Our take

You do not get Muirfield as your next-door neighbour without serious golfing ground, and DJ Russell's Dirleton course makes the most of land that has held golf for over a century.

• Serious golfersThe links and woodland mix keeps changing the question, and the 3rd and the 7th bite before you have settled. The wind is rarely quiet on this stretch of the East Lothian coast.
• SocietiesFlat walking with barely 70 metres of climb and only three spots where water threatens, so the whole group gets round together and nobody loses their day by the turn.
• Buddy tripsTwo courses on one site puts a 36-hole day on the table, and the Fidra plays a different tune to the Dirleton, which keeps the second round interesting.

Tell us who’s coming and how you like to play, and we’ll shape the right trip around you.

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