Leven Thistle Golf Club

Played in the Leven Thistle Open on 24 August 2002. A bargain for 10 quid - God bless the 'Wee Yellow Book' for keeping Scottish golfers informed of such events. Not a course for the visiting holidaymaker who is a beginner - this is serious golf with narrow fairways, punitive rough and demanding greens. Like the Elie course where there are two clubs sharing the same course, the Thistle club has the inferior of the two clubhouses but I suspect the friendliest! The wind was not blowing much today but God knows what type of score you would run up when it was gusting. - Its the type of course that will challenge you ALL the way round, with a great last hole played to a green just over the Scoonie burn. Well worth a visit. Then again the adjacent Lundin Links looks very inviting. Maybe next year for that...

What an absolute gem. Narrow fairways, hard greens, long ruff. Take plenty of balls, and forget about the score if the wind gets up. Great value also at £24

To travel 310 miles from St.Andrews to Leven -- according to this information -- must follow a circuitous route.