St Andrews Golf Camp - Parent/Child Camps

Sample Schedule

*Sample schedule subject to change. All participants will receive a full itinerary prior to the camp start date.

Day 1

• Afternoon St Andrews Golf Travel shall operate 3 shuttle services throughout the day for the group. The group then checks into the 5* Fairmont St Andrews.
• 6:00pm That evening we host a welcome reception with drinks and canopies for the group.

Day 2

• 8:00am The group has breakfast in the Fairmont Hotel.
• 9:00am Golf that morning is on The Torrance.
• 3:30pm Our coach picks up players and takes them to The 5* Links Academy where they are met by the PGA professionals coaching them during the week. The group then spends 2 hours at The Links Academy.
• 6:00pm Evening is at leisure.

Day 3

• 7:00am The group has breakfast in the Fairmont Hotel.
• 8:30am Golf that morning is on Dumbarnie Links.
• 3:30pm Our coach then takes the group to The Links Academy where players spend 2 hours with the PGA professionals.
• 6:00pm Evening is at leisure.

Day 4

• 8:00am The group has breakfast in the Fairmont.
• 1:00pm The group has a day of leisure with a 3-hour historical walking tour of St Andrews town.
• 7:00pm Dinner is at the Niblick Restaurant.

Day 5

• 8:00am The group has breakfast in the Fairmont.
• 9:00am Morning is at leisure.
• 12:30pm Our coach takes the group to The Links Academy where players spend 2 hours with the PGA professionals.
• 4:00pm Golf that afternoon is at The Dukes Course.
• 6:00pm Evening is at leisure.

Day 6

• 8:00am The group has breakfast in the hotel.
• 9:30am Our coach then transfers the group to The Links Academy where players spend 2 hours with the PGA professionals.
• 1:30pm Golf that afternoon is at Kingsbarn Golf Links.
• 6:00pm Evening is at leisure.

Day 7

• 8:00am Breakfast is in the Fairmont Hotel.
• 9:00am-11:00am We say our goodbyes and 3 shuttles provide transfers to Edinburgh airport.

St Andrews Links® Academy

A short walk from the Eden Clubhouse, the St Andrews Links Golf Academy harnesses the spirit of tradition at the Home of Golf to deliver world class instruction for golfers of all ages and abilities. Utilising the latest cutting edge technology and instructional techniques, a trip to the Golf Academy guarantees a memorable experience for visitors. Instruction is delivered by PGA Qualified St Andrews Links Golf Academy professionals and the Academy also houses a Callaway Performance Centre..

*During your time in St Andrews you will have 4 x mornings at the links academy with a total of 13 hours tuition per person.

St Andrews Links® Golf Courses

St Andrews is famously known around the world as the Home of Golf. In total the town has 189 holes of golf to choose from which offers juniors on our golf camps an exciting variety of links golf to experience. St Andrews Links Trust currently operates six courses on the links – the world-renowned Old Course, the New Course (established in 1895), the Jubilee (1897), the Eden (1914), the Strathtyrum (1993) and the nine-hole Balgove. A seventh – The Castle Course – has been built in a panoramic coastal setting to the south of the town.

*Courses scheduled are below, but parents are welcome to place their name on the lottery, extend their trip and play The Old Course.

Dumbarnie Links

Other than Pebble Beach, there are few world-class courses able to offer such an expanse of beach and water frontage as that we have been blessed with at Dumbarnie Links. Of the 34,000 golf courses currently in play around the world, only 246 of them are authentic links courses. Of these, only around 40 are internationally recognized 5 Star links, and yet over thirty of these appear in The World’s Top 100 Golf Courses. The most famous is the Old Course at St Andrews on the shores of Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. Premier links are very rare and have great cachè value.

The aim of our partnership is to produce a world-class, prestigious daily fee golf course on a site of genuine links land that is only minutes away from St Andrews, the “Home of Golf.” This rare piece of land has a mile and a half of sea frontage with panoramic views over the Firth of Forth.

Kingsbarns Golf Links

In the eighth decade of the 18th Century, at the same time as the Thirteen States were declaring their independence and the
Constitution of the United States was scripted, the Merchants and Lairds of Kingsbarns drafted articles to form the Kingsbarns Golfing Society. Golf has been enjoyed over the links land of Kingsbarns beginning in 1793. Attired in their blue coats, the Kingsbarns men met for their Spring and Autumn Meetings to challenge for the Societies medals on the links and to enjoy the conviviality of friends over dinner in the Golfers Hall. The Society continued to wager, wine and dine for decades until the Cambo Estate tenant farmer ploughed up the Links in 1850 in order to add to his farmable area.

Prompted and inspired by Lady Erskine of Cambo, the old Kingsbarns Golfing Society was re-established and founded as Kingsbarns Golf Club in 1922 and Willie Auchterlonie laid out a nine-hole course on the links about Kingsbarns Bay. This course served the golfing needs of the locals and holidaymakers until the onset of the Second World War when the Links was mined in the national security defense effort and it quickly reverted to rough pasture. Golf was resurrected on Kingsbarns Links in 2000. Kingsbarns joined the great old courses of nearby St Andrews and Carnoustie, bringing with it a new dimension to the traditional Scottish game.

The Torrance Course

Perched atop the cliffs that are situated above St Andrews Bay, Fairmont St Andrews offers two stunning traditional links golf courses, the Torrance and the Kittocks. In a region famous for being the home of golf, both courses manage to hold their own against the area's other links courses.

Playing the Torrance Course, you would never believe that it was once flat farmland. The designer, Sam Torrance, transformed the course into a challenging links layout that looks as though it has been there forever. The classic Scottish bunkers that are strategically placed throughout provide a formidable test. Be careful from the 16th green to the final hole or you might find yourself tumbling down the rocky cliffs. This dramatic final stretch of holes is especially scenic and challenging with greens that play right along the edge of the water.

Host to The Final Open Qualifying in 2010 and home to The Scottish Senior Open since 2009, The Torrance Course is often regarded as having some of the best greens in Scotland.

The Dukes Course

With a spectacular setting above St Andrews, the championship The Duke's gives magnificent panoramic views over the surrounding countryside to the sea. The Duke's is highly regarded as one of the finest heathland championship courses in the British Isles and a must-play course for any golfer. Its style ranks alongside the great inland challenges, which demand accuracy and inventive play as well as power golf. And with five separate tee positions at every hole, The Duke's has the flexibility and challenge to appeal to golfers at every level, with the venue being chosen to host the 2014 International European Amateur Championship, one of the four majors in the world of amateur golf.

5* Fairmont St Andrews Golf Courses

The 520 acre five star Fairmont St Andrews resort encapsulates luxury, elegance and truly breathtaking surroundings in the ‘Home of Golf’. A truly unique and special venue that makes your visit one to remember, with its lavish and stunning surroundings, peaceful setting and stunning cliff top views of St Andrews and the North Sea.

The resort prides itself with an array of fabulous facilities including two championship Golf Courses, The Kittocks and The Torrance, excellent dining experiences for every palette, ranging from their new Italian eatery La Cucina to St Andrews Bar and Grill serving the freshest of Steak and Seafood.

All of their 209 luxury guestrooms are spacious and well proportioned with thoughtful Scottish touches. The sumptuous Signature Spa offers a range of treatments including locally themed massages, facial and relaxation therapies using exclusive Aromatherapy Associates products in 12 chic treatment rooms. The spacious swimming pool, sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi and relaxation room complete the experience, helping you to relax and unwind. Whatever the occasion, Fairmont St Andrews really is the perfect location to turn your golf vacation into a treasured memory.

The Castle Course

Also known as course No. 7 of the famed St. Andrews Link Trust, the Castle course adds to the brilliance of possibly the world's best collection of links golf courses. Opened in the summer of 2008, the Castle course was designed by David McLay Kidd, the designer of the heralded Bandon Dunes course in Oregon in the U.S.

The Castle course follows the coastline east of St Andrews and is just two miles from the center of town. Kidd has worked wonders with the already brilliant landscape, making the Castle course a perfect fit to the Trust's other six golf courses, with outstanding scenery and a challenging level of play.

Playing to more than 7,000 yards from the back tees, the Castle course has golfers around the globe excited to try out the newest golf course in one of golf's premier vacation destinations. Following the coastline east of St Andrews, The Castle Course is two miles from the town center and lies adjacent to The Torrance Course and Fairmont Resort.

The Eden

One of the six courses under the guidance of the St Andrews Links Trust, the Eden is a delightful links course and one of the Links' more popular tracts. The fairways are not especially tight, although there are bordered by whins with thick semi rough just in front. The greens are one of the highlights round this course and if you get on the wrong side you can be left with a treacherous 30-footer that's full of curves and contours. The closing stretch of holes are superb, with the long 17th featuring out of-bounds on the right and the 18th, which has a wonderful, teasing approach shot into an undulating green.

The Strathtyrum

Designed by Donald Steel to offer enjoyable golf, the course complements the tougher, championship layouts at the 'Home of Golf'. It is shorter and, with only 15 bunkers, a relatively sand-free environment by St Andrews' usual standards.

It still requires, however, a considerable level of skill if it is to be negotiated successfully. Although few in number, the bunkers are cunningly placed and the moundings around the green place a considerable emphasis on iron play accuracy. The greens themselves have slopes and borrows which can make taking more than the regulation two putts all too easy and give a links-like feel to the layout.

The Kittocks

This stunning cliff top course was originally named the Devlin Course after one of the three designers who worked on it (the other two being Gene Sarazen and Denis Griffiths). The natural makeup of this coastal location has been used to its fullest even to the extent of incorporating a deep ravine known as Kittock's Den within the layout. As dramatic as many of the holes are due to their proximity to the North Sea shoreline, it is the 15th that takes the honorary title of signature hole; a long, par-4 dogleg that leads to the cliff-edge green.

The Kittocks is a great test of golf and has the added advantage of having golf carts available for hire.