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Fife, Perth & Angus

Home to St Andrews and some of Scotland's most famous and demanding links courses. Fife, Perth and Angus also contain some stunning inland layouts including the breathtaking Gleneagles Golf Club.

Golf Courses

Below you will find our recommended Top 10 courses to play in Fife, Perth & Angus. Click on each club for further details.

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St Andrews Old Course (Open Championship Venue)

Golf has been played at St Andrews for more than 500 years, with the Old Courses naturally developing into the world famous links course that it is today. Old Tom Morris and Allen Robertson were majorly influential in shaping the layout, including the formation of the 1st green that's still playe...

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Carnoustie Golf Club (Open Championship Venue)

Established in 1842, Allan Robertson created a ten-hole course before Old Tom Morris expanded the links to eighteen holes in 1873. Five-time Open Champion James Braid later carried out significant improvements in 1926, helping create one of the toughest links challenges that the country has to of...

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Kingsbarns Golf Links

Kingsbarns Golf Club has a very unique history dating back to 1793, with the Kingsbarns Golfing Society officially established in 1815 with a 9 hole course. The course was then lost farming in 1850 where it later moved and returned in 1922. Unfortunately the course was then closed due to the Seco...

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The Gleneagles Hotel (Ryder Cup Venue)

Kings course The Kings and Queen course was both designed by renowned architect James Braid alongside Cecil Hutchison and officially opened in 1919, five years before the Gleneagles Hotel itself. Gleneagles made history hosting the first international golf match between British and American Golf...

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Dumbarnie Links

Dumbarnie Links, just 11 miles south of St Andrews opened for play in 2020 and is one of Scotland's newest major golf courses.  The course was founded and designed by renowned course architect and former Ryder Cup player, Clive Clark. The par 72 course can stretch to more than 7,600 yards f...

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Panmure Golf Club

Panmure Golf Club was established in 1845 by seventeen Scottish residents who hired Allan Robertson and Alexander Pirie to create an original nine-hole course. It was then extended to 18 holes by 1880. Due to congestion at the club purchased new land in 1888 and moved to the new site in 1899.The ...

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Elie Links

It has been documented that golf has been played over the linksland between Elie and Earlsferry since 1589 making it the third oldest golf course in the world. The Golf House Club itself was founded in 1875, while the course gradually developed from shorter layouts before becoming eighteen holes ...

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St Andrews New Course

St Andrews, known as the “Home of Golf,” is considered the most iconic golf club in the world. The club has been welcoming players for over 600 years. Built due to overcrowding at the famous St Andres Old Course, the New course is famously known as being the oldest “new course&r...

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Lundin Golf Club

Lundin Golf Club was originally founded in 1868 before disappearing several years later and being re-established in 1889. For many years, golfers at Lundin shared a large links with neighbouring Leven before increasing demand led to the courses being separated. James Braid designed nine new holes...

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Blairgowrie Golf Club (European Tour Venue)

First founded in 1889 as a 9 hole course, Alister MacKenzie (architect of Augusta National) was later appointed to design a new eighteen-hole layout, with his course opening in 1927. James Braid then made further changes during the 1930s, adding several new holes forming the layout we see today. ...