St Andrews is renowned, the world over, as the birthplace of
golf, which has been played here for over 400 years. Few can fail to be
awed by the sense of history, as they view the hallowed links of the Old
Course, host of the Open on numerous occasions.
Synonymous with the game of golf, this historic town, with its equally
ancient university boasts a further three courses of championship standard
- the New, the Jubilee and the much newer Dukes - whilst the Eden and
Strathtyrum offer a less challenging, but none the less enjoyable 18 holes
of golf.
Just outwith the town, the superb links at Kingsbarns (already gaining
an international reputation) combined with the recent development of a
further two courses (Torrance and Devlin) at the Fairmont St Andrews Hotel,
make this area truly vacation heaven for all golfers.
North of the river lies a further golfing paradise of some 25 courses,
centred on the testing Championship links of Carnoustie, where the return
of the Open in 1999 resulted in one of the most memorable finales to date.
