The five-star Fairmont St Andrews resort has cemented its position as a leading golf destination by being voted the International Association of Golf Tour Operators' (IAGTO) European Golf Resort of the Year 2012.

As the Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open presented by EventScotland gets underway at Archerfield Links in East Lothian, Tour players enjoy a sneak peek at the soon-to-be-opened spa facilities

Kingsbarns Golf Links has cemented its place among the top links courses around the world after being ranked highly in two of the most authoritative golf rankings. The stunning modern links course near St Andrews in Scotland has been ranked No. 54 in the latest biennial rankings published by Golf Magazine in America. This is a rise of seven places on the 2009 rankings.

Kingsbarns Golf Links is looking forward to its second decade in operation after a successful 10th anniversary season in 2010.

It's not often that you get a chance to play a golf course that's been lovingly prepared for a ?3 million European Tour event, but for a limited time you can take to the fairways of this year's Barclays Scottish Open venue before the world's top golfers go into battle on the very same turf.

Kingsbarns Golf Links celebrated its tenth anniversary season in style with a 30% surge in Visitor rounds of golf played.

For those of you who haven't tried Golf in Scotland, you have absolutely no idea of what you are missing. This is the 'home of golf' and as such is full of every comfort you would expect from that connotation.