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Recognition for Fife's Golf Courses
2007-09-20
Fife has excelled in a recent golf publication competition to unearth some of Scotland's best hidden golfing gems.
Bunkered, in conjunction with VisitScotland, launched the competition early this year to unearth Scotland's best hidden gems and Fife has proven its popularity with the golfing fraternity with a number of courses reaching the final 18.
Readers of the magazine were invited to nominate their favourite courses from a selection in the South East, the Highlands, the South West, the North East, the Central Belt and the Heartlands to identify Scotland's 'Secret 18' and be in with a chance of playing at them all.
The purpose of the competition was to bring some much deserved attention to some of the lesser known - but no less magnificent - Scottish golf courses. It followed a previous competition run by bunkered in 2004 to reveal readers' 'Top 20' Scottish golf courses.
Recognition that golf is one of the major attractions of Fife was the unveiling of six courses nominated in the top 18 with a further four just missing out on one of the coveted spots. St Andrews Links - New, Scotscraig, The Dukes, Crail Balcomie and Lundin Links were all in the top 18.
Fife's highest entry was Ladybank which was voted as Scotland's second best golfing secret, pipped to first place by The Boat of Garten. Elie, the Torrance course at Fairmount, St Andrews and Aberdour just narrowly missed out on making it into the top 18.
VisitScotland Fife area director, Alan Graham said: "Fife undoubtedly has appeal for golf fans in Scotland and the rest of the world. St Andrews is often referred to as the home of golf and has a number of quality courses to merit this but it is encouraging to see the spread of nominated Fife courses.
"These results really highlight the exceptional quality and quantity of golf courses Fife has to offer. What gives it added credibility is that the courses were chosen by golfers themselves - the people who undoubtedly know best."
The editor of bunkered, Martin Dempster, hailed the competition as a massive success.
"This competition was intended to give some of Scotland's lesser known courses their place in the spotlight," said Dempster.
"The strength of this list clearly demonstrates the strength and variety of the courses we have here in the 'Home of Golf' and that is something that every Scot should be proud of."
