Kingsbarns Golf Links

A guide to Kingsbarns, golf course and facilities

Key information:

– Designed by Kyle Phillips, opened in 2000
– Co-hosts the annual European Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
– Hosted The Ricoh Women’s British Open 2017
– 11th in GB & Ireland Top 100 GOLF WORLD 2022
– 1st in ”Top 100 Modern Courses in Europe” GOLF WORLD 2021
– 6th in ”Scotland’s Top 100 Golf Courses” GOLF WORLD MAGAZINE 2021

Why Kingsbarns Golf Links is a ‘must play’ – Kingsbarns – a success story

Kingsbarns is set on a levelled amphitheatre-like slope down towards the coastline, so nearly every hole has views of the sea. Other holes, such as the par 5 12th and par 3 15th, require a tee shot over the sea.

The only Scottish course to be built on links land in over 70 years, Kingsbarns enjoyed immediate acclaim by being awarded Golf Digest’s Best New International Course in 2000. Kingsbarns has joined the great old courses of nearby St Andrews and Carnoustie, bringing with it a new dimension to the traditional Scottish game.

Golf has been played on the present site since 1793 when the Kingsbarns Golf Society was established as the 11th earliest golf society in the world. The Society was later reconstituted as The Kingsbarns Golf Club which remains active to this day.

At more than 7,100 yards from the championship tees, Kingsbarns is a formidable enough test to be included in the Dunhill Links Championship rotation each fall that includes the Old Course at St Andrews and Carnoustie Golf Links.

Why playing The Old Course, Kingsbarns, Carnoustie and Gleneagles make – The best golfing weekend ever

Course Statistics:

	Length (m)	Course Rating M/W	Slope Rating M/W
black	7226	75.6/-	141/-
white	6853	73.6/-	138/-
green	6408	71.3/-	133/-
blue	6057	70.0/-	128
red	5231	66.1/-	119

PAR 72, 7226 yards

How does Kingsbarns compare to the Old Course and other courses?

Compare the difficulty of Kingsbarns and 30 courses in the area and see what you might expect to score.

Location Information:

Kingsbarns Golf Links, Kingsbarns, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 8QD

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Good to know:

Kingsbarns is a walking experience golf course, however there 6 buggies (to be driven by a caddie) available for mobility restricted golfers by advance reservation.
Complimentrary push trollies. Electric trollies, as well as clubs and shoes available to hire.
Practice Facilities include – driving range with unlimited balls, short game practice area, bunker and putting green. Use of the practice facilities is included in the green fee.
Clubhouse includes Golf Shop, Food and Beverage Lounge, Ladies and Gentlemen’s locker rooms. An outdoor patio area and viewing balconies are also featured. The clubhouse is completely spike friendly.
Handicap policy – “We find golfers, regardless of handicap, enjoy the Kingsbarns experience if they can keep up with pace of play”.
Kingsbarns Golf Links reserves the right to pair up golfers whose group size is not a multiple of 4 golfers.
The course is closed during the winter usually from mid-November until mid-March. The course is also closed for a week during the Alfred Dunhill Links (October)