Posted on January 1, 2001
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Golf and Leisure Magazine
All roads in golf history lead to St. Andrews, and although the town has six courses of choice, the Old Course is the one on which every golfer eventually wishes to test his or her game. Unfortunately, getting in a round there usually means getting lucky in the club’s tee-time lottery, with odds running about 1 in 3 against you. But if you draw a short straw – or even if you don’t – don’t miss the entirely redesigned Kingsbarns Golf Links (001-44-1334/474-364). Just seven miles from St. Andrews, Kingsbarns was open as early as 1792, but was closed in 1939 to be used for military maneuvers (making bunker an ambiguous term). Read More…
Posted on December 2, 2000
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Financial Times
When Alfred Dunhill recently announced that its Nations Cup tournament, hitherto held at St Andrews every October, was to be replaced next year by a pro-am competition over three links courses on Scotland’s east coast, the name of one of the host venues must have caused a deal of puzzlement. The Old Course at St Andrews, together with Carnoustie, fitted perfectly into Dunhill’s stated ambition of making the tournament a celebration of links golf, but Kingsbarns? Read More…
Posted on November 2, 2000
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Golf World International
The boom in golf course building is over. Only a handful of good new tracks have opened since 1998 and yet among them are some corkers. First among them is Kingsbarns, an amazing new links on the coast of Fife. Opened just this year, it may prove to be the last true links course ever built in the UK, and already it’s being mooted as a possible future Open venue. If you think Loch Lomond has exploded like a grenade into our top 100, wait till you see what Kingsbarns does. Read More…
Posted on July 2, 2000
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Golf.com
By Ben Wright
St. ANDREWS , SCOTLAND — My return to St. Andrews for the Open Championship has been more hectic than I could have imagined. I’ve been buzzing about the Auld Grey Toon like a blue-assed fly running into old friends, golfers and members of the media I haven’t seen in years. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I’m palpably excited to be back at the home of golf and back amongst those that play and cover the game. Though I may have been away from the game for a spell, the game has never left me and always occupied the fullest portions of my heart and soul. Read More…
Posted on June 1, 2000
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The Golf Page
By Dave Perkins
As the saying goes, not everybody likes the same thing. That’s why they have menus in restaurants.
Similarly, golf course rating is a personal game not everybody plays the same way. That said, a brand new golf course on the East Neuk of Scotland , named Kingsbarns, already rests at or very near the top of this personal list. Read More…
Posted on May 1, 2000
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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…
Posted on March 1, 2000
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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…
Posted on February 1, 2000
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Washington Monthly
ROBERT TRENT JONES GOLF CLUB on the shores of Lake Manassas has been around for less than a decade. But in that time it has become one of the most sought-after corporate memberships in the Washington area.
Named for its own illustrious architect, the course is nearly 7,300 yards of some of RTJ’s best work. It’s fitting that it was named after the man who helped professionalize the business of golf course architecture. His contributions are world famous. His inspirations helped talented newcomers continue to improve the business. Read More…
Posted on January 1, 2000
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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…
Posted on January 1, 2000
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Alameda Golf
By Ron Salsig
Ever since the idea to build a golf course out at the far northwest corner of the former Naval Air Station became viable, Kay Miller (who has been running the re-development effort out there) has had a picture specific type of golf course on the wall in her office. Read More…
