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Golf Monthly
|Summer 2025
A quintet of courses offering attractive aspects and more than ample adventure
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Aberdour
GF: 18 holes: £60wd, £70we
As golfing counties go, Fife might just be Scotland's equivalent of Surrey; packed with quality and quantity. Founded in 1895, Aberdour is one of its less well-known clubs, moving to its current home on the northern shore of the Forth in 1905. Seemingly of modest length, the underlying reason is that there are six varied short holes offset by a lone par 5 at the 13th. Unusually, the layout is bookended by par 3s, with the 1st a chance to get off to a flyer if you can ride the wind without falling off! The 11th is both beauty and beast, skirting Barnhill Bay at the far end.
Ashford ManorGF: 18 holes: £100
This story is from the Summer 2025 edition of Golf Monthly.
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