WEEK 1: June 15-22, 2013 Program
CARNOUSTIE is #5 in the Top 100 golf courses in Scotland and #29 in the Top 100 golf courses in the world - and the home of seven Open Championships. The first record of golf being played across this links land dates back to 1527. In 1857, an 18-hole course was fashioned by Old Tom Morris. James Braid extended the course in 1926 and it has hardly changed since.
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THE CASTLE COURSE is set on a rugged cliff-line overlooking the ancient town of St Andrews, the course combines breathtaking views with a memorable golfing challenge. Designed by David Kidd, creator of Bandon Dunes on the West Coast of America, The Castle Course won several international awards in its first year of opening and was included within the prestigious Golf Digest Top 100 rankings almost immediately.
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CRAIL is the 7th oldest golf club in the world. Its members and visitors have been enjoying some of the finest links golf in Scotland - many say the world - since 1786. Golfing legend Old Tom Morris laid out the Balcomie course in 1895. This is the course featured in Michael Murphy’s book ‘Golf in the Kingdom’.
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THE JUBILEE opened in 1897 with 12 holes and was named in honour of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee accession to the throne. Like other St Andrews' courses, it is long and exposed to the elements, where wind, length and the natural links topography are dominate aspects of any round.
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THE EDEN COURSE was the fourth course to be built at St Andrews Links reflecting the growing demand for ply on its sisters, the Old, the New and the Jubilee. Harry S Colt, whose other designs included Hoylake, Pine Valley, Sunningdale and Wentworth, was commissioned to design the course. His layout challenges golfers with severe bunkering, undulating greens and many carries off the tee to reach the fairways.
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| THE EDEN COURSE |
WEEK 2: June 29 – July 6, 2013 Program
GLENEAGLES KINGS COURSE, laid out by five-time Open Championship winner James Braid, is a world of stony ridges, grassy valleys and vast tracts of moorland heather. The sweeping views from the ridges take one’s breath away, and must have inspired at least a hundred patriotic poems. As Lee Trevino put it, "if Heaven is as good as this, I sure hope they have some tee times left."
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KINGSBARNS is #6 in the Top 100 golf courses in Scotland and #37 in the Top 100 golf courses in the world. Kyle Phillips designed this Top 100 Ranked golf course and by setting it in an amphitheatre along the coast, nearly every hole boasts spectacular views of the North Sea.
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THE NEW COURSE At over 100 years old, this is the oldest new course in the world. This championship course offers many of the renowned features of the Old Course, rolling greens undulating fairways, hidden greens and thick gorse regarded by many as more difficult than ‘The Old'. 18 Built in 1895 in response to the growing demands on the Old Course, the New Course was commissioned by the R&A, designed by Blyth and laid out by Old Tom Morris.
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| THE NEW COURSE |
ELIE was formed in 1875 and only a handful of clubs in Scotland are older. The course is a classic example of links golf from the opening hole, where a blind tee shot requires the starter to use a 30ft periscope from HMS Excalibur to ensure the way is clear. From there, the course’s idiosyncratic charm becomes apparent.
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| ELIE |
THE EDEN COURSE was the fourth course to be built at St Andrews Links reflecting the growing demand for ply on its sisters, the Old, the New and the Jubilee. Harry S Colt, whose other designs included Hoylake, Pine Valley, Sunningdale and Wentworth, was commissioned to design the course. His layout challenges golfers with severe bunkering, undulating greens and many carries off the tee to reach the fairways.
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| THE EDEN COURSE |
The cost is £1975 and includes:
- All golf - 5 rounds and pull trolleys
- All meals - breakfast, lunch, dinner
- Seven nights accommodation
- Program events
- Local transportation
Please book early as the group will be limited to a maximum size of twenty.
We can't wait to go back . . . and hope you will be by our side. We hope to hear from you soon! Joan, Vin and John
