16/06/2026
After debuting in mid-2020, has found its footing in Fife just 12 miles south of the Home of Golf, with a course that looks like it’s been there more than a century rather than just six years.
GB&I Ryder Cupper Clive Clark’s design sits on a massive 345-acre plot beside the Firth of Forth, looking across towards the famed links of North Berwick and Muirfield. Dumbarnie oozes with risk/reward opportunities, including three potentially drivable par fours and more decisions to be made based on the influential presence of wind. (Recently, members of the GB&I Walker Cup team were out to sharpen their strategies against a crew of DP World Tour pros.) Accent elements around the site are additive to the playing experience, including WWII bunkers near the coastline, the dormant volcano Largo Law as a looming backdrop, and a 300-year-old stone wall that bisects the memorable par-four 17th.
Where it excels is in the experience. Happy and attentive staff invite you into a clubhouse called the Old Barn that plays Country/Western music 7 days a week, serves excellent food and drink, and sports a dramatic view down the first fairway. A toast is offered off the first tee with a special edition of Loch Lomond (or apple juice, if you like). And the caddies are quick-witted delights; ask about a breakfast ball on the first, the response may be, “we call that something different over here—cheating!”
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