The Old Courses of St. Andrews & Ayrshire

Your Scotland golf experience begins with arrival into Glasgow Airport (GLA). A private transfer awaits, whisking you southwest along the Ayrshire coast to Dundonald Links Golf Hotel—a contemporary property designed specifically for golfers, complete with practice putting greens, a whisky tasting room, and modern lodges clustered around the links. The 50-minute journey offers your first glimpses of the Scottish coastline. Your evening is at leisure to settle in, explore the clubhouse facilities, or enjoy dinner at the on-site restaurant.

Today's round needs little introduction. After breakfast, a 45-minute transfer brings you to Turnberry and the legendary Ailsa Course—long regarded as one of the finest links in the world. This is where Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson fought their epic "Duel in the Sun" in the 1977 Open Championship, and the course has since hosted The Open three more times. Recent renovations have elevated it to new heights. Some argue this represents the most complete links golfing experience anywhere. Your afternoon round unfolds against dramatic coastal scenery, with the iconic lighthouse standing sentinel over the holes. Evening at leisure back at Dundonald.

After breakfast, check out of Dundonald Links and begin the scenic two-hour-twenty-minute journey northeast to the Kingdom of Fife. Your destination: Rusacks Hotel, occupying an iconic 1800s building overlooking the 18th fairway of the Old Course in St Andrews. This is the Home of Golf—a place of unrivalled history, golfing royalty, and unique Scottish charm. Spend your afternoon and evening exploring the ancient university town, walking the West Sands beach, or simply settling into your Highlands-inspired room with its warm woods and muted tones.

Your morning begins with a five-minute walk from the Rusacks to the New Course at St Andrews Links. Don't let the name mislead you—this is the oldest "new" course in the world, built by the Keeper of the Green, Tom Morris, in 1895. Currently ranked 27th in Scotland, it offers a wonderful and true test of links golf, sharing the same stretch of linksland as its more famous neighbour. With the Old Course ballot pending, today serves as ideal preparation for the terrain and conditions that define St Andrews. Evening at leisure.