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The first four holes on the 7,126-yard Kingsbarns routing rival the best quartet of starters anywhere. No. 1 requests a blind tee shot between grassy, rolling mounds; from the fairway, this 414-yard adventure reveals an expansive blue horizon of ocean framing the green. The 200-yard 2nd hole also plays right at the water. The short, tight par-5 3rd plays alongside the sea all the way to the dangerously bunkered green. And No. 4’s encroaching fairway bunker introduces the risk/reward theme, which is repeated often throughout the round.

The best stretch of holes comes after the turn. Following No. 11, an uncharacteristically tree-lined hole, the next four cavort across a peninsula formed by a fast-running burn that flows into the sea. The 12th is an epic 606-yard par 5 that curls around the ocean to a green 72 yards deep and tightly set beside the water. The 15th, a par 3 over the ocean, captivates with a combination of beauty and danger.

Kingsbarns closes with three brutes. No. 16’s 565 yards include riveted bunkering and a sneaky burn behind the green. The 17th unfurls to 474 yards that will be difficult to gobble in two bites if you’ve produced anything but a perfect tee shot. The home hole concludes with an approach over another hidden burn and a walk over the exhumed stone bridge from Napoleon’s day to a green that seems to float among tall grasses.

Back inside the cozy clubhouse, you’ll feel as though you’ve joined in an intimate holiday gathering—especially on a brisk day enhanced by a dram of single malt. Folks in the bar seem giddy with contagious pleasure, often buying one another drinks to acknowledge just how fine life can be.






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