If you contact the club secretary well in advance you may be fortunate to play at the worlds oldest club, The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. They relocated to Muirfield at the end of the 19th century and has since hosted the Open on many occasions. Don't be too disappointed if you cannot play there as the area has 5 stunning tests that have hosted the Open's Final Qualifying and many national championships.
Gullane No1
A stunning links playable all year round, 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.
North Berwick GC
North Berwick 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. The par three 15th, 'Redan', is one of the most copied holes across the world.
Dunbar GC
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.
Longniddry GC
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 GC
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."
