Castle Park Golf Club
Set amongst the unspoilt countryside of East Lothian, Castle Park is defined by its picturesque setting, unique features and excellent greens. This naturally undulating course offers superb golf in exceptionally beautiful surroundings. Highlights include the challenge of 'Watershipdown' with its fairway splitting lake and dual level green.
Craigielaw Golf Club
This is one of East Lothian's newest courses and it meets the challenging standards of its neighbours.
A Championship links course designed by Donald Steel. Maintained in a similar fashion to traditional Scottish links courses such as Gullane, Muirfield and North Berwick. Craigielaw golf course, practice facilities and clubhouse are perfect for visitor golf outings and corporate golf days. With challenging greens, cavernous bunkers and spectacular views over the Firth of Forth, Gullane Hill and out towards Edinburgh and Fife, Craigielaw Golf Club is an experience not to be missed.
Dunbar Golf Club
This Open qualifying venue is one of the best links courses in the country. Fourteen consecutive holes run along a narrow strip of land by the Firth of Forth meaning a lengthy, testing exposure to the vagaries of seaside golf. An internal out of bounds wall at the 18th provides a final test at a truly outstanding course.
Gifford Golf Club
Situated on the edge of the picturesque village of Gifford, this is an outstanding nine-hole parkland course with the Lammermuir hills as its backdrop. Its enormous, first class greens are playable all year round and any putting weaknesses will be exposed here. For variation there are two sets of tees to the 1st/10th green and the 5th/14th.
Glen Golf Club
The East Links in North Berwick combines inland turf with a seaside setting. Every hole offers the golfer a different perspective of the Firth of Forth, with views dominated by the Bass Rock. Elevated tees and greens across the course mean that careful club selection, consistency and confidence in iron play are vital.
Gullane No. 1
A stunning links playable all year round, Gullane 1 is an Open qualifying venue and has hosted many other championships. The course snakes across Gullane Hill from where views of East Lothian, Edinburgh and Fife are spectacular. Greens, fairways and bunkers are all superb and the course presents one of the best challenges in Scotland.
Gullane No. 2
The favourite of many locals, Gullane 2 hosted the 2002 Seniors Open Amateur Championship. The course runs down Gullane Hill towards the nature reserve at Aberlady Bay. Although this links has plenty of length it is the testing short holes that offer the greatest challenge.
Gullane No. 3
Although shorter than its neighbours, Gullane No. 3 is renowned for having the best greens on the club's courses. Crafty bunker placement and punitive rough mean imaginative shot-making and accuracy are at a premium. Great fun.
Haddington Golf Club
Haddington Golf Club provides an enjoyable round in a quiet, country estate. Mature trees line most holes and the River Tyne is the course's north boundary forming the out-of-bounds at holes 11 and 15. Lots of long holes demand accurate, reliable iron-play and alterations to the back nine mean that water hazards are now a major obstacle on the home stretch.
Kilspindie Golf Club
The 35th oldest golf club is a Scottish links retaining its original, traditional features. This medium length course is nonetheless a good test of golf and a challenge to all golfers. Several holes border the shoreline and each hole enjoys magnificent views.
Longniddry Golf Club
Among the courses lining the Forth estuary, Longniddry stands out for its mix of links and parkland. 6260 yards may not seem long but with no par 5's and eight 400 yards par 4's, this is a stiff challenge, particularly in a west wind, leaving no doubt why the course has been an Open qualifying venue.
Luffness New Golf Club
Qualifying course for The Open Championship. Luffness New is a championship links adjacent to Gullane and Muirfield, famous for its true greens. When Bobby Locke offered the Head Greenkeeper a written statement to this effect, he replied "No thank ye Sir – a' body kens aboot it."
Muirfield
The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers is the oldest club in the world. Many times host to The Open, the course is perhaps the fairest test of a golfer's ability to play links golf. Punishing rough awaits any errant shots but the best players will thrive. Numerous great holes, but the 10th, a 471 yard par four, is exceptional.
In July 2013, Muirfield will stage the Open Championship for the sixteenth time.
Musselburgh Golf Club
This Open Championship Qualifying venue is a challenging parkland course that is set to test even the best of golfers. It nestles in a picturesque loop formed by the River Esk, overlooked by the historic village of Inveresk. In contrast to many East Lothian courses, it is densely populated by trees and at 6700 yards is a real test of long, accurate hitting.
Musselburgh Links
Musselburgh Links, The Old Course, is a nine hole, par 34 links golf course, located in the heart of Musselburgh, surrounded by Musselburgh Racecourse.The historic golf course was an original Open Championship venue hosting this competition on six occasions between 1874 and 1889. Musselburgh Links holds the Guinness World Record for being the oldest playing golf course in the world.
For a unique golfing experience, you can hire hickory golf clubs and play the game as it was in The Old Golf Course's heyday. Further information is available from the Starter.
North Berwick Golf Club
An Open qualifying venue which is one of the best and most scenic links courses in Scotland with views over the Isle of May, the islands of Fidra and Craigleith, the Bass Rock and across the Forth to Fife. The course is sprinkled with top-notch holes and rewards strategy and guile rather than power hitting.
Royal Musselburgh Golf Club
This parkland course was designed by James Braid and in contrast to many of East Lothian's courses offers golfers views of Edinburgh and Arthur's Seat. The golfing challenge comes on the homeward stretch where a series of par 4's are well protected by trees. One of the oldest clubs in the world, the magnificent clubhouse has a superb collection of golfing memorabilia.
St Andrews – Old Course
The Old Course is the Home of Golf where golf was first played 600 years ago. It remains a real test of golf for today's champions. The fabled original links course is synonymous with The Open Championship which it has hosted more times than any other venue and will host for a 29th time in 2015. Despite its reputation and status, it is a public course and is one of seven public courses at St Andrews Links.
Whitekirk Golf & Country Club
This delightful heathland course was designed by Cameron Sinclair and opened in 1995. Today it shows no signs of it's youth. Indeed, Whitekirk is considered one of the finer championship courses within East Lothian. Several adjustments have been made in recent years to the rocky outcrops and grassy hollows, enhancing playability and this has led to the club hosting various events.
Winterfield Golf Course
Winterfield's coastal location means that the wind plays a major role. A long sequence of holes takes players out on a headland into the North Sea so an ability to manage the ball in windy conditions is essential. There are eight par 3's on the course but many are well over 200 yards long.
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