Rusacks possesses arguably the most enviable location in golf overlooking the 18th at St Andrews. Although it retains its traditional grandeur, this 4 star venue has recently been enhanced by a major refurbishment. Its location also means that you will be able to walk as opposed to drive most places while in St Andrews.

The Old Course starts and finishes in the town of St. Andrews and is a subtle blend of temptation and fear. Inviting fairways hide a host of lurking bunkers unseen from the tee. The wide fairways dip and roll and the ball must be placed on the correct line to find the ideal approach into the green with your second shot. Probably the most famous and toughest hole is the 17th, Road hole where the drive must be hit blind over the railway sheds and the second shot hit with to a narrow green which runs away from you and with danger lurking on all sides.

The New course is a fine, fair and demanding links which would have gained much wider recognition away from the shadow of its illustrious neighbour. The New snuggles neatly against the right flank of the Old course and offers a more modern test of golf. There are fewer hidden hazards and the fairways are often confined between dunes and gorse altogether a much tighter proposition.

Note - Old Course green fee £115 (if successful in the lottery) or back-up courses approx £55 each are not included)

Kingsbarns opened in July 2000, welcomed by rapturous applause. The course appears so natural that you would think that it had been there for years.  One of the many delights of Kingsbarns is that you can see the North Sea from virtually every part of the course. The terrain is perfect for golf, rippling fairways, humps and hollows, and is always maintained in immaculate condition. Situated just six miles from St Andrews, Kingsbarns is an important addition to the superb links courses in this area.  It is feasible that it may be the last true links course to be built along Scotland’s coastline.

Ladybank is regularly used as a Final Open Qualifier and it’s a tough cookie where accuracy and positioning are all important.  The smallish greens are always in outstanding condition but your iron play will need to be on song to find the firm and fast putting surfaces. The crisp fairways are relatively flat and even – it is very rare to get an uneven stance. It’s a seriously challenging course – keeping the ball in play will pay dividends and save you from losing loads of shots and balls. 

The championship course is regarded by many as the toughest links course in Britain. The greens are heavily guarded by bunkers with very steep faces and the fairways are littered with strategic traps which gather an off target drive. The Barry burn is a feature which comes into play on many holes most notably over the tough finishing holes

Founded in 1786 the Crail Golfing Society is the seventh oldest golfing society in the world and a bona fide jewel in the crown of Scottish golf. Its Balcomie course is recognised as a true classic, although its sister course, Craighead Links, is by no means filler - it stands on merit alone. Notable features include wide, sweeping fairways, large, expansive greens and sizeable bunkers that are only too happy to provide a temporary home for your ball. Visitors are presented with a true test of Scottish links golf that isn't easily forgotten.