Planning a golf trip to Scotland in 2018? Check out these deals first!
With so many great golf courses in our golfing regions, it can be a daunting task to pick a handful of courses when planning a 5-7 day golfing break in Scotland.
To help ease the decision making process, many of the regional golf courses have put their heads together and made available a variety of discount green fees packages with neighbouring golf courses. These packages aim to save you travel time, money and allow you discover some stunning new Scottish courses.
I’ve had a good look at Ayrshire, Angus & Fife this week and here are some of the best packages available in those regions:
Ayrshire
Ayrshire is the birthplace to the Open Championship where the first Open was held at Prestwick Golf Club in 1860. The region is home to 3 Open venues – Prestwick, Royal Troon and Turnberry.
Ayrshire Open Qualifier Card (www.AyrshireGolfPass.co.uk) *this weblink may be down but I am assured it will be back up soon
This 3 round pass is £170/$223/€190 – add a fourth round at Dundonald Links and the pass becomes £270/$354/€302. However, if you booked all four courses separately the cost would come to £325/$426/€364 – this golf pass would therefore save you £55/$72/€62 (17%) per person.
Gailes Golf Experience (www.gailesgolfexperience.co.uk)
This pass is £260/$341/€291 for 3 rounds (one at each of the above courses). If you booked all courses separately the cost would be £395/$519/€443 – this golf pass would generate a huge saving of £135/$177/€151 (34%) per person.
Prestwick Golf Pass (bookings@prestwickgc.co.uk or +44 (0)1292 477404)
The Prestwick Golf Pass allows one round at each of the above for a total of £235/$309/€263 – the cost of booking them separately would be £278/$365/€311 – you would save yourself £38/$50/€43 (14%) per person with this pass.
Golf South Ayrshire (www.golfsouthayrshire.com)
The Braid Trail
This James Braid package is £65/$85/€73 for 3 rounds over the courses above, as opposed to £82/$108/€92 if booked separately – a saving of £17/$22/€19 (20%)
Troon Links Experience
This package is £65/$85/€73 for 3 rounds over the courses above, in comparison to £90/$118/€100 if booked separately – a saving of £25/$33/€28 (28%)
Angus Region
Angus region is home to Carnoustie Golf links, the venue for the 2018 Open Championship. Their golf passes include the Carnoustie Dream Ticket & the Links Trails and are available from www.carnoustiecountry.com/packages/.
Carnoustie Dream Ticket
The Carnoustie Dream ticket includes one round of golf on each of the above courses for £390/$512/€437 – there is only a saving of £30/$39/€34 (7%) compared to the full price of £420/$551/€470. Better value can found with some of the stay and play packages on Carnoustie Country’s website which include the following courses.
Links Trails
- Montrose Medal
- Montrose Broomfield
- Monifieth Medal
- Panmure Golf Club
- Arbroath Golf Course
- Letham Grange Old
Fife
Fife is steeped in golfing history and has wealth of excellent golf courses in the area.
The ‘Links with History’ golf pass ( www.linkswithhistory.com ) offers you a number of ways to play discounted golf at the following 4 courses:
As long as you play a minimum of 2 courses you will receive apx. 15% discount over the summer months. However, from Nov 2017 through to 31 March 2018 the ‘Links with History’ package is offering a round of golf for £22.50/$29/€25 per person over any of these 4 courses, as long as you play a minimum of 2 of them. This has to be one of the BEST winter season deals this year!
I’ll be having a look at what the Highlands & the North East have to offer next week
* I have used 2017 pricing where the 2018 prices were not available.
