Considered the "Home of Golf," Scotland's St. Andrews has become mecca for many golfers. Apart from its six publicly owned golf courses, St. Andrews itself is a bustling university town with a medieval backdrop, easily walkable and full of pubs, restaurants, hotels and golf shops.
| Course | Location | Rates from |
|---|---|---|
| Course | Location | Rates from |
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Falkland Golf Club
Tee Times |
Falkland | £13 |
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Prestonfield Golf Club
Tee Times |
Edinburgh | £25 |
|
Scoonie Golf Club
Tee Times |
Leven | £19 |
|
Dunbar Golf Club
Tee Times |
Dunbar | £39 - £60 |
|
Scotscraig Golf Club
Tee Times |
Tayport | £39 |
|
Dunnikier Golf Club
Tee Times |
Kirkcaldy | £20 |
|
Musselburgh Golf Club
Tee Times |
Musselburgh | £50 |
|
The Duke's Golf Course
Tee Times |
St. Andrews | £35 |
|
Kinghorn Golf Club
Tee Times |
Kinghorn | £17 |
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Crail Golfing Society - Balcomie Links Course
Tee Times |
Crail | £60 |
|
Downfield Golf Club
Tee Times |
Dundee | £30 |
|
Longniddry Golf Club
Tee Times |
Longniddry | £45.00 |
|
Crail Golfing Society - Craighead Links Course
Tee Times |
Crail | £60 |
|
Whitekirk Golf Club
Tee Times |
North Berwick | £24.75 |
|
Duddingston Golf Club Ltd
Tee Times |
Edinburgh | £28 |
Just 10 miles outside of St. Andrews, you'll find a golf course that really does offer you the chance to travel back in time: Kingarrock Golf Course in Fife, Scotland. While Kingarrock isn't nearly as old as the Old Course, it does have some history -- and the setup is from a bygone era, Mike Bailey writes.
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East Lothian, Scotland, just east of Edinburgh, is small but it packs quite a punch with not only golf but plenty of off-course activities as well. Here are a few ideas for a rainy day on your next trip to Scotland, including checking out Bass Rock, touring the Belhaven Brewery, and chatting with local legend Archie Baird at the Heritage of Golf Museum.
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Traditional looking, links-style golf courses with fescue grasses and dunes landscapes seem to be chic right now all over golf. But there are a lot of things a round on the Old Course has that no other course has dared to implement, and I can't figure out why. Now, not every course can suddenly come up with six centuries of history, a seaside location and major championship lore, but the beauty here is in the subtleties any course could employ if they were looking close enough.
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I looked for the Women's British Open on TV last Saturday, switching over from the WGC Bridgestone. Caught a little bit of it. Switched over again Sunday. Couldn't find it. Over. No replay. Damn.
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It’s Jack Nicklaus’ time to be enshrined as an immortal, National Golf Editor Tim McDonald writes in his latest column, and it’s our time to bear witness. Nicklaus may make the British Open cut and he may not, but when he walks up to the 18th green at the Old Course for the last time, be it Friday or Sunday, Nicklaus will be passing into another era and another time.
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Paul Kirkcaldy arrived at work on May 28, 2001 as usual. If you call the first tee at the Old Course as the usual place for an office. But on this day, Kirkcaldy, the Golf Services Assistant for the St. Andrews Links Trust, found himself in a high-profile foursome.
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