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@jamierkennedy They intend to return to a model where you can only play Ailsa if you stay at the hotel. 2027 will likely be that last year you can stay and play.

What are we doing.....

A list of the best golf courses in Scotland you can play in 2026 for less than £100 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Southernness (£95) Blairgowrie (£90) Shiskine (£65) Durness (£55) Anstruther (£50) Dunaverty (£65) Boat of Garten (£60) Cullen (£60) Covesea (£50) Askernish (£50) Gairloch (£40) Winterfield (£45) Eyemouth (£50) Newburgh (£85) Old Musselburgh (£50) Aberdour (£65) Corrie (£30) Fortrose (£85) Reay (£70) Hopeman (£60) Pitlochry (£85) Ballater (£65) Lanark (£60) Carradale (£30) Ladybank (£95) Tain (£60) All 18 hole prices. 2026 summer rates.

@kmbaert Phenomenal value golf. Some spectacular holes.

BOOKED.

I will promote in the AM, but for you diehards out there that like to listen to podcasts in the middle of the night…Episode #151 was just released: Proctor on Bernard Darwin which is the kickoff podcast to the third annual Society Auction with proceeds helping to fund Stephen’s research on his next book on Bernard Darwin! The auction goes live on EBTH Monday morning - 29 high end private courses with amazing history + the week after that we will have 3-4 additional courses on a Twitter auction (the old fashion and confusing way…BUT…one of those courses will include a famous course in Pennsylvania!!! Enjoy the pod!

Making a golf trip to Scotland this year? No trip to St. Andrews is complete without visiting and paying respects at the graves of Old Tom Morris, Young Tom Morris, and Allan Robertson. Three of the MOST IMPORTANT figures in the history of the game. Their headstones can be found in the shadow is the ruins of the nearly 900-year-old St. Andrews Cathedral.

Just finished a wonderful interview with my friend, golf historian, author and Herbert Warren Wind Award winner, Stephen Proctor about his next book on Bernard Darwin. This interview will kick off our 2026 Society of Golf Historians Annual Golf Auction. Proceeds from this auction will help fund Proctor’s research!!! A great podcast, a great interview, a great auction and a great book. Can’t go wrong!!! We will likely release this @talkingolf history podcast this weekend to get ahead of the auction which launches on Monday. #GolfHistory @gcamagazine @TheTsl

Change, when done well, need not compromise character. The careful stewardship of everyone involved in our clubhouse renovation has ensured that we have modernised without surrendering the traditional essence that defines Prestwick, all while elevating the history on show.

Could you please do me a favor? My dear friend, Golf Historian, Herbert Warren Wind award winning golf writer, Stephen Proctor wrote an award winning book which is brilliant…called Matchless. If you have read the book and you enjoyed it, would you mind leaving a great review on Amazon. I will include a link in a minute.

@SHistorians @Top100golfquest Would love to join you for one of these rounds Connor. (I live in Edinburgh and am a member at Cruden Bay)

Just booked my trip to Scotland for 2026. Fly in September 1st and depart September 8th. Sept 1st - Bruntsfield Short possibly Musselburgh Links Sept 2nd - TBD Sept 3rd - TBD Sept 4th - Cruden Bay w/ @Top100golfquest Sept 5th - Cruden Bay w/ @Top100golfquest Sept 6th - Royal Dornoch w/ @Top100golfquest Sept 7th - Royal Dornoch w/ @Top100golfquest Sept 8th - Possibly morning round at Musselburgh Links before I depart in the afternoon. I have spots open on Sept 2nd and 3rd. Hoping to play North Berwick on the 2nd and will take recommendations for golf on the 3rd, as I travel North towards Cruden Bay. Thanks for the recommendation!!!

Have you visited the Scottish Highlands for golf? We’re supporting a student dissertation into golf tourism and would appreciate your input. Takes just a few minutes 👇 forms.office.com/pages/response… Thank you 👍

⛳️📢GOLF HISTORY IS ALIVE AND WELL!📢⛳️ Lots of REMARKABLE results last night in @GoldenAgeBid’s Golf Antiques Auction, including: 1️⃣ A 250-year-old golf club that sold for over $11,000 2️⃣ An Allan Robertson feathery that sold for over $27,000 3️⃣ A stunning Old Tom Morris signed photograph that sold for nearly $15,000 4️⃣ And Old Tom Morris’ PERSONAL photo of his son & 4-time Open Chanpion, Tommy Morris, that sold for over $11,000!

Duncan Forbes Gravestone. This man was a golfing buddy of saved of John Rattray and saved his life not one but twice. Rattray signed the original rules of golf. He won the Silver Club (the first Open?) 3 times

Beyond proud of Stephen Proctor as he received the Herbert Warren Wind Award tonight from the USGA for his book, Matchless! So incredibly well-deserved! Here he is getting his first close-up look at it tonight 😃

NEW 1457 PODCAST scotlandwheregolfbegan.com/podcasts Could listen to Gordon Bell all day as he takes us on a journey through golf, whisky and life experience. Hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording it. @wheregolfbegan @MrDaveKerr @ross_flann_golf @AllanMintoGolf

Two of the nicest men in golf…

@JohnMorton215 @miketucker007 Mary Queen of Scots?

@miketucker007 Bruntsfield!

The fitst record of women playing golf was where?

No longer have use for this U.K. plate.

@SProctorGolf A terrific read Stephen. See you next Monday. 👌

And the hits just keep on coming!

I’m absolutely thrilled to report that Matchless has won the Herbert Warren Wind Award for golf book of the year. It is the honor of a lifetime. I am deeply grateful to the USGA. 🙏 Lemieux, Latshaw Sr., Proctor Earn USGA Honors usga.org/content/usga/h…

Today was a big day for Auld Grey Toun Golf Books. Those who have preordered Musselburgh - The Cradle of Golf from @AGTGolfBooks, they’ve now been shipped! I started this venture in February 2025 with the primary purpose of sharing the history of golf and bringing the history to the doorsteps of Americans & Canadians in a more affordable way. Importing books can be expensive one at a time. So I want to help bring books to the US and make these incredible works more affordable and attainable. A HUGE thank you to ALL who have ordered Musselburgh so far. Limited inventory is still on-hand at the moment… more is coming. Simply put, this book is a GAMECHANGER as it’s going to restore the balance of golf history… You do NOT want to miss out on Mungo’s book. Go order your copy today! Thanks in advance to all those willing to share this post!