GC 14 Free DemoS PDF Machrihanish GC 14 P Sandilands Bed and Breakfast 28 U MacKenzie, Alister 19 Palace Hotel 26 Sayers, Ben 19 Malin Court 30 Panmure GC 15 This is a FREE DEMO PDFScores of theHotel Scotland 29 Golf V Mallard Hotel, The 27 parkland courses, ranking of 18 Scotairways 22 Vardon, Harry 19 Mansefield Hotel, The 27 Parkstone Hotel 29 Adventure Guide. I hope youScot House like Hotel, what The you 27 see. Mansion House Hotel 27 Park, Willie Jr. 19 Scotland’s Heritage Hotels 24 W maps Parsinen, Mark 19 Scotland’s Hotels of Distinction 24 Warren, The 28 driving time and distance 10 PerryGolf 33 To purchase a versionScotland’s of this Personal guide Hotels with 24 Waterfront Hotel 29 golf course and town 9 Phillips, Kyle 19 all of the content,Scotscraig please GC visit:17 weather in Scotland 4–5 recommended road 3 phone numbers, dialing 35 Scrimgeour, Jack 19 Western Gailes GC 17 Marcliffe at Pitfodels, The 25 Piersland House Hotel 30 Seaview Guest House 26 when to go golfing in Scotland 4–5 Marine Hotel (North Berwick) 28 Pirie, Alexander 19 Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa 26 Wide World of Golf 33 Demo DemoMarine HotelDemo (Troon) 30 Demoplug adapters 34 DemoSimpson, Archie 19 Windsor Hotel 28 http://www.golfadventureguides.com/purchase Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel 26 Port Ellen accommodations 28 Simpson, Tom 19 Woods 32 McIntosh Hall (Univ. of St Andrews) 29 Portpatrick accommodations 29 Skene House Rosemount 25 Met Office 5 Portpatrick GC 15 Skerry Brae, The 27 Monifieth accommodations 28 Powfoot accommodations 29 South Beach Hotel 30 Monifieth Medal GC 14 Powfoot GC 15 Southerness accommodations 30 Demo DemoMontrose accommodations 28DemoPowfoot Hotel 29 DemoSoutherness Demo GC 17 Montrose GC 15 Prestwick accommodations 29 Springfield Guest House 26 Moone, Theodore 19 Prestwick GC 16 St Andrews Morangie House Hotel 30 Prestwick Old Course Hotel 29 getting on the Old Course 8 Moray Old GC 14 Prestwick St Nicholas GC 16 golf courses 16 Morris, Tom Sr. (Old) 19 printing this guide 1 St Andrews accommodations 29 Muirfield Printworks Apart-Hotel 26 St Andrews Bay Fairmont Demo Demogetting on 8 Demo Demogolf courses 16 Demo Muirfield GC 15 St Andrews Bay Resort Murcar GC 15 hotel 29 St Andrews Duke’s Course 16 St Andrews Links Trust 8 Stay In St Andrews 24 Demo Demo Demo DemoSteel, Donald 19 Demo Strath, George 19 Sunny Brae Hotel 28 Sutherland, John 19

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