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Old Course voted Scotland's Best06/10/2003

The Old Course was voted the best course in Scotland in a recent readers' survey carried out by American magazine,Travel & Leisure Golf. The New Course was voted ninth best and second most underrated course.

The questions and results listed below are from the magazine's 2003 Reader Survey

Excluding golf, which region of Scotland provides the best cultural and historic vacation experience

1 Highlands & Islands
2 Fife
3 Central
4 Southeast
5 Northeast
6 Southwest

What are the best golf courses in Scotland?

1 St. Andrews Links (Old), St. Andrews
2 The Westin Turnberry Resort (Ailsa), Turnberry
3 Carnoustie Golf Links (Links), Carnoustie
4 Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Dornoch
5 Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon
6 Kingsbarns Golf Links, St Andrews
7 Cruden Bay Golf Club, Cruden Bay
8 Gleneagles (Kings), Auchterarder
9 The North Berwick Golf Club, North Berwick
9 St. Andrews Links (New), St. Andrews
11 Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick
11 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, Aberdeen
11 Western Gailes Golf Club, Gailes

What are the most underrated golf courses in Scotland?

1 Cruden Bay Golf Club, Cruden Bay
2 St. Andrews Links (New), St. Andrews
3 Kingsbarns Golf Links, St Andrews
3 Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Dornoch
5 The North Berwick Golf Club, North Berwick
6 Western Gailes Golf Club, Gailes
7 Machrihanish Golf Club, Machrihanish
8 The Westin Turnberry Resort (Ailsa), Turnberry
9 Gullane Golf Club's No. 1, Gullane
9 Nairn Golf Club, Nairn
11 Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick
12 Brora Golf Club, Brora
12 Gleneagles (Kings), Auchterarder
14 Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon
14 St. Andrews Links (Old), St. Andrews
16 Gleneagles (Queens), Auchterarder
16 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, Aberdeen
16 The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle (Carnegie Links), Dornoch

What are the toughest golf courses in Scotland?

1 Carnoustie Golf Links (Links), Carnoustie
2 The Westin Turnberry Resort (Ailsa), Turnberry
3 Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon
4 Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Dornoch
5 St. Andrews Links (Old), St. Andrews
6 Gleneagles (Kings), Auchterarder
6 Kingsbarns Golf Links, St Andrews
6 Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick
9 Gullane Golf Club's No. 1, Gullane
9 St. Andrews Links (New), St. Andrews
11 Western Gailes Golf Club, Gailes
12 Cruden Bay Golf Club, Cruden Bay
12 The Westin Turnberry Resort (Kintyre), Turnberry

What are your favorite hotels in Scotland?

1 The Westin Turnberry Resort, Turnberry
2 The Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder
3 Old Course Hotel, St. Andrews
4 Greywalls: A Country Hotel in Scotland, Muirfield
5 Carnoustie Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa, Carnoustie
6 Rusacks Hotel, St. Andrews
7 The Royal Marine Hotel, Brora
7 St. Andrews Bay, St. Andrews
9 The Golf View Hotel & Leisure Club Nairn, Nairn
10 The Marcliffe Hotel, Pitfodels
10 The Royal Golf Hotel Dornoch, Dornoch

What region of Scotland is your favorite golf destination?

1 Fife
1 Highlands & Islands
3 Southwest
4 Southeast
5 Northeast
6 Central