Golf near the water
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Enjoy a few leisurely rounds of golf set to a stunning coastal backdrop.
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ver 600 years since the sport originated, golf has become synonymous with quality time in the country, with some of the UK’s finest courses just a stone’s throw from the water’s edge. Nothing beats nine or eighteen holes across well kempt fairways and greens, whether it’s getting out of the office with your peers or catching up with life-long friends. From Cornwall, with its weather beaten coastline stretching out before you as you tee off,
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to Scotland, as the six-century long story of the sport’s evolution continues at St Andrews, there’s something about a bag of clubs and a pocket full of tees that you simply don’t get with other pastimes. On the eastern coast of Scotland, you’ll find St Andrews. Iconic, and rightfully known as the home of golf, the seven courses here offer the very best in links golf – a form that derives from the Old English word ‘hlinc’, meaning ‘rising ground’ or ‘ridge’, referring to coastal sand dunes, or open parkland.
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