Play the courses where golf was invented on our Scotland golf vacation. You’ll receive a three-day unlimited pass at St. Andrews, the home of golf, where you can play six of the seven courses as many times as you please. This golf tour package also brings you to Scottish courses such as North Berwick, Royal Troon and Turnberry.

Golfers’ traveling companions will enjoy sightseeing through Scotland on tours of Edinburgh Castle, the Isle of Arran, Glasgow and more. Look for the Alternative Guided Sightseeing itinerary on each day of this tour.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 - Overnight Flight

Your golf vacation begins with a regularly scheduled overnight flight to Glasgow aboard an internationally recognized airline.

Day 2 - Glasgow

Welcome to Glasgow! A Go Ahead representative greets you at the airport and escorts you to your hotel. This evening, meet your fellow travelers at an included Welcome Dinner.
Included meals: breakfast (in flight), dinner

Day 3 - Glasgow

During the first and second World Wars, the British government built an airbase on the grounds of Turnberry, and today, you can still see the remnants of the runways. Following World War II, the architect Mackenzie Ross extensively redesigned Turnberry’s Ailsa Course, leaving us with the championship layout we know today. The lighthouse at the 9th is the course’s calling card, but you’ll also be impressed by views of Ailsa Craig, the dome-shaped island that looms offshore. Locals have a saying about Ailsa Craig: “When you can see Ailsa Craig, it’s about to rain. If you can’t see Ailsa Craig, it’s already raining.”
Alternate guided sightseeing: Enjoy a guided tour of Glasgow, including a visit to the Burrell Collection, an eclectic museum featuring Impressionist paintings, medieval weapons, modern sculptures, early Islamic art and everything in between.
Included meal: breakfast

Day 4 - Glasgow

Royal Troon is home to both the shortest and longest holes on the Open Championship circuit. The famed eighth hole—the Postage Stamp—will test your distance control, but if you find a few more pot bunkers than you’d like today, you can still relax after your round in Troon’s iconic clubhouse. Please note that our September 2012 groups will play at an alternate course.
Alternate guided sightseeing: Board a boat for the Isle of Arran, where you’ll enjoy a guided tour of the 16th-century Brodick Castle. Despite its location on the Firth of Clyde, Brodick Castle is home to strikingly beautiful gardens.
Included meal: breakfast

Day 5 - St. Andrews

Rise and shine early this morning for a trip to the birthplace of golf, St. Andrews. You will receive a three-day unlimited pass, which will allow you to play six of the seven courses at St. Andrews as much as you’d like. Start with the 117-year-old New Course, which runs adjacent to the Old Course. Accuracy challenged golfers take heart: any shot that lands on the Old Course is in bounds! At 6,625 yards, the New Course features several short par 4s, but the 229-yard par 3 17th will force you to bear down and strike a crisp long iron late in the round. Dinner is included this evening.
Alternate guided sightseeing: Enjoy a tour of the charming town of St. Andrews, with included visits to the local university, cathedral and castle.
Included meals: breakfast, dinner

$249 USD

St. Andrews - Old Course Featuring wide fairways, huge greens and few elevation changes, the Old Course can look easy to the untrained eye. But when the wind whips off the Firth of Forth and bends the Old Course’s flagsticks to the ground, you might discover a new respect for this ancient layout. No two rounds at the Old Course are alike, even though the course’s most famous defenses—its deep, steep-sided pot bunkers—have remained largely unaltered since Old Tom Morris refined the course in 1863. Please note: As tee times for the Old Course are assigned by ballot, a round at this course cannot be guaranteed. If you do not receive a tee time, the cost of this round is fully refundable.

Day 6 - St. Andrews

Consider playing the Jubilee Course today. First laid out in 1897, St. Andrews’ Jubilee Course underwent an extensive redesign in 1988, which led to the 6,742-yard course you’ll play today. Squeezed onto a strip of land between the Old Course and the sea, the Jubilee offers perhaps St. Andrews’ most demanding test off the tee. The 1988 redesign raised many of the course’s tee boxes, which is a mixed blessing for players: the raised tees make it easier to take in the beauty of the surrounding landscape, but they also give the wind more chances to push drives away from Jubilee’s narrow fairways. Today also holds the possibility of a tee time on the Old Course, where most foursomes are assigned by ballot.
Alternate guided sightseeing: Visit the Cambo Estate and the fishing villages of East Neuk. You’ll also enjoy a fish-and-chips lunch.
Included meal: breakfast

Day 7 - St. Andrews

On your final day at St. Andrews, you may wish to play the Castle Course. While the Old, New and Jubilee courses sit on flat land along the coast, the Castle Course is perched on a series of cliffs just outside town. The par 3 17th makes the most of the natural setting, forcing players to carry their tee shot over a deep, steep-sided gorge adjacent to the beach. This afternoon, transfer to Glasgow.
Alternate guided sightseeing: Explore Kellie Castle, an estate best known for its 17th-century gardens. Once nearly abandoned, Kellie Castle is now an outstanding and well-preserved example of Scots Baronial architecture.
Included meal: breakfast

Day 8 - Edinburgh

Travel east along the Firth of Forth to North Berwick Golf Club, site of the 2010 British Amateur Championship. North Berwick’s first hole shares a fairway with the 18th, and the green at the first is the largest on the course, but don’t let this short par 4 lull you into a sense of complacency—Berwick bares its teeth on the back nine. The fiendishly difficult short-iron approaches at 13 and 15 are the course’s signature shots, but beware the 16th, where a gully slices the green in half.
Alternate guided sightseeing: Enjoy a guided tour of Edinburgh Castle, including a view of the Scottish Crown Jewels. Perched on a hill overlooking town, Edinburgh Castle offers spectacular views of the Scottish capital. Tonight enjoy a Farewell Dinner with your fellow travelers.
Included meals: breakfast, dinner

Day 9 - Edinburgh

A Go Ahead representative helps you transfer to the airport for your flight home.
Included meals: breakfast
(In the case of early morning departures, breakfast may not be included.)