St Andrews
The Home of Golf
Six Confirmed Rounds · Daily Old Course Ballot · The Old Course Hotel
Mosaico Travels
Curated Luxury · Exceptional Destinations
Six championship rounds
at the home of golf
St Andrews is the only town on earth where seven championship links courses share a single tee sheet — and where one ancient links course, the Old, has been holding a daily ballot for visitors since long before any of us were born. The romance of St Andrews is the pursuit of the Old Course; the pleasure is the depth of golf around it.
Six nights at The Old Course Hotel — an AA Five Red Star property bordering the famous 17th Road Hole, with the Kohler Waters Spa, four restaurants, and Jacques Garcia-designed suites overlooking the Eden Estuary. From its doorstep, the New, Jubilee, Eden and Castle courses are within a five-minute walk; Kingsbarns is fifteen minutes south; Carnoustie's Championship links, thirty-five minutes north across the Tay.
- The New Course (1895) & Jubilee — Old Tom Morris's St Andrews
- The Castle Course — David McLay-Kidd's clifftop modern links
- Kingsbarns Golf Links — Kyle Phillips, World #43
- Carnoustie Championship — World #34, ten Open Championships
- The Eden Course — Harry Colt's strategic 1914 design
- Daily ballot entry for the Old Course — see below
- The Old Course Hotel, AA Five Red Star · Kohler Waters Spa
One ancient town,
seven championship courses
The St Andrews Links Trust manages seven public courses — the Old, New, Jubilee, Eden, Castle, Strathtyrum and Balgove — every one of them open to visitors. Add Kingsbarns ten minutes down the coast, Carnoustie thirty-five minutes north, and the depth of championship links per square mile is unmatched anywhere in golf. The Old Course is the prize. The other six rounds are the trip.
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.
Each morning of your stay, our St Andrews concierge enters your group's names, home clubs, and handicaps into the Links Trust ballot two days ahead of play (the deadline is 2pm; results post around 5pm the same afternoon). If your name is drawn, we rearrange that day's confirmed round to free you for the Old. If not, your confirmed round goes ahead as planned and we re-enter you the next eligible day.
The Old Course is closed every Sunday, and there is no ballot drawn on Fridays. The St Andrews Links Trust currently estimates ballot odds at roughly 1 in 10 per day; over six consecutive entries during your stay, the cumulative probability is meaningfully higher — but the ballot is a lottery, and we cannot promise the result.
Your trip delivers six confirmed championship rounds regardless of the ballot. The Old Course, if it falls your way, is the bonus — and the entire town will know about it.
Entries
Of Success
Green Fee
Deadline
Your Detailed Mosaic
Seven days, six confirmed rounds, and a daily ballot pursuit of the Old Course. Each day's confirmed round is replaceable by the Old Course should the ballot fall your way.
Arrival · St Andrews
Welcome to the Home of Golf
Private transfers from Edinburgh Airport (1hr 20 min) to The Old Course Hotel. Time to settle into your Champions Old Course Room with views over the 17th and the West Sands. A guided afternoon walking tour of the historic town — the R&A Clubhouse, the Swilcan Bridge, the British Golf Museum, and St Andrews Cathedral. Welcome dinner at the Road Hole Restaurant, followed by drinks at the Road Hole Bar with its 260+ Scottish malt whiskies.
Round One · The Links
The New Course
A perfect opening round — five minutes' walk from the hotel, sharing the same fairways as the Old. Designed by Old Tom Morris in 1895 and paid for by the R&A when the Old Course became too crowded. The locals' favourite: tighter and more defined than the Old, with raised tees and superb par 3s. Lunch at the Jigger Inn, the historic former stationmaster's cottage now serving Jigger Ale on the hotel grounds. Old Course ballot entered for Day 4 play.
Round Two · Kingsbarns
Kingsbarns Golf Links
Fifteen minutes south of St Andrews along the Fife coast. Kyle Phillips's 1999 masterpiece — the North Sea visible from virtually every shot, and one of the youngest courses ever to break the World Top 50. Co-host of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship every October. World #43, Scotland #7. Lunch at the Cambo Estate. Old Course ballot entered for Day 5 play.
Round Three · Carnoustie
Carnoustie Championship Links
Thirty-five minutes north across the Tay. "Carnasty" — host of ten Open Championships, including the 1999 Van de Velde collapse on the 18th and Padraig Harrington's 2007 win. James Braid's 1926 routing remains the test by which Open courses are measured. The closing stretch from 16 to 18 — over the Barry Burn — is widely regarded as the toughest finish in major championship golf. World #34. Result of Day 4 ballot known by Day 2 evening; Day 6 ballot entered.
Round Four · Castle Course
The Castle Course
A complete change of character. Opened in 2008 — the newest member of the St Andrews Links Trust portfolio — David McLay-Kidd's modern clifftop links sits on a headland two miles east of town, with views back across the bay to the R&A clubhouse and the West Sands. Bold, sweeping, and playfully unnatural where the Old is ancient and natural. Scotland #47. Old Course ballot entered for Day 7 play.
Round Five · The Links
The Jubilee Course
A short walk from the hotel and back onto the Links proper. Originally laid out in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, redesigned by Donald Steel into the most demanding of the St Andrews Trust courses — its raised tees provide unparalleled views east across St Andrews Bay and west to the fluttering flags of the New and Old beyond. Lunch at the Swilcan Restaurant overlooking the 17th. Optional afternoon Kohler Waters Spa session.
Round Six · Departure
The Eden Course
A final morning round on Harry Colt's elegant 1914 design — strategic rather than punishing, with greens widely regarded as the benchmark for modern putting surface design. A fitting closing 18 in the company of the same Eden Estuary that gives the course its name. Lunch at the Sands Grill before private transfer to Edinburgh Airport for evening departure. If the Old Course ballot has not yet been successful, today's morning will be a final attempt at the starter's queue.
Six Confirmed. One Coveted.
Six championship rounds confirmed before you arrive — plus the daily ballot pursuit of the Old Course, the seventh and most sacred name on this list.
Everything Taken Care Of
The Old Course Hotel — 6 Nights
Six nights in a Champions Old Course Room overlooking the 17th and West Sands. AA Five Red Star property. Daily breakfast at Sands Grill. Full access to the 25,000 sq ft Kohler Waters Spa, including the rooftop hot tub and 20m indoor pool.
Six Championship Rounds
Confirmed tee times at the New, Kingsbarns, Carnoustie Championship, Castle, Jubilee and Eden courses. All green fees, shared buggies (where permitted), and clubhouse lunches included.
Daily Old Course Ballot
Your St Andrews concierge enters your group into the Old Course ballot every eligible day of your stay (Sat–Thu). If successful, your scheduled round for that day is rearranged to free you for the Old. Old Course green fee not included — payable to the starter only if your ballot wins (£355 in 2026).
Private Transfers
Private air-conditioned transfers from Edinburgh Airport on arrival and departure. Daily transfers to Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and the Castle Course. The New, Jubilee and Eden are all within a five-minute walk of the hotel.
Welcome & Farewell Dinners
Welcome dinner at the Road Hole Restaurant (3 AA Rosettes) overlooking the 17th green, with drinks at the Road Hole Bar's 260-malt whisky collection. Farewell dinner with wine pairings at the Swilcan or the Sands Grill.
Mosaico Concierge
Your dedicated Mosaico concierge throughout — handling tee times, ballot entries, transfers, dinner reservations and the Kohler Waters Spa bookings. So you simply arrive and play.
Package Pricing
Per person starting from rate. Includes six nights at The Old Course Hotel, all six confirmed championship rounds with green fees and buggies, daily Old Course ballot management, private transfers, welcome and farewell dinners, and full concierge.
Starting From
per person · USD · double occupancy
6 nights Old Course Hotel Champions Room · 6 confirmed rounds — New, Kingsbarns, Carnoustie, Castle, Jubilee, Eden · Daily Old Course ballot entry · All green fees, buggies & clubhouse lunches · Private daily transfers · Welcome & farewell dinners · Kohler Waters Spa access
"A good golf course is like good music: it is not necessarily a course which appeals the first time one plays over it, but one which grows on a player the more frequently he visits it."— Dr Alister MacKenzie, The Spirit of St Andrews
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We warmly invite you to reach out — and would genuinely love to schedule time to meet and walk you through every detail.