Going on a golf trip

dalmahoy is parkland course not links

gullane 3--links

£28

short course but interesting holes

get a caddy at the old course, well worth the money, as you can't see the vast majority of the bunkers, if you've got a choice with the other st andrews course, move heaven and earth to make it kingsbarns.

Dalmahoy is in a nice spot with good views, and not a bad layout. But they've had massive problems with their greens. I last played in August and they were absolutely appalling. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news

Dress warm for St.Andrews. Played the Jubilee course there - decent course but it must have dropped 15 degrees c in the 4 hours playing there.

good views?

Mexicano's suggestion of Kingsbarns is spot on, but if you are limited to Links trust properties, the Castle is a great course (not everyone agrees with that, usually people who like flat, easy courses). If you are further restricted to courses in the town, either the New or the Jubilee are challenging. The Jubilee bites your bum at the end - you think you are holding on then the 15th and 16th get their teeth out leaving you too demoralised to do anything on the final 2 - and the 17th is about 2 clubs longer than it looks!

isn't kingsbarns £150 a round

Only for foreigners

Deffo stick to links courses in April Fairmont in St Andrews worth a visit as well as Kingsbarns,wrap up warm take ur mitts

i played the castle course a couple of years ago, fantastic layout, but the greens were ridiculous, they said they were going to dig em up to make them more playable, did they do that?

Thanks for your thoughts lads, we are playing the new course as the other option at St Andrews.

Kingsbarns is far and away the best course I have played. Never be a major venue as too easy, but for casual golfer you cant beat. However price tag to match

Agreed Kingsbarns is pricey but you get treated like a king for the day.

Unlike Carnoustie, where for roughly the same price you get treated like they don't want you there in the first place

big h

carnoustie seems like a red carpet job compared to muirfield.

you have to send the hacap certs and applications well in advance, and when you turn up they treat you like you've come to inspect the drains

before vande de velde

you could of given the starter a fiver & a bacon roll

yes had heard that Muirfield is not that welcoming, and even worse if you are not a scot.

North Berwick is a brilliant links course

saw mickleson,jack Nicklaus son try to qualify for open in their early years

you're right money, good base for a short trip as well, nth berwick,muirfield, and archerfield, three great courses all within striking distance of each other.

forget  the uk for golf holidays.portugal so much better as almost certyain to get warm weather.

yeah courses Portugal much better than Tenerife,m going in May

played in Tenerife last year xmoney but was still hungover all 4 days.my intention was to drink 2 alchoholic drinks followed by a bottle of water and repeat that  all the time, idid most of it apart from the bottled water which I usuall substituted  a b52 or jaeger bomb.

one of my main drinking buddies  got on to a tee then realised he  was bare footed.

1st time we went,we were worried because we forged our handicaps,all play about 80s

then ahead grouping,German aired his tee shot 3 times

Germans!!

I played at Penina on the algarve a few years ago

Play on the front 9 was really slow, took 2 hours to play 6 holes.

When we approached the turn we found out why

Going down the 11th was a 4-ball with two of the blokes wearing vests, swimming trunks and flip-flops. Germans.