Musselburgh Links Hickory clubs Playing Ducks Inn 'Duck of Fame' game
Duck's Inn at Aberlady The Renaissance Club (Pic: Kevin Murray)
DAY 5 – THE FINAL ROUND
We check out of the Ducks Inn and drive 6 miles
along the A198 through Gullane (which boasts a trio
of superb links courses, appropriately named No.1,
No.2 and No.3) and past Muirfield, for a 9am tee
time at the Renaissance Club, the latest addition
to Scotland’s Golf Coast. Designed by acclaimed
American golf architect Tom Doak (of Pacific Dunes,
Cape Kidnappers and Barnbougle Dunes fame), the
Renaissance Club, which opened in 2008 delivers
an entirely new golf experience.
Set on elevated coastal ground overlooking the
Firth of Forth and carved out of 300 acres of
pine forest, this distinctive and pleasing aesthetic
design is routed through an open dunes landscape,
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punctuated by windswept trees, drystone walls,
linksy rough and fast undulating greens. The course
starts beningly enough, but from the 7th onwards,
it builds more character and opens up towards the
coast.
Some of the standout holes are the 9th and 11th -
two photogenic par-3’s featuring ancient rock walls
and twisted pines, and the dramatic par-4 10th,
where a drive across coastal dunes to a thin ribbon
of fairway is followed by an approach to a tilted
putting surface set tight to the cliffs. After you leave
the green make sure to call at the halfway house for
haggis pie and soup.
Although the Renaissance Club is an exclusive
private members club, currently on offer is the ‘One