Kingsbarns Golf Links voted No. 1 Modern Course by GolfWeek magazine
Wed, January 25, 2012 Kingsbarns Golf Links has had a flying start to 2012 after being ranked by the prestigious American magazine GolfWeek as the No. 1 Modern Course (built after 1960) in Great Britain and Ireland.The eye-popping Kyle Phillips-designed links near St Andrews pipped Scottish rivals Castle Stuart and Loch Lomond, which took second and third place respectively.
The rankings are compiled by a board of GolfWeek´s raters who consider numerous aspects while assessing the course. The criteria includes: ease and intimacy of routing, quality of feature shaping, natural setting and overall land plan, interest of greens and surrounding contours, variety and memorability of par 3s, 4s and 5s and the conditioning.
Late last year Golf Digest Magazine in America also ranked Kingsbarns as No. 12 in their authoritative Top 50 Links in Great Britain & Ireland, and Golf Magazine placed Kingsbarns in 54th position in its latest biennial top 100 rankings, a rise of seven places from 2009.
This latest accolade endorses a swathe of awards for Kingsbarns in international rankings, viz:
GOLF Magazine, USA - The Top 100 Courses in the World - Ranked No.54;
GOLF Magazine, USA - The 50 Greatest Courses of the last 50 Years - Ranked No.11 in the world and No.1 in Europe;
Golf Digest, USA - Top 100 Best Courses outside the United States - Ranked No.18:
Golf Monthly, UK - UK and Ireland Top 100 Courses - Ranked No.11;
Golf World, UK - Top 100 Courses You Must Play - Ranked No.5;
Golf World, UK – Top 100 Courses in the World – Ranked No. 34 and ranked No. 15 in Europe;
Kyle Phillips designed this Scottish jewel and by setting it in a natural amphitheatre along the coast ensured that virtually every hole boasts spectacular views of the North Sea.
Each Autumn Kingsbarns joins the Old Course, St Andrews Old links and Carnoustie Golf Links as a co-host of the European Tour’s prestigious Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
For more information, to reserve tee times and to see photographs of this outstanding links, please go to www.kingsbarns.com.
Reader Comments (1)
Kingsbarns deserves this recognition. I've been a golf fan ever since and up until now, I never saw a golf course better that what Kingsbarns can offer.