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Modern Scottish links on the Golf Coast

🌊East Lothian Links

🏗️Donald Steel Design

🎯Sherpa Reviewed

About Craigielaw Golf Club

Set on Scotland’s famed Golf Coast in East Lothian, Craigielaw Lodge is a golfer’s dream base with coastal views, world-class practice facilities, and two characterful links courses on its doorstep. Only 30 minutes from Edinburgh and surrounded by over twenty other top-rated courses, this is the perfect spot for an authentic yet comfortable Scottish golf break.

Craigielaw Lodge gives you the best of both worlds with the modern championship links of Craigielaw and mere minutes from the charming, historic Kilspindie golf club.

Off the course, the experience feels effortlessly Scottish. The on-site restaurant serves hearty local fare overlooking the ocean, while nearby Aberlady and Gullane offer pubs, distilleries, and sea-view walks perfect for unwinding between rounds. Whether you’re here to chase birdies, soak up coastal scenery, or simply enjoy good company and great food, Craigielaw and Kilspindie make for a golf trip that’s as welcoming as it is unforgettable.

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Sherpa Review

by Jamie Fleming

✓ Recommended

The course's natural defences (thick gorse-lined roughs, pot bunkers, and tricky run-offs) make it a true test of golfing ability, where accuracy and strategy are key. The greens are typically fast and true, requiring players to have excellent touch and strong short game if they hope to hold the greens. The stretch of holes from 10-14 is some of the hardest on the course and run alongside Kilspindie, these holes are true links golf testing your management of the conditions.

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💡 Best for:

Low handicappers, Mid handicappers, High handicappers, Mixed groups, Golf societies, Beginners welcome, Championship experience, Links golf lovers, Scenic golf, Walking preferred

Courses at Craigielaw Golf Club

Craigielaw Golf Course

Host venue for The Open Championship regional qualifying and the Staysure Scottish Seniors Open. Designed by Donald Steel (the only architect to have advised every course to appear on The Open rota). A charming & playable coastal links hidden gem in the middle of Scotland’s illustrious golf coast. A full Championship links course with challenging greens, well placed pot bunkers, strategic walls and magnificent views over the Firth of Forth, Gullane Hill and out towards Edinburgh and Fife, Craigielaw Golf Club is an experience not to be missed.