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• Kingsbarns Golf Links wins ‘Scotland’s Best Golf Experience’
• The Fife venue retained title at the Scottish Golf Tourism Awards
• “It’s humbling to win this award again,” said chief exec Alan Hogg

SCOTTISH GOLF TOURISM AWARDS | KINGSBARNS GOLF LINKS

Kingsbarns Golf Links has, for the second successive year, been recognised with a major hospitality and tourism award.

The Fife venue retained the ‘Scotland’s Best Golf Experience’ title at the 2015 Scottish Golf Tourism Awards. It was one of three prizes won by the co-host of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at the glittering bash.

The award, voted for by golfing visitors to Scotland’s courses, was presented at the Fairmont St Andrews Resort on a night celebrating the very best of the Scottish golf tourism industry.

“We’re thrilled to have been recognised in this way once again” – Alan Hogg

Kingsbarns Golf Links held off stiff competition from other contenders for the biggest prize of the night, including Carnoustie Golf Links, the Gleneagles Hotel and Castle Stuart Golf Links.

“It’s humbling to win this award again,” said Alan Hogg, the chief executive of Kingbarns Golf Links. “This is the one we really wanted to win because what we’ve seen in Scotland over the last few years is that it’s not enough just to have great greens, or the best bacon roll, and so on. It’s about putting it all together.

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Colin Dalgleish Colin Dalgleish receives his ‘Special Recognition Award’ from chairman of VisitScotland Mike Cantlay.

“It’s a simple formula. We communicate, we’re there for our customers and we try to do everything we possibly can to make their experience the best one possible, so we’re thrilled to have been recgonised in this way once again.”

Tom Lovering, the organiser of the Scottish Golf Tourism Awards, added: “Kingsbarns Golf Links clearly excels when it comes to delivering a quality experience that ticks all the boxes for its golfing visitors.

“To win this award once is a great achievement but to do it back-to-back really is testament to its staff’s ongoing commitment to excellence.”

The full list of winners on the night is as follows:

The Best Customer Service
Kingsbarns Golf Links

The Best Pro Shop
Gleneagles Hotel

The Best Clubhouse
The Carrick on Loch Lomond

The Best Catering
Machrihanish Dunes

The Best Value For Money Club (Under £50)
Murrayshall

The Best Value For Money Club (£50 and £100)
Macdonald Spey Valley

The Best Value For Money Club (Over £100)
Kingsbarns Golf Links

The Best Golf Course (Under £50)
Alyth

The Best Golf Course (£50-£100)
Cruden Bay

The Best Golf Course (Over £100)
Trump International Golf Links Scotland

The Best Small Hotel (20 Rooms Or Less)
The Crusoe Hotel

The Best Hotel (21 to 50 Rooms)
The Ugadale Hotel

The Best Large Hotel (50 Rooms Or More)
Fairmont St Andrews

Scotland’s Best Golf Experience
Kingsbarns Golf Links

A ‘Special Recognition Award’ was also presented to former Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup captain Colin Dalgleish for his services to the Scottish golf tourism industry through his company Perry Golf. The likes of Colin Montgomerie and Matt Kuchar were amongst those who paid tribute to the Helensburgh man.

Scottish Golf Tourism Awards :: More information

For further information, please log-on to www.scottishgolftourismawards.co.uk.

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Michael McEwan is the Deputy Editor of bunkered and has been part of the team since 2004. In that time, he has interviewed almost every major figure within the sport, from Jack Nicklaus, to Rory McIlroy, to Donald Trump. The host of the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast and a member of Balfron Golfing Society, Michael is the author of three books and is the 2023 PPA Scotland 'Writer of the Year' and 'Columnist of the Year'. Dislikes white belts, yellow balls and iron headcovers. Likes being drawn out of the media ballot to play Augusta National.

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