Recent trip to Scotland..

[prsgtrman]

[quote name='cardoustie' timestamp='1410224364' post='10086797']
Went to a nice resort up in the Muskokas shortly after I was back from Scotland

Receptionist is from St.Andrews and shows me a video clip of her two university buds. Swilcan Bridge, both guys blind drunk ... Strip down to their ginch and drunk #1 does a belly flop into the burn not realizing how shallow it is

Knocks out his front teeth and needs 20 stitches in the forehead
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did you play muskoka bay golf course? i played it just before leaving for scotland, great great great course.

[jcamn1]

[quote name='sabram' timestamp='1410253229' post='10088241']
Nice trip report. We played courses in Fife and East Lothian in May 2013. Planned it all myself. I would also suggest that a tour operator is not needed. Buy Allan Fe[size=4]rguson's book "Golf in Scotland" and you'll have all the info you'll ever need to book your own trip and save a lot of money. The one caveat mentioned by the OP is that if you want to be certain to play the Old Course. To do so [/size][size=4]you need to apply on-line [/size][size=3]on line on the first Tuesday of September in the year before you plan to play. Otherwise you have the daily ballot or be forced to pay an exorbitant price through a travel company. The advice to get an automatic transmission rental car is also important. Driving on the left side of the very narrow roads is difficult enough without lea[/size][size=3]rning to shift left handed.[/size]

[size=3]Here is a link to photos of Dunbar, Winterfield, North Berwick, Gullane #1 , Gullane #2, Lundin, Elie, Crail Balcomie, Kingsbarns, The Old Course, The New Course, and Elie. We also [/size][size=3]took a day trip to Perthshire to play The Kings Course at GlenEagles and visit the Tullibardine Whisky distillery.[/size]

[size=3][url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/golfcoursepix/collections/72157633560759917/"]https://www.flickr.c...57633560759917/[/url] - East Lothian Course Photos[/size]

[size=3][url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/golfcoursepix/collections/72157633548001984/"]https://www.flickr.c...57633548001984/[/url] - Fife Course photos[/size]

[size=3][url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/golfcoursepix/sets/72157633845257694/"]https://www.flickr.c...57633845257694/[/url] - GlenEagles - Kings phottos.[/size]

[size=3]PS to OP - The 13th hole at North Berwick is called "Pit" not "Wall" :-)[/size]
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OP says...Cool thanks for the correct interpretation of the hole name...I didn't have a card to reference at time of OP..

[shortgame85]

Very well told tale of a great wonderful experience. I particularly appreciate your tip of the hat to the historical nature of the courses and our antecedents who trod their grounds. Yours sounds like a trip of a lifetime. i look forward to making the trek one day! Thanks for sharing your story.

[RuMacdonald]

Great write up. Always keen to hear about trips to Scotland. What did you find to be the biggest misconception of Scotland and golf travel there?