The Earl's Tour
Duration: 3 days
The neighbouring courses of Longniddry,
Craigielaw and Kilspindie are all tenants of the Earl of Wemyss
& March. In recognition they have created the Earl’s
Package.
Longniddry
GC
Mary, Queen of Scots was known to be playing golf
in the area of Longniddry in 1567 - ‘over the fields of Seton’ -
shortly after the murder of Darnley and was admonished accordingly!
It was another two hundred years, however, before the 7th Earl of
Wemyss & March bought land at Gosford ‘to be nearer the golf’
and a further one hundred and fifty years before the 11th Earl of
Wemyss invited Harry S. Colt to design and build 18 holes. 150
acres were made available and thousands of trees were cleared to
create a course measuring some 6,369 yards. There have been a
number of alterations to Harry Colt’s original layout. In 1936
James Braid was invited to advise on the second hole, following
which a number of changes were made to the course, although none,
it would appear, to the second!
Craigielaw
GC
Craigielaw offers a variety of tees to choose
from, Red 5371 yards, Blue 6043 yards and White 6601 yards. The
greens at Craigielaw have been constructed and styled to conform to
US PGA recommendations, although prepared along more traditional
lines to be hard fast and true.
Kilspindie
GC
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.
