ST ANDREWS BAY
A spectacular 18 hole championship course designed by the late Gene Sarazen and Sam Torrance. This Par 72, 7,026 yard golf course circles the hotel (which is fast establishing itself as one of Scotland's finest Conference and Resort venues) and is blessed with stunning sea views and cliff-edge tees and greens.

Opening fully in September 2001, the Torrance is a spectacular new course incorporating cliff-edge holes and stunning views over the North Sea and the medieval skyline of historic St Andrews. Designed as a walking course, golfers will experience the unforgettable course literally feet first.

We are particularly proud of the traditional Scottish courses - a great mix of links, parkland and heathland -which are hosting the 2002 Scottish Golf Classics series we are similarly delighted however to showcase wonderful new venues such as The Torrance and Turnberry's Kintyre Course.

The new Torrance Course is yet another superb addition to Fife's traditional courses and more recently the addition at Kingsbarns along the road ensuring that the title Scottish Golf's Heartland well and truly sticks.

As the course opens fully for play we will be publishing a course report - watch out in September for this.

www.standrewsbay.com

CRAIL
"Welcome to Crail Golfing Society". Over the past few centuries, thousands of golfers have heard these words. They have gone on to enjoy a great round - or two - before returning to the clubhouse to enjoy the hospitality of one of the world's oldest golf clubs.

Today, nothing much has changed. You will still be greeted warmly on arrival, and shown every courtesy for the duration of your visit and the welcome for the Fife Golf Classic in June 2002 will be just as warm.

You'll be able to make full use of the splendid facilities including new changing rooms and showers, a new professional's shop and caddy service. When you've finished your day's play, retire to the elegant lounge bar and watch your fellow team mates or competitors tackle the last few holes of Balcomie.

If you can tear yourself away from the stunning views across the North Sea towards the distant mountains of Angus you'll be able to enjoy a bite to eat in the lounge which provides bar meals and snacks for every appetite, and of course, the prices are reasonable.

Crail Golfing Society is the " World's 7th Oldest Golf Club" and the members and guests of Crail Golfing Society have been enjoying some of the finest links golf in Scotland - many say the world - since February 23rd 1786. The original links were just along the coast at Sauchope, on the outskirts of the picturesque fishing village of Crail. In 1895 golfing legend Tom Morris was invited by the society to design an extension to an existing 8 hole course on private land at Fifeness. That course was Balcomie Links which has come to be recognised as one of Scotland's classics. Indeed, the November 2000 issue of Golf World featured their list of the top 100 golf courses in the British Isles. Crail Golfing Society were proud that their Balcomie Links course was included for the first time.

Balcomie is always superbly maintained and the greens have acquired an enviable reputation. The second course, Craighead adds a new dimension to one of the most popular golfing venues in Scotland. With an exciting mixture of the old and the new the Crail links appeal to every class of golfer.

So when you step on to our links you are not only about to enjoy a fine round of golf but you will be taking part in a little bit of history. We are certain you'll enjoy both the challenge and the historic atmosphere of this beautiful set up.

www.crailgolfingsociety.co.uk

LADYBANK
Ladybank Golf Club was established in 1879. The course then was 6 holes and designed by Old Tom Morris. 1910 was the first expansion programme when a circular 9 holes was formed. A Clubhouse was built in 1925 and this is now the Professional Shop and the I8 hole course was opened in May 1961. The club have continued to make improvements thus ensuring Ladybank remains amongst the leading courses in Scotland, indeed Britain, however the back 9 remains relatively unchanged.

A new Clubhouse was built in 1971 and course irrigation added in the same year. At 6641 yards length, it is a fair test of golf for the brave and accurate whilst the higher handicap player will enjoy the challenge without too much fear. 1978 was a landmark year, Ladybank was chosen as a British Open Championship Final Qualifying course. Qualifiers here included Roger Davis (Australia) Sam Torrance, Bernard Langer, Jack Newton, lan Woosnam and Darren Clarke. Other great players to grace the turf are Jack Nicklaus and Seve Ballisteros (both honorary members), Wayne Riley. Payne Stewart and Constantino Rocca. More recently Mark Brooks, Bob Lohr and Justin Leonard. Local members of note include George Will a Ryder Cup player and Dale Reid a leading lady European golfer.

SCOTSCRAIG
The St Andrews Society of Golfers, forerunner to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, played the leading role in founding the Scotscraig Golf Club. In 1817, after a meeting called by William Dalgleish, certain members of the St Andrews Society, seeking more golf than the Society's occasional meetings afforded them, decided to form a new club playing over six existing holes near Tayport, Fife. At the time, there were only 12 other golf clubs in existence. Over this rudimentary six hole course, golf had been played, long before the club's formation( for exactly how long, no one knows). In 1835, the golf club went into temporary abeyance, partly due to the course being ploughed up!

The club was resurrected again in 1887 and played over an adjacent 9 hole site until the present site was purchased from Admiral Maitland Dougall in 1888. The first proper clubhouse was not erected until 1896 - before that a hut, part of the local hospital, was shared. In 1904, a lease for additional ground was obtained and the course was extended to 18 holes. The new course was inaugurated on 2nd September, 1905, with an historically interesting match between amateurs, Mr J. Gordon Simpson and Mr F. H. Scroggie (then Scottish Amateur Champion), opposed by two prominent professionals of the day, Andrew Kirkcaldy and Willie Auchterlonie. In 1923, the course was further improved on lines suggested by James Braid and has continued to develop into the distinguished links that it is today. A sense of the club's rich history pervades the elegant clubhouse and the golf course.

In modern times, Scotscraig is used as a Final Open Qualifying course when the Open is played at St Andrews. Competitors from all parts of the world sample the fine links turf and smooth, fast greens and many have remarked on the course's admirable condition.

Although close to the sea, there is something of a heathland nature to Scotscraig, with far more trees in evidence than on most links. Combined with many whin bushes and the rolling nature of the fairways, the course is quite demanding but, at the same time, interesting. The most memorable hole is the 4th, a Par 4 of average length but with a formidable finish over lumpy, heather covered terrain to a plateau green that is very difficult to hit and hold. A more lengthy challenge is the Par 5 14th, a test that calls for precise positioning in order to reach the well-guarded green. Players of all levels will find a day's golf at Scotscraig truly enjoyable.

www.scotscraig-golfclub.co.uk

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