North Berwick

• Location: North Berwick, Scotland
• Open: 1832
• Designer: David Strath
• Major Course Updates: Old Tom Morris, Ben Sayers, C.K. Hutchinson
• Events Hosted: N/A
• Key Rankings: 5th best golf course in Scotland, Top 100 Golf Courses (2022), 35th best golf course in the world, Golf Magazine (Golf Magazine)

 
Golf architecture fans are familiar with a “redan” template, which features a green at a 45 degree angle, sloping away from the golfer and a feeder slope short right (Pacific Dunes hole 17 or Greenbriar’s famed version), well, that comes from North Berwick. Likewise for the Biarritz, which also is credited to North Berwick’s West layout, a testament to the quality of golf that the two most famous templates originate here. For architecture fans and everyday golfers alike, North Berwick is one of the “can’t miss” courses of Scotland.