| As the pound continues to tumble against the | | | | Kingsbarns Golf Links |
| Euro, UK golfers looking to travel abroad may find | | | | Stunningly designed by Kyle Phillips, this course is a |
| themselves frustrated by the increased cost of | | | | masterpiece of links craftsmanship that hugs the |
| travel, accommodation and green fees in Europe. | | | | coastline - the North Sea is never out of sight. |
| Traditional golf holiday destinations such as France | | | | This intricate and demanding course is only a |
| and the Algarve have become more expensive, | | | | decade old, but is already ranked as one of the |
| but the increased cost of golf abroad is the | | | | finest in Scotland. Watch out for the par five 12th |
| perfect excuse to rediscover some of the finest | | | | hole, the signature hole on the Kingsbarns Golf |
| golf courses in the UK. | | | | Links. Kyle Phillips may be a Californian, but he has |
| Keen players looking for the perfect UK golf | | | | created one of the very best Scottish links |
| break need look no further than Scotland -its | | | | courses in existence today. |
| dramatic combination of coastal and mountain | | | | Gleneagles Kings Course |
| scenery provides a stunning backdrop for a golf | | | | There are a number of outstanding Gleneagles |
| holiday, and Scotland's numerous championship | | | | courses that are well worth playing on your golf |
| courses are favoured by the very best players in | | | | holiday in Scotland, but the Gleneagles Kings |
| the world. It is the home of the links course - flat | | | | Course is the pick of the bunch; it is truly a |
| coastal courses with few trees or water hazards, | | | | course worthy of kings. Designed by James Braid, |
| where the wind can have a dramatic effect on | | | | it offers breathtaking views and superb design |
| your game. While the Scottish links design has | | | | that has been delighting and challenging golfers |
| been much emulated around the world, it has | | | | since 1919. |
| never been bettered. | | | | Carnoustie Golf Links |
| There are literally hundreds of courses to choose | | | | Skilled golfers looking for a real challenge on a golf |
| from in Scotland, including many of the world's | | | | holiday in Scotland need look no further than |
| biggest and best alongside countless smaller hidden | | | | Carnoustie Golf Links. Widely regarded as the |
| gems. But if you want to play on the most | | | | most difficult course in the UK, it has hosted |
| famous and world renowned courses on your golf | | | | seven Open Championships in its time, with even |
| holiday in Scotland, here are five that you simply | | | | the world's best players often finishing well above |
| must play... | | | | par. But if you are up to the challenge, the |
| The Ailsa Course | | | | Carnoustie will offer you a round of golf unlike |
| The Turnberry Golf Club is perhaps the most | | | | any other in Scotland. |
| famous in Scotland. It contains three courses, but | | | | St Andrews Old Course |
| it is The Ailsa that is the best and most | | | | Often regarded as the oldest golf course in the |
| challenging. Looking out across the Mull of Kintyre, | | | | world, it is believed that St Andrews Old Course |
| the Isle of Arran and the castle of Robert the | | | | has been in use for over six hundred years. Not |
| Bruce, it is certainly the most scenic golf course in | | | | only is it the oldest, it is widely rated as the best |
| Scotland. But there's more here than fine views; | | | | in the world. The natural terrain has hardly been |
| the strong winds demand even stronger drives, | | | | altered to create the course, and playing golf here |
| the ninth hole (with a tee perched on the edge of | | | | allows you to enjoy historic holes, classic scenery, |
| the sea) is justly famous, and the course as a | | | | and one of the finest rounds of golf that you can |
| whole is an absolute delight to play on. | | | | play in Scotland. |