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The West coast of Scotland is famous for its stunning championship links and Dundonald sits right up there alongside the very best of them. Opened in 2003, Kyle Phillips designed a modern day classic links which has the feel of a course 100 years older and offers challenges and enjoyment in equal measure. Dundonald Links [...]
David J Whyte reflects on the renaissance that has taken place in the Home of Golf over the past decade. Finding a site for a new golf course anywhere on Scotland’s coast must be like finding a golf ball in the middle of a thick gorse bush. Surely over the past 600 years of [...]
Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club is in danger of being missed out from most high-flying golf itineraries aimed at Ayrshire’s premier courses. This is a real shame as those who discover it always seem to come off raving – in a positive way. This is an excellent little links course with glorious views over the [...]
Golf was played in Dunfermline by King James I (VI of Scotland) and Charles I as long ago as the 16th century. In keeping with its place as Scotland’s ancient capital Dunfermline’s clubhouse is a 600 year old baronial home , quite literally steeped in history. The clubhouse has been modernised to provide you with [...]
Machrihanish Golf Club is set on the west shores of the Kintyre Peninsula, backed by low lying hills and facing the unbroken expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. It is not a pretty site in the traditional sense but it does exert a powerful presence. There are few days when the weather is not ‘noticeable’ in [...]