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Tʜᴇ Hᴏɴᴏᴜʀᴀʙʟᴇ Cᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏ ᴏғ Eᴅɪɴʙᴜʀɢʜ Gᴏʟғᴇʀs

The Honourable Company is the oldest contiguous golf club in the world (although Royal Blackheath might contest that statement!). Predating the R&A by 10 years, they were founded in 1744. For ...

Mᴜɪʀꜰɪᴇʟᴅ

There is too much to talk about at the far end of Gullane for a single post. I thought it best to write two, the first about the course (Muirfield), and the second about the club (The Honourable C...

Gᴜʟʟᴀɴᴇ (Oɴᴇ)

They’ve been playing golf over Gullane Hill since the mid seventeenth century. Gullane One doesn’t have an architect attributed to it, it seems to have simply evolved. Very fitting, for one of the...

Gᴜʟʟᴀɴᴇ (Tᴡᴏ)

Gullane 2 has a lot in common with Number 3. The same immaculate conditioning of the fairways and greens, the same far reaching views over the Firth of Forth and the same incredible value the gree...

Gᴜʟʟᴀɴᴇ (Tʜʀᴇᴇ)

Ask a few locals which is their favourite Gullane course and I bet a few will say G3. They’ll probably have a knowing smile on their face when they say it too - like they know a well kept secret.W...

Lᴜꜰꜰɴᴇss Nᴇᴡ GC

I gave a brief overview of Luffness New’s early days in my previous report on Kilspindie GC, so won’t go into it here.Luffers (as the locals affectionately call it) is a quintessential British link...

Kɪʟsᴘɪɴᴅɪᴇ GC

On the banks of beautiful Aberlady Bay you’ll find one of my favourite under-the-radar courses. Kilspindie isn’t particularly well known - often overshadowed by its bigger name neighbours. It’s al...

Cʀᴀɪɢɪᴇʟᴀᴡ GC

Originally, there was talk of this new course being a second 18 for Kilspindie Golf Club, who lease their land from the Early of Wemyss. When that plan didn’t come to pass, The Earl developed the n...

Mᴜssᴇʟʙᴜʀɢʜ Oʟᴅ Lɪɴᴋs

How apt that the first course we come to in East Lothian (continuing clockwise round the coast) is Musselburgh Old Links. This 9 hole track, contained inside a race course, is one of the cradles o...

Aʙᴇʀᴅᴇᴇɴsʜɪʀᴇ

So concludes the Aberdeenshire leg of the tour.Next up was Angus, but at the time (late November 2020) travelling from Tier 2 Aberdeen to Tier 3 Angus was illegal. Same too for Fife. As it was, I ...