The Old Course Hotel sits in an unrivaled position overlooking the iconic 17th Road Hole of the Old Course at St Andrews — the Home of Golf. With its own championship course, the Duke's, and privileged access to the hallowed links, this five-star hotel is a pilgrimage destination for golfers worldwide.
175 rooms · 1 course · Europe · Preferred Golf
The 495-yard Road Hole is the longest par-4 on the Old Course and requires a blind tee shot over a replica railway shed beside the Old Course Hotel — the hotel's signage itself serves as the aiming point. The approach must avoid the cavernous Road Hole bunker at front and a public road and stone wall behind a green no wider than 16 yards at its narrowest.
Owned by Kohler Co. since 2004 and positioned directly beside the 17th fairway of the Old Course, this 175-room property gives guests the only private hotel access to Scotland's most consequential stretch of links land, alongside the sole Kohler Waters Spa outside the United States.
The hotel's concierge arranges tee times across all seven St Andrews Links Trust courses, including guaranteed access to the Old Course through the hotel's direct tour operator packages — bypassing the public ballot system that leaves independent visitors without a starting time. The hotel-owned…
The only Kohler Waters Spa outside the United States occupies a dedicated facility with 13 treatment rooms including two couples' rooms and two wet treatment rooms with KOHLER bathing installations. Signature contrast therapy anchors the program, with a KLAFS snow-and-sauna cabin, 8-foot plunge…
The hotel's flagship dining room holds 3 AA Rosettes — the highest designation awarded within the property — and looks directly onto the Road Hole, the 17th on the Old Course, through floor-to-ceiling windows. The restaurant takes its name from Old Station Road, the road that runs behind the…
The Road Hole Restaurant · The Jigger Inn · Swilcan Loft
Kohler Waters Spa · 20-Meter Pool · Hydrotherapy Pool · Indoor Golf Simulator (60 Courses) · Fitness Center · Old Course Ballot Assistance · Suite Golf Packages
May - October
Scottish summer brings long twilight — usable daylight past 10pm in June — and the best stretches of dry, firm links conditions that make the Old Course play as intended.
If the Old Course ballot doesn't come through — and most days it won't — the hotel's 60-course indoor simulator includes a laser-accurate replica of the Old Course itself; play it the night before your ballot attempt to memorize the double greens and the Road Hole line. The Jigger Inn, a 19th-century pub immediately adjacent to the 17th fairway, pours after any round.
Resort golf membership (The Duke's Course — open to public members; hotel-owned course)
Start the full applicationThe hotel is accessible by train via Leuchars station, 5 miles away, which sits on the main Edinburgh-Dundee-Aberdeen line; the journey from Edinburgh Waverley runs approximately 50 minutes.
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