By Personal Invitation Only | 11.–15.06.2025
3 Days of Golf, 81 Holes
THE TOUR
For our 2025 Scotland tour we will return to Fife, Golf’s spiritual home and the site of its actual home: St Andrews. Golf has been played in these parts since the middle ages and its coastline of sandy dunes has given the game the perfect conditions for golfing adventure. Links golf tests the wit of a golfer, it tests their skill, and it changes in a stroke with the whims of the elements - a short par four can play very long indeed in the wrong wind. Golf in recent decades has slipped into a battle for power, as players and equipment manufacturers learned to overpower courses with distance and speed. True links golf is a reminder of something different, of a time when guile and cunning were the measure of a player, where a low running shot may trump a high wedge. All the courses we will play exemplify a side of the game we love: the marriage of the landscape with the game; the eccentric traditions and characters it attracts; and the joy of the time spent chasing its ineffable highs.
THE GOLF
9 holes at Anstruther
18 holes at Lundin Links
36 holes at Crail Golfing Society
18 holes at St Andrews – Jubilee course
I grew up in Scotland, played golf from a young age but didn’t go to a driving range until I was 16 and at a family wedding in America. Hitting the range just wasn’t a thing and very courses have them, many make do with a hitting net and a putting green. In this spirit our warm up on the first morning won’t involve a bucket of balls but 9 holes at Anstruther, home to Britain’s ‘toughest par 3’. This 9 holer is a gem, and if it exented to a full 18 would be on many must-play lists. After this tune up and some lunch we will have our first proper round of the tour, at Lundin Links in Lower Largo. Lundin has been used as a qualifying course for the Open when it’s at St Andrews, and its course boasts a design with a hand from both Old Tom Morris and James Braid. Famed for its incredible greens (putting legend Brad Faxon is an honorary member), Lundin also boasts fine views of Largo Bay and should be a thrilling start to our tour.
On Day 2 our host is the Crail Golfing Society where we will play 36 holes across the historic Balcomie and younger Craighead courses. The Balcomie course is a par 67 from yellow, and just 5402 yards, and though that doesn’t make it easy, it will pair well with the longer Craighead course for a full day in a position at the heart of Scottish Golf: on a clear day you can see from North Berwick to Carnoustie.
Our third and final day takes us to St Andrews where we will have a time in the morning to see the town and soak up the atmosphere of the Home of Golf. Lingering by the 18th green or watching nervous ballot winners tee off on the 1st is an essential golfing experience, and will prepare you perhaps for the time one day when you yourself play The Old. After a complimentary lunch at the Tom Morris Bar & Grill, we will begin our final round of the tour on the Jubilee course. Lying on the same track of land as the Old and the New courses, the Jubilee is a tough test and a fascinating course, full of narrow fairways and difficult approach shots that require bravery and creativity.
Our hope is that for those who have never played Golf in Scotland before that these courses will offer the perfect introduction to the charms of links golf, and that for those who have been before they will help to deepen its lifelong grip on the golfer’s imagination.
THE HOSPITALITY
We will be staying in the Eco Lodges at Charleton House, which is in easy reach of all the courses and has its own 18 hole Golf course on site. Each Lodge has its own outdoor hot-tub, and we will provide breakfasts and drinks on arrival. The lodges have single and twin rooms, subject to availability.
We want the trip not only to reflect Scotland’s golfing culture but also its food and drink, which in recent years has begun to stretch beyond a can of Tennents and a battered Mars Bar. After our day at Lundin Links we have a reservation at the award winning Kinneuchar Inn and on our final night we will finish with our prize-giving dinner at the iconic Jigger Inn in St Andrews, the most famous 19th Hole in Golf sitting as it does beside the 17th fairway of the Old Course, with views up the 2nd, 1st and 18th. On top of this we will make pit stops for lobster rolls and fish and chips, on Fife’s famous beaches and harbours. At this time of year there’s daylight past 10pm and we intend to make use of every last drop.
THE TIMETABLE
| Wednesday 11th June | Arrival | |
|---|---|
| 15:00 | Arrival Charleton Eco Lodges |
| 16:00 | Pairs Scramble at Charleton (TBC) |
| 20:00 | Welcome Drinks and BBQ |
| Thursday 12th June | Ludin Links | |
| 9:15 | Anstruther | 9 Holes |
| 13:00 | Lunch at Lundin Clubhouse |
| 14:04 | Tee 1 Lundin |
| 20:00 | Kinneuchar Inn |
| Friday 13th June | CRAIL | |
| 9:30 | Tee 1 Crail Craighead |
| 13:30 | Lunch Crail Clubhouse |
| 15:00 | Tee 1 Crail Balcomie |
| Saturday 14th June | ST ANDREWS JUBILEE | |
| 10:30 | Arrive St Andrews, Range/Sightseeing |
| 13:30 | Lunch at the St Andrews Links Clubhouse |
| 14:48 | Tee 1 Jubilee |
| 20:00 | Last Supper Jigger Inn |
| Sunday 15th June | |
| 10:00 | Depart |
THE TICKET AND
WHAT’S INCLUDED
+ All greenfees on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
+ 4 nights of accommodation
+ Welcome BBQ, breakfast and on course snacks
Single room
1125.00 €*
Twin room
999.00 €*
*subject to availability
We ask you for a deposit of 25%