The game of golf has been played in Carnoustie for well over four centuries and now consists of three courses; The Championship, The Burnside and Buddon Links. It is however The Championship that draws the crowds.

To begin with the Carnoustie course consisted of 10 holes, laid out by Allan Robertson, the greatest golfer of his time and the man generally acknowledged to be the first golf professional. Later, in 1867, Tom Morris extended the course to 18 holes but it was not until 1926, when the great James Braid was brought in to oversee sweeping changes, that the course became ready to receive the Open Championship.

Since then, Carnoustie’s championship course has become regarded as one of Scotland’s finest, and most challenging tests of golf.

Today, Carnoustie is visited by countless thousands of tourists, both from home and abroad. What they find is a course that is difficult but still eminently playable, provided the golfer hits the right shots at the right time. It is, in short, a wonderful test of golf, and one that, thankfully, still has not been made obsolete by advances in modern equipment.

Championship	Burnside	Buddon
Length: 6941	Length: 6020	Length: 5420
Par: 72	Par: 68	Par: 64