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Kingsbarns Links, Kingdom of Fife, Scotland

We have guaranteed tee times on the Old Course in 2010 - beginning in May and ending in August. CALL US - These times won't last. Nowhere else in the world does the game of golf wield its impact more than in Scotland -- long accustomed to being declared "The Home of Golf".

Virtually no part of the country escapes this historic influence. From historic links to hidden gems, a golf vacation here changes a golfer forever! There are three types of golf courses in Scotland - Links, Upland and Parkland. Links courses built near the sea on sandy soil with unpredictable winds, is one type all golfers should experience for it is the essence of Scottish golf.

• Scotland's Golf in the Northern Highlands - The northern Highlands of Scotland offers some of the finest golf in Scotland and a chance to explore the roots of your own game.
• Turnberry's Tough Love - There were but eight of us starting out that morning. It was blowing hard off the North Sea and the rain stung as it smacked into the only uncovered parts of our bodies, our hands and faces.
• St. Andrews Old Course - King James IV lifted the ban on golf in 1502. The no golf law was imposed by a predecessor to encourage the practice of archery by the able bodied men of Scotland.
• Prestwick - Golf of Tradition - Founded in 1851, Prestwick was the home club of young Tom Morris, who went on to dominate golf in Scotland for many years.
• Return to St. Andrews - Swilican Bridge is truly the most recognized symbol of golf but it has a much less grand history.
• Highlands Golf - The Great Escape - Some times in golf and in life you just want to get away. Fortunately, there are still a few places so remote that the thought a golf course might exist is only slightly less amazing than the discovery of some really good ones.
• Are American Golfer's Ruining Scottish Golf - Scotland is on a golf-building binge of new courses, redesigns, fancy hotels and impressive clubhouses. Interest in Scotland golf vacation package by American golfers is certainly part of the reason for this boom.
• Planning Your Summer Golf Vacation in Scotland - Winter is the time many golfers start thinking about golf and where they may want to play during the summer. It is also the time that many of the same golfers don
• 2007 Golf Year in Review - 2007 was a busy year for the Classic GOLF Tours team. Part of that business involved travel. To become experts on golfing opportunities around the world, we must occasionally push away from our desks; grab a flight and hit the links.
• Where did my ball go? - "Where did my ball go?" shouts George. To this day, I am unsure if the question was intended to psyche me out and throw me off my game or if George really couldn't see his drive, though short, was right down the middle of the fairway.
• Tell me if this describes you - I've been thinking about a golf trip to Scotland for months, but haven't done a thing about it. Now it's probably too late and the good courses like St. Andrews are sold out
• Pampering and Golf in Scotland - My wife's squeeze told me I was scoring some major points. The squeeze wasn't for the usual things a good husband does for his spouse such as a thoughtful gift or a gimme putt. No, I got my squeeze for taking her to the Gleneagles Resort in Scotland.
• Golfing through a Recession - The bad economy masks some benefits you may not have thought of. Transportation costs have fallen and may continue to do so. Lower gasoline prices make a drive to Arizona, California or along the Alabama Golf Trail a bargain this year.
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