Number 78. Played Autumn 2011. Links designed by Gil Hanse


The Craighead course is the newer of the 2 courses at Crail by some 103 years. It is an interesting juxtaposition with the old, short and quirky Balcolmie links. It has been designed by Gil Hanse (he of Castle Stuart fame) who has an eye for making modern links that look as though they were first laid in the 1800s! Craighead is no different; it is a classic links with no trees but plenty of gorse, bumpy fairways & deep bunkers. It is well worth playing but doesn’t quite have the alluring quirkiness of the Balcolmie.

Thanks: This course was played on the same day as the Balcolmie but once again a big thank you to Stevie (the Bandit in the Hat) and GordonBlackwood for organising the day - a superb course with superb guys. Shame I lost (again!).