6-516: The Crail Golfing Society is a Scottish golf club established in February 1786 in the Golf Hotel , Crail , Fife . The society is the seventh oldest golf club in the world. Its oldest course, Balcomie, was formally laid out by Old Tom Morris in 1894, but competitions were played there since the 1850s. The courses are two miles (three kilometres) northeast of the fishing town of Crail , and
12-656: The Fife coast. The two links are on north and south edges of Fifeness, respectively, and have different views. Craighead allows views to the Forth Estuary and beyond, with the Bass Rock , Edinburgh and St Abbs Head visible 60 miles (100 kilometres) away, and borders a nature reserve. Golf Hotel The Golf Hotel is a hotel and restaurant in Crail , Fife , Scotland. It is a Category A listed building dating to
18-600: The beach dropping down to a heavily bunkered green. Longer holes, such as the 4th and 5th, feature doglegs around the sea edge. From Balcomie, on the north of the promontory, can be seen the mountain Lochnagar in the Balmoral estate, in addition to the Tay estuary, and much of eastern Scotland. Craighead, designed by American architect Gil Hanse is longer, a modern links, with rolling greens, native walls and wildlife typical of
24-572: The early 18th century, although one source claims it is 16th century. John Dickson, a sergeant major in the Royal Scots Greys who fought in the 1815 Battle of Waterloo , became a landlord at the establishment when it was known as the Golf Inn. He was the last known Scot involved in the battle when he died, aged 97. This article about a hotel or resort is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
30-405: The land upon which golf is played straddles the easternmost promontory of Fife, known as Fife Ness . The East Coast of Fife is particularly dense in links courses and is popular for golf tourism. Crail is 10 miles (16 kilometres) south of St Andrews and four miles (six kilometres) from Kingsbarns . To the south west are the links of Elie , Anstruther , Lundin and Leven . Within an hour to
36-400: The north are Scotscraig , Carnoustie , Monifieth and Panmure . Crail Golfing Society owns and operates two courses, Balcomie and Craighead, which differ in character. Balcomie, designed by Old Tom Morris in 1895, is a traditional links, retaining original holes, and a diverse and distinctive set of Par 3s. The 14th is the most photographed hole, a Par 3 with an elevated tee high above
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