Success for Championship Course at Golf Tourism Awards
Businesses across Tayside and Fife were among the winners at the annual Scottish Golf Tourism Awards.
Carnoustie Links’ Championship Course, The Old Course Hotel, St Andrews Links and Milnathort Golf Club were just some of the local firms to scoop awards at the event on Thursday evening.
Held at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, the gala saw 15 winners and three highly commended prizes across the various categories.
The Old Course Hotel in St Andrews won best luxury hotel, while Gleneagles Hotel was highly rommended in the same category.
Milnathort Golf Club was named the best nine-hole course and Carnoustie Links’ Championship Course was the best over £200.
St Andrews Links won best golf marketing for its Old Course Reversed campaign, which saw golfers play the iconic course backwards.
Meanwhile, Dunniker Park Golf Course, Kirkcaldy, was highly commended in the best municipal course category.
The full list of winners from Tayside and Fife is:
- Best Luxury Hotel: Old Course Hotel, St Andrews (Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder highly recommended);
- Best Municipal or Community-Owned Golf Course: Dunniker Park Golf Course, Kirkcaldy (highly recommended);
- Best 9-Hole Golf Course: Milnathort Golf Club, Kinross;
- Best Course £200 and Over: The Carnoustie Championship Course, Carnoustie;
- Best Golf Marketing/Social Media Campaign: St Andrews Links – Old Course Reversed;
- Best Sustainability Project: St Andrews Links;
- Best Off the Course Experience: The Hickory Golf Workshop, Leven.
The awards, organised by DC Thomson, celebrate achievements in Scottish golf tourism and are the culmination of Scottish Golf Tourism Week.
Owen Wyatt, chief growth officer at DC Thomson said: “I care passionately about tourism in Scotland because it is one of the industries that keeps communities, jobs and local economies alive.
“And at DC Thomson, if we are serious about understanding Scotland’s economy, we have to be serious about understanding the sectors that power it.”
This article appeared in The Courier on 16 March 2026
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