A Host Scotland Journey
The Golf Coast & The Home of Golf
4 East Lothian Rounds · 3 St Andrews Rounds · Accompanying Mosaico Concierge
Mosaico Travels
Curated Luxury · Exceptional Destinations
From the Golf Coast
to the Home of Golf
Two regions, one journey. Four nights on East Lothian's celebrated Golf Coast — the densest concentration of championship links in Scotland — followed by four nights on the 18th fairway at St Andrews. Seven championship rounds, plus two daily ballot attempts at the Old Course itself.
The East Lothian half is built around Muirfield — the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, host of sixteen Open Championships — with The Renaissance Club (Tom Doak, current Genesis Scottish Open host), North Berwick West Links, and Dumbarnie Links all within forty-five minutes of the Malmaison Edinburgh in Leith. The Fife half is anchored by Rusacks St Andrews, the boutique property facing the 18th green of the Old Course, with Kingsbarns ten minutes south and two full ballot windows for the Old itself.
- The Renaissance Club — Tom Doak, Genesis Scottish Open host since 2019
- North Berwick West Links — World Top 50, the iconic Redan 15th
- Muirfield — Honourable Company, 16× Open Championship host, World Top 10
- Dumbarnie Links — Clive Clark, Scotland's most acclaimed new opening (2020)
- Kingsbarns Golf Links — Kyle Phillips, World Top 25
- The New Course & Eden Course — confirmed tee times, both with Old Course ballot in parallel
- Two daily ballot entries for the Old Course
- Malmaison Edinburgh Leith · Rusacks St Andrews
The Firth of Forth meets
the Kingdom of Fife
East Lothian is Scotland's quietest golf secret — a thirty-mile stretch of Firth coastline between Edinburgh and the Bass Rock that holds more championship links per square mile than anywhere else on earth. From the Malmaison's Leith waterfront base, the entire Golf Coast is forty-five minutes east. Then a single morning's drive north across the Forth Bridge delivers you to Rusacks St Andrews — the boutique address on the 18th of the Old Course. Two regions. Seven rounds. One country.
The Old Course
is not guaranteed
The Old Course at St Andrews has been holding a daily ballot for visitor tee times since long before commercial golf travel existed — and it is the only way Mosaico can pursue access for you. We do not hold guaranteed Old Course tee times.
To protect your trip regardless of the ballot, we book guaranteed tee times for the New Course (Day 7) and the Eden Course (Day 8) — both designed by Old Tom Morris and Harry Colt respectively, both played from the same starter's hut. On each of those mornings, our St Andrews concierge has also entered your group into the Old Course ballot. If the ballot is successful, the New or Eden tee time is released and you play the Old that day instead.
The ballot is a lottery and we cannot promise the result — but with two consecutive entries and guaranteed backup rounds in place, you play either way.
Seven championship rounds regardless of the ballot. If the Old Course ballot hits, you simply trade up that day — and the entire town will surely know about it.
Your Detailed Mosaic
Nine days, seven guaranteed rounds across two regions, and two Old Course ballot attempts on Days 7 and 8 from Rusacks.
Arrival · Edinburgh
Welcome to the Golf Coast
Private transfer from Edinburgh Airport (15 min) to the Malmaison Edinburgh in Leith — the boutique waterfront property in Edinburgh's most evolved restaurant and bar district, ten minutes from the Royal Mile but a world away from the tourist crush of the Old Town. Time to settle in. Welcome dinner at one of Leith's celebrated waterfront restaurants, with a single-malt flight to mark the start of your Scottish chapter.
Round One · The Renaissance Club
The Renaissance Club
Forty minutes east along the Firth of Forth to the Renaissance Club — Tom Doak's 2008 design and host of the Genesis Scottish Open every year since 2019. Built on the rolling dunes of an old whisky bond estate adjacent to Muirfield, the routing weaves between forest, dune and the Firth itself, with the Bass Rock and Berwick Law framing nearly every back-nine view. Lunch in the modern glass-fronted clubhouse.
Round Two · North Berwick
North Berwick West Links
Fifty minutes east to the town of North Berwick and the West Links — the thirteenth-oldest golf club in the world (1832), World Top 50, and the most quietly beloved links course in Scotland. The signature 15th — the original "Redan" — is the most copied hole in golf, replicated on hundreds of courses worldwide. Stone walls cross fairways, beaches sit in play, and the Bass Rock looms a mile offshore. Lunch in the historic clubhouse with the West Links view.
Round Three · Muirfield
Muirfield — Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers
The marquee day. Forty-five minutes east to Gullane and Muirfield — the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, the world's oldest golf club still in continuous existence (1744), and host of sixteen Open Championships, most recently in 2013 when Phil Mickelson lifted the Claret Jug. The course itself is the standard against which all strategic links design is measured: concentric outer and inner loops, perfectly fair, perfectly hard. A long jacket-and-tie clubhouse lunch in the dining room — the Muirfield lunch is part of the experience.
Round Four · Dumbarnie · Transfer to St Andrews
Dumbarnie Links · Drive to Rusacks
Morning check-out at Malmaison, bag trailer loaded. North across the Forth Bridge into the Kingdom of Fife — about an hour to Dumbarnie Links, the most acclaimed new Scottish opening of the past decade. Clive Clark's 2020 design sits on a mile and a half of Fife coast, with fifteen of eighteen holes offering full Firth views and a routing that has drawn comparison to Kingsbarns itself. Lunch at the modern clubhouse, then forty-five minutes onward to Rusacks St Andrews. Check-in, suites, evening at 18 — the rooftop restaurant with the most-photographed view in golf. Old Course ballot entered for Day 7 play.
Round Five · Kingsbarns
Kingsbarns Golf Links
Fifteen minutes south of St Andrews to Kingsbarns Golf Links — Kyle Phillips's 2000 masterpiece, the North Sea visible from virtually every shot, World Top 25, and co-host of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship every October. A new round on what feels like ancient land. Lunch at the spectacular clubhouse overlooking the 18th green and the sea. Return to Rusacks for the afternoon. Old Course ballot entered for Day 8 play.
Round Six · The New Course (or Old Course if ballot hits)
The New Course · Old Course Ballot Day One
"New" only by St Andrews standards — Old Tom Morris designed the New Course in 1895 to relieve pressure on the Old, and the locals will tell you it is the harder, more honest test of the two. Walk to the starter's hut from Rusacks (five minutes). If your Day 5 ballot is successful, this morning's tee time is released and you play the Old Course instead. Either way you play. Afternoon at leisure in town — the British Golf Museum, the Cathedral ruins, the Jigger Inn, a walk on the West Sands. Dinner at one of St Andrews's celebrated restaurants.
Round Seven · The Eden Course (or Old Course if ballot hits)
The Eden Course · Old Course Ballot Day Two · Farewell Dinner
The closing round. Harry Colt's 1914 design — named for the Eden Estuary that runs along its northern boundary — shorter than the Old or New at 6,250 yards but with the most strategic green complexes of any St Andrews Links course. Walk to the starter from Rusacks. If your Day 6 ballot is successful, this morning's tee time is released and you play the Old Course instead. The afternoon belongs to the small ceremonies of leaving: a final stroll across the Swilcan Bridge, the photograph on the 18th, packing. The Grand Farewell Dinner at 18 — Rusacks's rooftop, overlooking the 18th green of the Old Course as the late evening light comes off the Old.
Departure
St Andrews to Edinburgh
A final breakfast at Rusacks before private transfer to Edinburgh Airport (1hr 20 min) for onward flights. Your concierge handles luggage, check-out, and the morning's small details — your time is yours.
Four Golf Coast Rounds. Three St Andrews Rounds.
Seven championship rounds — plus two consecutive ballot pursuits of the Old Course, the most sacred name on this list.
Seamless & Elegant
Malmaison Edinburgh — 4 Nights
Four nights in the boutique Malmaison property on Leith waterfront — central, walkable to Edinburgh's most evolved restaurant and bar district, with the Royal Mile a ten-minute taxi away. Daily breakfast included. The refined, comfortable base for the East Lothian half of your trip.
Rusacks St Andrews — 4 Nights
Four nights at the Marine & Lawn boutique property facing the 18th green of the Old Course — the most-photographed view in golf. Daily breakfast at the Bridge restaurant, plus access to 18 — Rusacks's rooftop bar overlooking the West Sands. Old Course-view rooms subject to availability.
Seven Championship Rounds
Confirmed tee times at The Renaissance Club, North Berwick West, Muirfield, Dumbarnie, Kingsbarns, the New Course and the Eden Course. All green fees, shared buggies (where permitted), and select clubhouse lunches included.
Old Course Ballot — 2 Days
Your St Andrews concierge enters your group into the Old Course ballot on Days 5 and 6 (for Day 7 and Day 8 play). If successful, your New or Eden tee time that day is released and you play the Old instead. Old Course green fee payable to the starter only if ballot wins (£355 in 2026).
Private Transfers
Private air-conditioned transfers from Edinburgh Airport on arrival, daily transfers to all East Lothian courses, the transfer north across the Forth to Rusacks on Day 5, and the final Edinburgh Airport transfer on departure.
Mosaico Concierge
Your dedicated Mosaico concierge throughout — handling tee times, ballot entries, transfers, dinner reservations and any walk-up Old Course attempts. So you simply arrive and play.
Package Pricing
Per person starting from rate. Includes four nights Malmaison Edinburgh, four nights Rusacks St Andrews, seven championship rounds, two-day Old Course ballot management, all private transfers, welcome and farewell dinners, and full concierge.
Starting From
per person · USD · double occupancy
4 nights Malmaison Edinburgh · 4 nights Rusacks St Andrews · 7 rounds — Renaissance, North Berwick West, Muirfield, Dumbarnie, Kingsbarns, New & Eden · Old Course ballot pursuit on Days 7 & 8 · All green fees, buggies & clubhouse lunches · Private daily transfers · Welcome & farewell dinners
"East Lothian holds more championship links per square mile than anywhere on earth — and the drive across the Forth to St Andrews is the most cinematic golf transfer in the world."— Golf Digest · Scotland's Most Underrated Golf Coast
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