A classic links course running directly along the shore west of town, the West Links is among the oldest and most respected courses in Scotland. Several of its holes — the Redan, the Perfection, the Pit — are textbook examples of links design and have been imitated on courses all over the world. The course is open to visitors with advance booking.
It is not as famous as the Old Course at St Andrews, but it is considered by many golf writers to be a finer, more idiosyncratic links — and the green fees are a fraction of St Andrews' rates.