The Golf House Club

Corners, it would seem, lend themselves rather well to golf courses. Scotland is awash with them, and the rest of the UK isn’t far behind. For example, England has Royal St. George’s, Deal and Prince’s in Kent; Northern Ireland has Royal Portrush, Port Stewart and Castlerock. But Scotland reigns supreme. The Kingdom of Fife has the most famous corner of all in St. Andrews, but not too far away is another cracker and it goes by the name of the East Neuk of Fife. Nestled within that neuk, or nook, is The Golf House Club, Elie.

Elie is curious and charming in many ways. The town wraps around the course like a snug blanket, and it feels like you’re in a real-life Camberwick Green. It began as nine holes, but fear not, for him from up the road, the main man himself, Old Tom Morris solved the puzzle, as he…