Fairmont St Andrews sits on the clifftops above St Andrews Bay, home to two championship courses that have earned a strong reputation among golfers visiting Fife. Both the Torrance and Devlin are links in style but built to modern resort standards, playable for all abilities with multiple tee options that let you choose your challenge. The courses share the same dramatic coastal setting, firm turf and strategic bunkering you'd expect from Scottish golf, but with the conditioning and accessibility you'd expect from a 5-star venue.
Found on Scotland's east coast, the resort is 90 minutes from Edinburgh by car and ten minutes from both St Andrews Links and Kingsbarns. If you like your links golf with a bit of five-star comfort baked in, Fairmont St Andrews is a cracking shout. You're on the cliffs above the bay, ten minutes from St Andrews and Kingsbarns, with two proper championship tracks on site for the days you're not chasing the Old Course. The hotel overlooks both courses, offering 5-star comfort, The Fairmont Spa, and easy access to St Andrews town centre.
Who is this for?
Societies and small groups who want two on-site courses, a proper clubhouse and a spa for the non-golfers. Couples doing St Andrews with a bit more comfort than a town-centre base. Golfers who want a 'home course' resort but still be ten minutes from the Links.
Who is it best for?
Mixed-ability groups who'll appreciate multiple tee options and resort service. Anyone teeing it up at the Old Course who wants a luxury base outside the town's premium price points. Players who like championship visuals and coastal exposure without sacrificing conditioning.
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Former Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance has put his hand to this par-72 layout which now tips the scale at more than 7,200 yards from the championship markers. The venue has hosted the Final Qualifying for the Open Championship as well as the Scottish Seniors Open, plus the inaugural Scottish Championship in 2020 won by Adrian Otaegui. The Torrance is a course which is sure to test all levels of golfers.
Following a recent multi-million pound refurbishment in 2009, involving re-designing eight holes and rebuilding all 63 bunkers, the Torrance is now one of Scotland’s most dramatic and challenging courses. A new irrigation system and major drainage works have made the course playable in all but the worst of weathers.
The dramatic cliff top course, which overlooks the Old Grey Toon of St Andrews, is protected not only by length, but also by strategically placed bunkers which will snare any misplaced approaches. This is most obviously seen on the par 5’s, where those not able to go for the green in two will be faced with some tough questions as to where to leave their approach to the green.
With three of the finest finishing holes in Scotland, those finishing with a flourish are sure to reap the rewards of dramatic vistas offered on 16 and 17, while the long climb up to the par 5 18th offers a good birdie opportunity if the wind is helping. The Torrance course certainly acts as a great ambassador to the home of golf.
Signature Hole– No. 17: Par 4, 410 yards (White Tees)
The 17th is a stunning golf hole, with a testing tee shot. Down the entire right hand side of the hole, the out of bounds runs parallel with the coastal trail, before sharply cutting across the front of the green. Golfers should also take caution of the left, where there is a lot of rough. The green itself is guarded by bunkers and with the prevailing wind; the approach is fraught with anticipation of the final score.
Course Information
Par
72
Designed by
Dennis Griffiths, Gene Sarazen and Sam Torrance
Opened for play
2001
Previously hosted
Open Championship qualifying, Scottish Seniors Open, Scottish Open
Tees
Blue
7,230 yards
SSS 75
White
6,642 yards
SSS 73
Yellow
6,051 yards
SSS 71
Red
5,415 yards
Kittocks Course
Originally designed by Bruce Devlin, The Kittocks, originally known as the Devlin Course, is arguably the prettier of the two courses at Fairmont St Andrews and while many expect an easier challenge than that found on the Torrance Course; the par-72 layout stretches to more than 7,100 yards and is sited on elevated grounds next to the cliff tops, leaving little margin for error.
Devlin’s design is well thought out too and the natural features of the land are used to great effect. Amongst his design is a deep ravine called Kittocks Den, which cuts playfully throughout. As the course meanders along the rugged Fife coastline it sparks into visual life on the back nine with approaches into the 15th framed by the sea, while 16 and 17 are perfectly placed along this beautiful stretch of shore with views towards the famous town of St Andrews. On a sunny day, there are few better places to play a round of golf.
Signature Hole– No. 15: Par 4, 462 yards (Blue Tees)
The par four 15th hole is the highlight of the Kittocks course. At 462 yards off the blue tees, it is easy to see why this hole deserves its status of stroke index 4. The hole doglegs left towards the hanging cliff edge green, making for a dramatic approach shot. The redesigned green sits above the site of a 2000 year old Iron Age fort.
Course Information
Par
71
Designed by
Bruce Devlin, Denis Griffiths
Opened for play
2002
Did you know?
Bruce Devlin was assisted in the design of the course by 7-time Major Champion Gene Sarazen
Tees
Blue
7,192 yards
SSS 75
White
6,752 yards
SSS 73
Yellow
6,330 yards
SSS 71
Red
5,904 yards
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Practice Facilities
Practice targets, an extensive short game area and a large putting green are all on hand, in order to prepare you for your round. Practice balls are available at £6.00 per bucket of 60 balls.
At The Clubhouse
The clubhouse provides a relaxing conclusion to your round, with stunning views overlooking the town of St Andrews and The Eden Estuary. The menu offers golfers favourites as well as authentic local dishes. The clubhouse is also easily adaptable with its open-plan design, and provides an excellent facility for prize presentations and receptions. Dress code in the clubhouse is resort casual, whilst for those wishing to drink and dine the dress code is relaxed smart casual and a jacket and tie are not required.
Other Information
Farrington’s pro shop is located within the clubhouse. It offers a variety of merchandise with branded clothing from Adidas, Tommy Hilfiger, Lyle & Scott and Underarmour as well as golfing accessories. During the winter, the shop is open from 08:00 to 16:00, whilst summer hours run from 06:00 to 18:00.
PGA Golf Instruction is also available at Fairmont, and can be arranged to focus on all aspects of the golf swing, the short game and course strategy.
After booking rounds at Torrance or Kittocks, the Fairmont team would be pleased to assist in booking rounds at some of the local courses nearby. This includes the famous Old Course, as well as the Kingsbarns Golf Links and The Castle Course, which are all within 10 minutes of Fairmont.
Accommodation at Fairmont St Andrews
Sitting proudly above its two championship courses and facing back towards the St Andrews skyline, the hotel at Fairmont St Andrews is a true 5-star venue and one of the best golf resorts in Scotland. All 211 rooms are designed for comfort and space, with views across the courses or out to St Andrews Bay. Standard rooms come with king or twin beds, marble bathrooms, flat-screen TVs and work desks, while suites add separate living areas and upgraded views. The hotel caters equally well to golfers, families and conference groups, with staff who understand what makes a golf trip work.
In addition to the main hotel, the Manor Homes offer a more private option for groups or families. Each Manor Home sits beside the 4th fairway of the Torrance Course and includes four large en-suite bedrooms, a farmhouse-style kitchen, open-plan living and dining areas, and a business office. It's a self-contained setup with the same views and access to all resort facilities, ideal for societies who want their own space but still want the hotel's restaurants, spa and service on tap.
Food & Drink
The Squire restaurant offers relaxed dining with locally sourced ingredients, while Kittock's Den and the Clubhouse serve lighter options, afternoon tea and drinks with panoramic views across the bay. For something different, head into St Andrews town for The Seafood Restaurant above West Sands or a pint and darts at The Jigger Inn, attached to The Old Course Hotel. The town's historic castle and cathedral ruins are worth a walk if you're taking a day off the course.
Leisure Facilities
The Fairmont Spa is the obvious post-round reset, with steam room, sauna, Jacuzzi, experience showers and a strong treatment menu using ESPA and Ishga products. If your group has a mix of golfers and non-golfers, this is the kind of facility that keeps everyone happy. There's also a large heated indoor pool, fitness centre and a full programme of wellness activities. Handy if you're doing back-to-back rounds and want to feel human again by dinner.
Fairmont St Andrews is in St Andrews, Fife, a 30-minute drive from Dundee. Beyond world-class golf, the area offers castles, distilleries, museums, an aquarium, woollen mills and The Byre Theatre. You can explore the historic city of St Andrews and the picturesque Fife coastline, with plenty of local bars and pubs for evening drinks, even if the destination isn't known for late-night entertainment.
Address: St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, KY16 8PN
Fairmont St Andrews Reviews
Overall rating:9.8 / 10
Hotel reviews
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Bar / Restaurant
10 / 10
Facilities
10 / 10
Location
9.8 / 10
Room comfort
10 / 10
Staff
10 / 10
Value for money
9.4 / 10
10 / 10
Great hotel with a great atmosphere. Caters well for golfers and in a very good location. Staff were very helpful and friendly. Only disappointment was the clubhouse bar and restaurant was closed on the Monday.
10 / 10
Staff more than helpful in all areas of hotel. Very comfortable stay. Hotel very quiet and beds very comfortable. Courtesy bus offered to take us to St Andrews in evening. Overall a very good stay.
10 / 10
Amazing hotel in a beautiful surrounding. Everything was perfect: the luxurious bedroom, the spacious halls and stylish sitting sitting rooms. We had a wonderful time!
8 / 10
10 / 10
He hotel, staff and facilities were fantastic. The price of £175 b&b plus two rounds of golf was well worth it.
Thanks for helping with the bookings as we turned up played and enjoyed our stay. Shame the weather on Monday wasn’t as good as Sunday
10 / 10
We booked our trip for my husbands 65th Birthday and our 45th wedding anniversary, first can i say the hotel was so nice the staff were just amazing couldn't do enough for us. I would rate it 10 out of 10.
10 / 10
This hotel is fantastic, we truly loved everything about it. Our room was amazing and everything was top class. Two high standard golf courses that exceeded our expectations.
10 / 10
Absolutely fabulous hotel highly recommend
10 / 10
From driving in through the well manicured entrance you are made to feel as if you belong, a welcoming atmosphere from everyone over the course of our too brief a stay, the room was clean, well furnished and spacious, the beds are extremely comfortable and the quiet is deafening. The breakfast choice is extensive, well presented & prepared. Overall it is one of the the most pleasant places to play & stay I have encountered.
10 / 10
10 / 10
10 / 10
the hotel was clean the staff could not do another for you plenty of information there was no sign post for the car park that was the only minus
10 / 10
Absolutely beautiful place very scenic and fabulous golf courses
10 / 10
Hotel was great. Excellent service. Bar area a little pricey but to be expected at such a great hotel.
10 / 10
We played the Kittocks course when our golf society visited St Andrews for our 10 year anniversary tour. I was lucky enough to play the Torrance Course a few years back and, in general, found the Kittocks to be more scenic, but a little easier as it’s slightly more open. Overall we found that the higher handicaps in the group scored better on the day, but everyone came off the course nicely surprised as to how good it was.
We must give a special shout out to the guys in the proshop who were extremely helpful, even going so far as to give us all a miniature bottle of whisky to keep us going for the round!
10 / 10
Thank you for everything yourgolftravel did for me and my
mates. The golf trip to Scotland was great! It was a bit windy but thankfully
dry and that was a bonus for this time of the year! I scored well on the Old
Course with a par on the road hole; what more can you ask for?!
The Fairmont St Andrews Hotel was really nice with
very nice rooms and very pleasant staff.
Again many, many thanks for a very enjoyable, trouble free
golf trip.
10 / 10
We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to The Fairmont St Andrews, which
we combined with a golf lesson from a local Pro using the Trackman device,
which we found extremely interesting and also quite soul destroying!
The two golf courses at The Fairmont – Torrance and
Kittocks – were both in great condition for this time of year; the greens
especially so. Both courses were very playable and would suit golfers of all
handicaps but without doubt to score well, you need to play some good golf.
The staff in the clubhouse and proshop were all very
welcoming with a ready smile and friendly conversation. When we checked in on
the second day for our golf we were down to play the Torrance course again
instead of the Kittock. The staff acknowledged it was their mistake and provided
us with a buggy to start at the 10th as the 1st was busy all day. Not ideal but
they could not have been more accommodating and helpful and later offered us
discounted green fees when we return. Top class service.
The hotel was first class too with a large bedroom with two
double beds and an excellent bathroom. The choice of dining in the Hotel was
reasonable. We ate in the Italian restaurant and the food was very good. As
with all hotels of this class, the price of drinks and wine is a bit over the
top but when it’s served by lovely staff with the right kind of attitude it
helps take the pain away!
We would certainly stay at Fairmont St Andrews again and
overall felt it was excellent value for money and the kind of venue ideally
suitable for husbands and wives looking for a golf break.
Thanks to YGT for your professionalism in organising the trip.
I liked the text messages before and after our games wishing us well.
Will speak to you soon about our next golf break.
10 / 10
Our recent golf trip to Scotland was absolutely fabulous. It
was a celebration of my 60 birthday with some of my closest friends and the
entire long weekend was flawless.
To get 16 grumpy middle aged men all to agree on anything is
truly exceptional but there wasn't one dissenting voice in agreeing that this
was one of the best golf trips they had been on.
The Fairmont St Andrews Hotel was
brilliant with large rooms, with 2 comfy double beds per room and overall the
facilities were excellent with the bars staying open to silly o'clock every
night we were there.
The 4 courses we played were all in tip top condition and
each had their own challenges to overcome.
The Jewel of the tour for me was The Dukes course, which was
both beautiful and challenging, closely followed by the Balcomie Links course
which boasted stunning scenery and an exacting test of golf. Both had great
club houses too.
The 2 golf courses at Fairmont St Andrews were fairly similar
in that they were both true links courses, with challenges coming from some
truly awesome fairway and green side bunkers, as well as some serious rough! The
views on some of the holes more than made up for the vast quantity of golf
balls that disappeared into the long grass, never to be seen by man again!
Again I would like to thank all at YGT who made this weekend
a memorable one for all who attended.
10 / 10
Regarding my trip to the Fairmont St. Andrews
golf resort; it was fantastic from the moment we arrived until we left.
We
found the facility very easily and when we arrived our rooms were ready at 0930
rather than after 1500, as is the norm. The rooms were fantastic and the meals
second to none. The steak pie at the club house is to die for and the price of
a pint at £4.50 isn’t too bad for a 5 star golfing complex.
The golf courses – the Torrance & Kittocks – were both
absolute gems and from tee box to green, they were in fantastic condition.
The members of staff at the hotel and the clubhouse were
also very, very good.
I will be booking to go back as my friends enjoyed it as
much as I did.
10 / 10
We had a great trip to Scotland and thought it was absolute
top value for money.
The Fairmont St Andrews hotel was magnificent, as were the golf
courses, both of which were in first class condition, with the Kittocks being
our favourite of the two.
We basically had both courses to ourselves so the clubhouse
was very quiet. The pro was very helpful and friendly.
Food and drink was a bit pricey but the 5* environment in
the hotel was great and I would recommend this golf break to anyone - 10 /10
trip.
YGT service was very good too and I would have no problem in
recommending your company to my buddies.
