Fairmont St. Andrews - The Torrance Course

This was my 193rd golf course worldwide and have to put it in my top 20. In excellent condition for early May and has amazing views of the sea and St Andrews. Thoroughly enjoyed my day, despite not playing at my best. Beautiful views from clubhouse.

This course proved to have a great layout. The greens were tough due to type of grass and our timing. I imagine the greens would be perfect in a month. It has rich lush grass which reminded all of us of a USA course. Very different from the Castle course and the old course. We played it cause carts were readily available. We had two people with medical issues that just couldn’t walk three rounds in a row.

Hole in one on the 8th with not a soul around made the round! Always quiet on a Monday with only a couple of 3 balls around. The Torrance is a superb golf course with great flow and some exceptional holes especially the Par 3’s (17th is one of the best around). Big thanks to the 3 ball I caught up with to gush out the fact I’d Aced the 8th, one of them gave me a Curly Wurly out of her bag as reward. Class!

Great day and cheap celebration in the clubhouse (the benefit of achieving a solo hole in one ♠️ 😊

For the time of year the course was in excellent condition. Fast greens and spotless fairways. Our group was very impressed and it exceeded all expectations. Other than the clubhouse being closed for food and drink (We assumed it was closed because the time of year) we could not fault anything during the day. Thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Very very wet on foot very boggy I’ve seen better parklands courses in better conditions at this time off year the best thing I could say about the course was that the tees were dry n the greens wer also dry but didn’t run anywhere near I would have exspected even tho winter golf also the holes looked like they hadn’t been changed for atleast 5/7 days which I found very frustrating

Was phoned in the morning to say the course was closed due to frost!

Pro was very apologetic and courteous!

Called GolfNow in Belfast to inform. Got my refund promptly!

Thanks Tony

Enjoyable golf with a variety of playing challenges. Some delightful views of the town and coast on the back nine. Course in excellent condition, greens surprisingly fast. Warm-up green and shortgame area as well as range are excellent and handy to first tee. Playing by myself I caught up with a fourball who kindly waved me through, allowing me to go round in about 3 hrs, even with several ball searches. Though I had my GPS watch, a course guide would have helped me pick better lines as several times I could not be sure of safe vs risky lines. Price was excellent value on its own, without considering extras such as warm-up balls included.

The welcome was friendly and it was great to be able to warm up beforehand in the chipping area and driving range which was near the first tee box. Altogether, the course was challenging but fair and the greens and fairways were in immaculate condition. Views are spectacular too.

Enjoyed this course as it was in great condition and challenging layout.

Top top course, would highly recommend playing one of the 2 fairmont courses if in the area or just looking for a game.

Torrance course never disappoints. Great layout superb flow and condition always good. Very lush for August and the dry spell which was mildly disappointing. Fairways needed a cut I prefer my Links a bit tighter but it didn’t detract from a good morning out. My only gripe, and it’s a small one is that I’d like to see the greens cut first thing before any other work gets done. The greens were perfectly fine, true and superb condition for the 14 holes played but it wasn’t until I putted on the 15th after it had been cut did I appreciate how much better they are. Tour level good and fast. I’ll be back as it’s accessible for holiday golf and single players unlike the many other course in the area! Shout out to all the staff on and off course, very friendly folk. Keep up the good work!

Great course. Clubhouse was disappointing.

Couldn’t get a drink after the round unless we sat outside as the clubhouse staff were setting up for evening meals. It was only 5:30pm. Other than that a great place to play golf.