15 - Top 50 UK & Ireland Stay and Play Fairmont St Andrews

Stay and Play Fairmont St Andrews. Golf Monthly takes a look at the Top 50 places to Stay and Play in the UK and Ireland

Fairmont St Andrews Torrance Course
Nick Bonfield
By Nick Bonfield
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15 - Top 50 UK & Ireland Stay and Play Fairmont St Andrews

Fairmont St Andrews hugs the coastline close to the Home of Golf, and its courses - the Torrance and Kittocks - offer stunning views out over the Firth of Tay. The Torrance has hosted the Scottish Senior Open for the past five years. The grand hotel boasts accommodation looking down towards medieval St Andrews or out to the North Sea, and has one of the largest state-of-the-art spas in Scotland, plus a recently refurbished health club. Excellent dining is available, whether in the vast Atrium, one of the other themed restaurants, or in the golf clubhouse.

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Nick Bonfield
Nick Bonfield
Features Editor

Nick Bonfield joined Golf Monthly in 2012 after graduating from Exeter University and earning an NCTJ-accredited journalism diploma from News Associates in Wimbledon. He is responsible for managing production of the magazine, sub-editing, writing, commissioning and coordinating all features across print and online. Most of his online work is opinion-based and typically centres around the Majors and significant events in the global golfing calendar. Nick has been an avid golf fan since the age of ten and became obsessed with the professional game after watching Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel win The Masters and PGA Championship respectively in 2003. In his time with Golf Monthly, he's interviewed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Jose Maria Olazabal, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Billy Horschel and has ghost-written columns for Westwood, Wayne Riley, Matthew Southgate, Chris Wood and Eddie Pepperell. Nick is a 12-handicap golfer and his favourite courses include Old Head, Sunningdale New, Penha Longha, Valderrama and Bearwood Lakes. If you have a feature pitch for Nick, please email nick.bonfield@futurenet.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line. Nick is currently playing: Driver: TaylorMade M1 Fairway wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Hybrid: Ping Crossover Irons (4-9): Nike Vapor Speed Wedges: Cleveland CBX Full Face, 56˚, Titleist Vokey SM4, 60˚ Putter: testing in progress! Ball: TaylorMade TP5x

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