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Dumbarnie Links Key Information
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| Address | Dumbarnie Links, Upper Largo, Fife, Scotland, KY8 6JQ |
| Phone Number | 01334 845945 |
| Website | https://www.dumbarnielinks.com (opens in new tab) |
| Contact sheet available at – https://www.dumbarnielinks.com/contact-us/ (opens in new tab) | |
| Green Fees | £207 – £286 (Standard visitor rates) |
| Visitor Times | Contact the club for full visitor information |
| Par | 72 |
| Slope Rating | 135 (Gold), 130 (Black), 128 (Blue), 127 (Women’s Red) |
| Opened | 2020 |
| Designed by | Clive Clark |
Golf Monthly Verdict
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Dumbarnie is a superb, contemporary links with fantastic sea views that puts a big smile on your face.
A great addition to the Fife golf portfolio – the second-best modern Links in the UK&I after Trump Aberdeen.
Possibly more risk-reward holes than anywhere you’ll visit, depending on wind direction and choice of tee.
REASONS TO PLAY DUMBARNIE LINKS
– Excellent, modern links set over brilliant stretch of coastal ground
– Already a proven championship test
– Brilliant risk/reward and strategic options
RANKINGS
UK & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses 2023/24 – 40
The UK’s portfolio of premier-league courses grew by one in 2020 when Dumbarnie Links, on The Balcarres Estate midway between Elie and Leven on the south coast of Fife, opened its doors for play in May just two week later than planned once the first lockdown was lifted.
It has understandably created more than a frisson of excitement among golf lovers.
The brainchild of former Ryder Cup player, Clive Clark, Dumbarnie serves up a truly exceptional golfing experience, playing from an elevated clubhouse right down to the shore at times via a series of remarkable holes, many of which stand out visually.
Among them is a trio playing downhill towards the Firth of Forth – the appetite-whetting 1st, the simply gorgeous short par-3 8th and the attractively bunkered 9th.
At times it is the vistas beyond the course that are breath-taking; at others it is the holes themselves and the tantalising glimpses of holes yet to come that give it that wow factor.
Think Kingsbarns and Castle Stuart, for it certainly has shades of both those modern Scottish classics about it in places.
Factoring in the layout’s exposure to the often significant breezes off the Firth, fairways are often sensibly generous (just as at Castle Stuart), and although many greens are sizable, they are often accommodatingly contoured to feed the ball back in.
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