Kyle Phillips Golf Course Design

Travel and Leisure Golf

After an agreeable, inland six-mile drive south on the A917 from St. Andrews, turn left past a rusty old gate, meander through a towering grove of beech trees and emerge onto a brief porch of land revealing, not a mile distant, the shimmering teal and gray of the North Sea. In the space between you and the sea sits the world’s newest ancient golf course, Kingsbarns Golf Links, which is routed beautifully across land on which golf was played as early as 1793. In 1939, the site was usurped by the British Ministry of Defence during World War II and was left unrestored until now. Read More…

The Scotsman
By Mike Aitken

Kingsbarns the most eagerly awaited new Scottish golf course since Loch Lomond, will attract worldwide attention this summer by inviting Tiger Woods, Mark O’Meara and other leading players to enjoy exclusive use of the links in the week before the Open. Read More…

Sunday Post
By Doug Proctor

The home of golf is to have one of its original jewels restored. The resurrection of Kingsbarns Links, just outside St. Andrews , has been given the green light. It’s sure to rival the Old Course itself for a place in the hearts of golf lovers the world over.

Gordon Begg, a retired merchant banker and golf fanatic, has been the driving force behind Kingsbarns re-incarnation. Read More…

Golf Magazine
By Mike Purkey

I hate to be the one to break the news, but we’re getting golf all wrong in this country. I made a trip to St. Andrews, the home of golf in Scotland, in the fall and I must report that I love it more every time I go. For instance.

It’s the edge of dusk and the last foursomes of the day are making their way over the final few holes. All are walking; some carry their own bags, some pull a trolley along behind, and some are accompanied by a caddie. Read More…

Travel & Leisure Golf

Golf course architect Kyle Phillips has successfully completed work on Kingsbarns Golf Links near St. Andrews, Scotland. The course design is a tribute to its Scottish links heritage. It is based on the site of the nine-hole course, home of the Kingsbarns Golfing Society, established in 1793. The original course was used for military purposes during World War II. The land was taken over by farmers after that. Read More…

Golf Monthly
By Lorne Rubenstein

In a place, St. Andrews, Scotland, where all things royal and ancient are embraced, a thoroughly modern links called Kingsbarns makes a bold statement…

“Kingsbarns might well be one of the last true seaside links sites capable of development in Scotland. Mere words cannot convey just how extraordinary the place is. It must be seen to be believed. And once seen it will never be forgotten.” –Sir Michael Bonallack Captain, Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. Read More…

Golf Course News International
By Mark Leslie

KINGSBARNS, Scotland – How many golf course architects do their first solo design on true links land…in Scotland …7 miles from the Old Course at St. Andrews ? Number Kyle Phillips among them, if there be more.

Phillips , who started his own company in July after 16 years as a lead designer for Robert Trent Jones, Jr., begins construction in October on Kingsbarns Golf Links here, on a site that hugs the rugged Scottish coast “I feel humble and very fortunate,” said Phillips , whose only other design in the United Kingdom was the highly ranked 27-hole Wisley Golf Club outside London in 1991. “You have to admit, St. Andrews is the Mecca for us golf junkies. To be able to do something on the sea this close to the Old Course is a phenomenal opportunity and an incredible experience. It’s pure golf, and open to the public.” Read More…

The Sporting Life
By Dave Wik

Invited as a special guest, personable Kyle Phillips of Granite Bay took advantage of the opportunity with a third-place among low gross honors at the annual California Golf Writers Association Tournament held at the Resort at Squaw Creek in Olympic Valley near Lake Tahoe.

But for Phillips, who posted two rounds in the 70’s, his skill on the golf course was dwarfed by winning another prize with his real-life job – recently being commissioned to design the new Kingsbarns Golf Links, just seven miles from The Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. Read More…