Kittocks Course

The Kittocks is one of the two courses at Fairmont St Andrews, a 520-acre clifftop resort a short drive from the town of St Andrews. It opened in 2002 as the Devlin Course, designed by Australian Bruce Devlin with input from Gene Sarazen and Sam Torrance, and it reopened in 2010 under its current name after a major refurbishment with Gary Stephenson.

This is a coastal, links-style course with rolling fairways and generous greens. It is more forgiving than the Torrance, so it suits golfers of all levels, but the setting keeps it interesting from start to finish. Since the refurbishment it includes the old 17th and 18th holes of the Torrance, and the 17th runs along a 100-foot cliff above the sea, one of the most memorable moments of the round.

Many holes look out over St Andrews Bay, the spires of the old town and, on a clear day, across to Carnoustie and the Grampian Mountains. The resort has hosted Final Qualifying for The Open several times.