Lundin Golf Club was founded on 8 May 1868, sharing an 18-hole out-and-back course laid out by Old Tom Morris with Leven Golf Club, each club running out from its own end. By 1907 the shared links could no longer cope with over 1,400 combined members, so Lundin acquired separate land and brought in James Braid, who visited the site in March 1908 and delivered a new nine holes, completed by autumn 1909 for a cost of £143. The course stands today largely as Braid left it, with only the third green moved in 1970.
Lundin is a regular final qualifying venue for the Open. The greens are lightning fast and the staff at the Lundin Pro Shop is amazingly friendly, making sure one could enjoy its round to the fullest. Did I? Yes. Somehow. The views over the Firth of Forth are simply stunning and so are most of the holes. Only that my driving (in the breeze) was not good enough to find all the fairways. I mean, I hit fairways. Like the 18th from the tee box of the 1st or the 11th when I played the 10th.
