St Andrews Links Trust, the organization responsible for the management of the six public golf courses in St Andrews, is has purchased land for a seventh golf course.

The land consists of over 200 acres of farmland to the southeast of St. Andrews, around one mile from the town centre. It lies between Kinkell Braes Caravan Park and St Andrews Bay Resort & Spa. It will be used for the creation of a high quality golf course, in keeping with the standards expected at St Andrews.

Alan McGregor, general manager of St Andrews Links Trust. said, "We have consulted with several experts who agreed unanimously that an extremely good quality golf course could be created on the land in question. It will complement our existing courses and offer increased flexibility and choice to our golfers."

The architect selected to achieve the goal of the Links Trust is David McLay Kidd, a talented young Scot whose credits include Bandon Dunes, a Top 100 Course in the World and the highly acclaimed, new, private Queenwood course just outside of London.

The seventh course is being created in response to increasing demand to play, in particular over the last decade. The demand is increasing from both local golfers, those who live in or near the town, and from visiting golfers. 2001 was a record year for the Links with the total rounds played reaching 215,000. Demand for season tickets from local golfers has risen over a third over the last four years.