gullane

Gullane No 1 is the principle of three courses at Gullane golf club. It is known that golf has been played in these parts for more than 300 years, until 1850 there were only seven holes, but with the arrival of the Gutta Percha Ball, golf became more accessible and the game began to expand. To accommodate the growing number of players Gullane golf club was founded in 1882, and was increased to 18 holes. By the end of the nineteenth century a second course was built, a third being added in 1910 to satisfy golf's growing popularity.

Golf here is much hillier than at other links courses because of Gullane Hill, but the amount of climbing is less than a visitor may think at first glance. The climb is no great hardship, and the views all around are quite spectacular, east lies Muirfield, to the west lies the city of Edinburgh, and straight north the Firth of Forth.

All three Gullane courses share the same wonderful turf coupled with superb putting surfaces. Venue to many important Championships in it long history stretching back to 1897 when Gullane organized and hosted the British Ladies Championship. A regular final qualifying course for the Open, and a popular venue for British Boys and Youths Championship, Gullane has also played host to the Scottish Amateur Championship both Men & Ladies.

One of the historic centres of world golf Gullane boasts wonderful and imaginative names to identify individual holes, Maggies Loup, Queen's Head, King's Chair, Corbie, and Traprain are only a few, all of whom can be found when playing Gullane No 1 course.

The first Tee of the No 1 course can be found amidst the Professional Shop, a twelfth century church, and a famous golf museum. From the first you follow the climb up Gullane Hill until you reach the seventh tee, Bernard Darwin once described this vantage point as the best view in golf, a feeling to be savored again at the seventeenth where the wide expanse of East Lothian is laid out for all to see.