Elie

• Location: Leven, Scotland
• Open: 1875
• Designer: Unknown/Mother Nature
• Major Course Updates: Old Tom Morris
• Events Hosted: N/A
• Key Rankings: 33rd best golf course in Scotland, Top 100 Golf Courses (2022)

 
Interestingly, Elie has no record of any golf architect ever initially constructing their golf course, with Old Tom Morris stretching golf course to eighteen holes in 1895, only adding five holes. The minimal hands of human on a golf course like Elie is a true testament to the fruitful terrain Elie is graved with, as it needs no professional consultation to be a wonderful golf course. With long views of the Firth of Forth and a golf course full of par 4’s—no par 5’s and only two par 3’s—Elie’s reputation is of the strength of its two shot holes. One of which, the par 4, 13th, architect James Braid called “the best hole in golf.”