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Kingsbarns Golf Links is a seaside Scottish links golf course along 1.8 miles of shoreline near St Andrews, Scotland. It opened in 2000 and has been rated as one of the best courses in Scotland. [1] [2] It has also been ranked as one of the top 100 courses in the world, [3] and received numerous media and industry awards.
The coat of arms granted to "The Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd" in 2011 bears the battle cry: "Nunquam Concedere".In 2008, Trump promoted the golf course with a coat of arms that he had used for his American businesses, but was warned by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the highest authority for Scottish heraldry, that a Scottish law disallows the use of unregistered arms.
The 18-hole, par 71, 6,516 yard course was established in 1909. [2] The course was designed by Archie Simpson and later changed by and James Braid. [1] According to Golf Monthly, the club is on the Top 100 Golf Courses UK and Ireland. [1] The Scottish Golf Union cites it as "one of the most celebrated courses in Scotland". [3]
The Number 1 Golf Course in the UK & Ireland Year Course Ranked Number 1 Country 2005/06 St Andrews Old Course: Scotland: 2007/08 Trump Turnberry Resort - Ailsa Course: Scotland: 2009/10 Muirfield - The Honourable Company Of Edinburgh Golfers: Scotland: 2011/12 Muirfield - The Honourable Company Of Edinburgh Golfers: Scotland: 2013/14
Turnberry Golf Courses and Resort have won/hold various awards including: Ailsa Course ranked No. 8 and King Robert the Bruce Course ranked No. 94 [36] - World’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses, Golf Digest 2024; No. 2 in Scotland and 3rd in Great Britain, 2024 [37] - National Club Golfer; No. 2 Golf Course in Scotland, 2023 [38] - Top 100 Golf Courses
The first record of North American golf was a consignment of 96 golf clubs and 432 golf balls which was shipped from Leith to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1743; [26] and on 29 September 1786 Scottish merchants established the South Carolina Golf Club in Charleston, the first golf club in the United States.
The Golf House Club, Elie established in 1875, is a historic members golf club located in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Members have playing rights over Elie Links, a UK Top 100 Golf Course. Approximately ten miles from the " spiritual home of golf " at St. Andrews, golf has been played over the links of Elie since the 1500s.
The Scottish PGA Championship is a golf tournament played annually in Scotland since 1907. For many years the event was called the Scottish Professional Championship . It is the flagship event on the "Tartan Tour", the PGA Tour in Scotland's schedule.