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- The Crail Golfing Society is a Scottish golf club established in February 1786 in the Golf Hotel, Crail, Fife. The society is the seventh oldest golf club in the world. Its oldest course, Balcomie, was formally laid out by Old Tom Morris in 1894, but competitions were played there since the 1850s. The courses are 2 miles (3.2 km) north east of the fishing town of Crail, and the land upon which golf is played straddles the easternmost promontory of Fife, known as Fife Ness. The East Coast of Fife is particularly dense in links courses and is popular for golf tourism. Crail is 10 miles (16 km) south of St Andrews and 4 miles (6.4 km) from Kingsbarns. To the south west are the links of Elie, Anstruther, Lundin and Leven. Within an hour to the north are Scotscraig, Carnoustie, Monifieth and Panmure. Crail Golfing Society owns and operates two courses, Balcomie and Craighead, which differ in character. Balcomie, designed by Old Tom Morris in 1895, is a traditional links, retaining original holes, and a diverse and distinctive set of Par 3s. The 14th is the most photographed hole, a Par 3 with an elevated tee high above the beach dropping down to a heavily bunkered green. Longer holes, such as the 4th and 5th, feature doglegs around the sea edge. From Balcomie, on the north of the promontory, can be seen the mountain Lochnagar in the Balmoral estate, in addition to the Tay estuary, and much of eastern Scotland. Craighead, designed by American architect Gil Hanse is longer, a modern links, with rolling greens, native walls and wildlife typical of the Fife coast. The two links are on north and south edges of Fifeness, respectively, and have different views. Craighead allows views to the Forth Estuary and beyond, with the Bass Rock, Edinburgh and St Abbs Head visible 60 miles (97 km) away, and borders a nature reserve. (en)
- De Crail Golfing Society werd in februari 1786 opgericht in het Golf Hotel in de Schotse plaats Crail en is een van de oudste golfclubs van de wereld. Voor zover bekendstaat hij nummer 7 op de ranglijst. De baan ligt ten noordoosten van Crail, ongeveer 15 km ten zuiden van de beroemde St Andrews Links, en kijkt uit over de Noordzee en de Firth of Forth. Tegenwoordig zijn er twee 18-holes banen. De oudste hiervan wordt Balcomie genoemd en deze werd in 1894 aangelegd door Old Tom Morris. Hij ligt aan de kust, niet tegen wind en slecht weer beschermd, in alle opzichten een links golfbaan. De andere baan wordt Craighead genoemd. Deze werd door de Amerikaanse golfbaanarchitect ontworpen en ligt iets zuidelijker. Hij is langer en moderner. (nl)
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