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Rsrt guests only
Edinburgh
David J. Russell
Rsrt guests only
Edinburgh
David J. Russell
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Edinburgh
Original layout designed by Willie Park Jr (1898). Subsequent improvements made by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1922) and Hawtree (1972).
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Dundee
Peter Alliss & Dave Thomas.
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Dundee
Unknown
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Dundee
Original 18-hole course laid out by Old Tom Morris (1867). Significant changes made by James Braid (1926), which brought the course up to Open Championship standard.
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Edinburgh
Donald Steel
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St Andrews
Balcomie Links - Old Tom Morris (1895). Craighead Links - Gil Hanse (1998).
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Edinburgh
James Braid
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Dundee
Original 18-hole course designed by James Braid (1932). Course significantly restructured by C.K. (Ken) Cotton (1964).
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St Andrews
Clive Clark
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Edinburgh
Old Tom Morris
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St Andrews
Unknown
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St Andrews
Bruce Devlin (with contributions from Gene Sarazen).
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St Andrews
Sam Torrance (with contributions from Gene Sarazen)
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Edinburgh
James Braid and Ben Sayers
Wkends restrictd
Edinburgh
Unknown
Visitors welcome
Edinburgh
Willie Park Jr.
Visitors welcome
Edinburgh
Unknown
Visitors welcome
Edinburgh
Willie Park Jr and Ben Sayers.
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Perth
Old Tom Morris
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St Andrews
Kyle Phillips & Mark Parsinen
Not Saturdays
Kirkcaldy
Original 6-hole course laid out by Old Tom Morris (1879). Extended to 9-holes (1910). Extended to 18-holes (1961).
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Kirkcaldy
Unknown
Visitors welcome
Edinburgh
Original design by Harry Colt (1920), with subsequent modifications by James Braid (1926), Philip Mackenzie Ross (1945) and more recently Donald Steel.
Weekdays only
Edinburgh
Old Tom Morris
Wkends restrictd
Kirkcaldy
Originally laid out by Old Tom Morris. Extensively redesigned by James Braid (1908).
Visitors welcome
Dundee
Unknown
Tues & Thur
Edinburgh
Original course on this site was laid out by Old Tom Morris (1891). Later modifications by Harry Colt and Tom Simpson (1928).
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Perth
Hamilton J. Stutt designed both the Murrayshall and Lynedoch courses.
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Edinburgh
Unknown
Visitors welcome
Edinburgh
Designer of original layout unknown; later extensions and modifications by Old Tom Morris and David "Davie" Strath (1876), Tom Dunn (1880s), and Ben Sayers Jr and Major Cecil K. Hutchison (1932).
Sat'day restrictd
Dundee
Current course at this location (designer unkown) dates from around 1899; previously the Club played on the Monifeith Links.
Private club
Edinburgh
Tom Doak
Private club
St Andrews
Many have contributed to the Old Course layout. Most recently: Daw Anderson (1850s), Old Tom Morris (1860s to 1900) and Dr Alister Mackenzie (1930s).
Visitors welcome
Edinburgh
Original layout at this location designed by Old Tom Morris (1894). Subsequent improvements made by Willie Park Jr, Harry Colt, Philip Mackenzie Ross and James Braid.
Wkends restrictd
Edinburgh
James Braid (1925).
Visitors welcome
Perth
Old Tom Morris
Wkends restrictd
Dundee
Current course has its origins in a layout designed by Old Tom Morris (1905). Alterations and extensions made by James Braid (1923).
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St Andrews
David McLay-Kidd
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St Andrews
Original design by Peter Thomson, with significant later alterations and a new back-nine layout by Tim Liddy in 2006.
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St Andrews
Harry Colt
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St Andrews
John Angus Jr designed the original 12-hole layout (1897). The course was extended from 12 to 18 holes (1905), and significantly redesigned by Donald Steel (1989).
Visitors welcome
St Andrews
Old Tom Morris
Visitors welcome
St Andrews
Many have contributed to the Old Course layout. Most recently: Daw Anderson (1850s), Old Tom Morris (1860s to 1900) and Dr Alister Mackenzie (1930s).
Visitors welcome
St Andrews
Donald Steel
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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