Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland, boasts four courses - the historic Championship Course, the Burnside Course, the Buddon Links Course, and a free-to-play short, five-hole course called The Nestie.

The highly regarded par 72 Championship Course is perhaps not the most picturesque, but it is incredibly tough and challenges even the world's best. As such Carnoustie Golf Links is one of the venues in the Open Championship rotation and has hosted golf's oldest major on eight occasions as well as the Senior Open Championship in 2010 and 2016 and the Women's British Open in 2011.

Although records of golf being played at Carnoustie date back to 1527, the 6,948-yard Championship Course was originally designed as a 10-hole course by Alan Robertson in 1842 before being refashioned into an 18-hole layout in 1857 by Old Tom Morris. The course was extended considerably in 1926 by James Braid and has remained largely unchanged to this day except for some minor alterations made in 2017 by the firm of Tom MacKenzie and Martin Ebert.

Carnoustie's Links House provides golfers with a new world-class clubhouse facility and here visitors can find bar and dining options as well as function facilities. For golfers there is a driving range, putting greens, and a pitching area to practice on and they can also utilize the Pro shop's caddie services and the Carnoustie Golf Performance Centre which offers seven state-of-the-art Foresight simulators.

Course Architects: Alan Robertson, Old Tom Morris, James Braid, Tom MacKenzie, and Martin Ebert

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