Longniddry GC (Pic: Golf East Lothian)
Time Experience’, where any golfer can play the
course, stay in fantastic accommodation (one of
the many nice touches is the bottle of Glenkinchie
whisky and two glasses in each room), enjoy
gourmet cuisine, unwind amongst the state-of-the-
art facilities or use the club as a base to play nearby
courses.
After our round, we feel beaten up by this tough
yet thoroughly enjoyable test of golf, and we
discover it is all too easy to three or four-putt
the professional standard greens with their subtle
undulations and breaks. Over a cold beer and
gourmet sandwiches on the clubhouse deck, we
run through our scorecards and discuss some of the
other courses you can play in East Lothian.
When we return, top of the list will be a game
at Longniddry - the closest seaside course to
Edinburgh dating back to 1921 which is a parkland
course with some links-style holes overlooking the
Firth of Forth, and a stay at Garleton Lodge, a luxury
B&B in the Heart of East Lothian.
Other golf options include Archerfield Links (a
unique mix of pine forest and fast running links) and
Luffness New Golf Club, renowned for having some
of Scotland’s best greens. The golf journey along
the coast gloriously concludes at Dunbar Golf Club,
where three giants of the game, Old Tom Morris,
James Braid and Ben Sayers created a classic 1856
links to add to the mix, with fourteen holes hugging
the Firth of Forth. Here’s to a return golf trip to
Scotland’s Golf Coast...
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