St. Andrews, Scotland has been generally known throughout the world as the Home of Golf as it is the birthplace of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, which is the recognized governing organization on the game’s rules except for North America. It also has the first and oldest golf course in the world, The Old Course, which dates back to 1400 when the game was first played in the country.

One of its best golf courses is the Duke’s Course, a championship course designed by Peter Thomson. Its clubhouse and the course itself offer breathtaking views of the city and the seemingly endless coastline to Carnoustie.

The Kittocks Course formerly known as The Devlin by Bruce Devlin offers golfers a roller coaster kind of experience with its bunkers and landscape. It is also a championship course of 72 par, and 7049 yard stretched in the rugged seaside.

The challenging and winding stream, which tests any golfer’s ability to choose his clubs well is the distinguishing characteristic of The Torrance, a 72 par and 7073 yard course that run around a hotel and slides down the coastal edge.

Among the historic golf courses, which include Eden, the 6742-yard Jubilee Golf Course was once a 12-hole layout. Two centuries after, it has developed into a championship course.

The New Course, which was opened in 1895, has a layout of 18 holes and 71 par, 6604 yards. Its name is taken following the Old Course. It is found right to the Old Course and it still has a remarkable and challenging course in the classic links style.

Lastly, one must not miss the Old Course to take part of history. The course continues to evolve long after it was first built by its pioneers and remains a real test for golfers these days.

The Fairmont St. Andrews has two of the most tremendous links golf courses in all of Scotland. The courses lay on the cliffs overlooking St. Andrews Bay, which is recognized as small addition to the ever-so-famous courses at the St. Andrews Links.

The courses were designed by Sam Torrance and Bruce Devlin, who had the vision of building a course that is a links course in style, but nice enough to suit the needs of guests at a high-class resort. This links style allows golfers of all levels to find the course playable (not too difficult and not too hard). The courses also have multiple tee boxes ranging from making each hole easy to difficult, so you choose your level of difficulty.

Proudly overlooking its two magnificent golf courses, the Fairmont St. Andrews backs toward the famous St. Andrews skyline. The Fairmont St. Andrews, really goes above and beyond for a 5-star hotel. With 209 guest rooms, each one allows hotel guests to relax not only in comfort, but in style too. And don’t forget about the Fairmont’s staff which pride themselves in and unbeatable quality of customer service. Overall, the St. Andrews Travel Guide highly recommends the Fairmont St. Andrews.