Carnoustie Golf Links

Carnoustie Golf Links

Location in Scotland
Location in Angus, Scotland
Club information
Location Carnoustie, Scotland
Established1842 (1842)
TypePublic
Total holes54
Websitecarnoustiegolflinks
Championship
Designed byAllan Robertson and
Old Tom Morris;
James Braid (1926)
Par72 (71 for The Open)
Length6,941 yards (6,347 m)
(7,402 yards (6,768 m)
for the 2018 Open)
Course record63 by Tommy Fleetwood
(6 Oct 2017)
Burnside
Designed byJames Braid
Par68
Length5,963 yards (5,453 m)
Buddon Links
Designed byPeter Alliss and Dave Thomas
Par68
Length5,921 yards (5,414 m)

Carnoustie Golf Links is in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. Carnoustie has four courses the historic Championship Course, the Burnside Course, the Buddon Links Course and a free-to-play short, five-hole course called The Nestie. Carnoustie Golf Links is one of the venues in the Open Championship rotation and has hosted golf's oldest major on eight occasions (1931, 1937, 1953, 1968, 1975, 1999, 2007, 2018), as well as the Senior Open Championship in 2010 and 2016 and the Women's British Open in 2011 and 2021.