2-FORE!-1 best of britain: east scotland
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This week we check out the 2-FORE!-1 highlights of Fife and East Lothian in Scotland.
*Musselburgh Old Links – Nine-hole courses are not everybody’s cup of tee but this one is well worth playing and adding to your golfing CV.
Musselburgh’s revered Old Links you see is where it all started – it’s officially the oldest surviving golf course in the world and in fact staged six Open Championships between 1874-1889.
The place simply reeks in history – it was the home course of five Open champions – and being just three miles outside Edinburgh off the busy A1, is dead easy to get to.
*The Glen, North Berwick – East Lothian is one of Scotland’s premier golfing stretches with Muirfield, Gullane and North Berwick holding centre stage but the more humble Glen with its stunning views and reasonably priced green fees presents a worthy addition. The 13th ‘Sea Hole’ always springs to mind but there are numerous good holes on this course thanks to excellent greenkeeping and the natural flow and challenge of many holes.
Beware the greens all run towards the water, while the views over the Forth to Fife and the Bass Rock are simply superb.
*Whitekirk, East Lothian – Fun, quirky and challenging undulating heathland track with stunning Firth of Forth vistas.
*Haddington, East Lothian – Mature parkland layout plotted within a former country estate with the River Tyne coming into play on the 11th and 15th holes.
*Dunfermline – Quality parkland course overlooked by a striking clubhouse in the form of a 600-years-old baronial home.
*Kirkcaldy – Fife golf isn’t just about stunning links golf youi know. This 1904 Tom Morris in 1904 track is an attractive parkland course, one of many features being a traditional Scottish burn which comes into play on a handful of holes.
