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Interesting news · Tuesday 28 July
Kingsbarns opens what is thought to be Scotland's first distillery putting green
Fife · from dramscotland.co.uk
Photograph · dramscotland.co.uk
Kingsbarns Distillery, just outside St Andrews, has opened what is believed to be the first putting green at any Scottish distillery: six holes overlooking the East Neuk coastline.
The connection is not a gimmick. Kingsbarns was founded by Douglas Clement, a local golf caddie who spent years raising the money for a distillery in the shadow of the championship course, and the Wemyss family who now run it have leaned into the link with bottlings like Caddie's Dream and the 19th Hole, made with The Dunvegan in St Andrews.
Through August, distillery manager Peter Holroyd set a score on the green and any visitor who beat it went into a draw to win the full core range: Doocot, Balcomie and Coaltown.
A cafe and small hotel on the Main Street of Limekilns, on the Fife shore of the Forth, for breakfasts, brunch, cakes and ice cream by the Fife Coastal Path.
Alexander Selkirk was born in Lower Largo in 1676, the son of a shoemaker, and 2026 marks 350 years since the Fife fishing village produced its most famous son.
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