Golf Courses - East Lothian

Golf was first introduced to the sleepy seaside hamlet of North Berwick in East Lothian during the early 17th century, though it wasn’t until players shifted from the Burgh Common onto what later b...

The oldest golf club in existence, the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers was formed in 1744 and golfed in both Leith and Musselburgh prior to moving to the messy medium-sized dunes of Muirfie...

Scotland's Gullane Golf Club, located alongside the Muirfield links in East Lothian, is home to three distinct links courses, its finest track blessed with enjoyable views across the Firth of For...

Opening in 2006, The Renaissance Club seemed destined from the outset to be a hit. Occupying classically undulating terrain, it was designed by one of golf’s most respected minimalists and set imme...

The Royal Burgess Golfing Society, founded in 1735, is the oldest golfing society in the world and one of only 10 “Royal” golf clubs in Scotland. While primarily a members’ club with a rich traditi...

In Volume 1 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak published that.

“These small, dirt-cheap nine holes within the Musselburgh Raceway are in fact the oldest documented golf cou...

The Archerfield Links development occupies part of a magnificent 17th century estate located midway between golfing hotspots in Gullane and North Berwick. Indeed, while the development is relativel...

In Volume 1 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak published that.

“The easternmost of the links of East Lothian, the course is laid out along a very narrow strip of low-lying ...

In Volume 1 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak published that.

Also known as the East Links, this short and sporty cliff-top course is one of the beauty spots of Scotland. ...

Set amongst a housing development and with constant views out to Aberlady Bay, Craigielaw Golf Club is a modern hybrid-links designed by Donald Steel and built with some undulation and quirk but al...