{"id":3486,"date":"2026-11-09T11:47:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=3486"},"modified":"2026-11-09T13:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T13:27:56","slug":"206-kilspindie-21-jun-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=3486","title":{"rendered":"206.  Kilspindie.  21 Jun 23."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Luffness, then Craigielaw, now Kilspindie: the club that kept losing its name.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Price Paid: Member\u2019s guest<\/strong><br><strong>Current Price: \u00a3100 (2025, club website), weekdays and weekends (club website)<\/strong><br><strong>Value: 4\/5 at list price<\/strong><br><strong>Moly\u2019s Score: 82 gross, 36 Stableford points<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kilspindie sits on the western edge of Aberlady, about 15 miles east of Edinburgh,squeezed between the village and Aberlady Bay. The week I played Kilspindie, Lloyd Cole of the Commotions told The Times where he feels happiest: \u201cIf my game doesn\u2019t totally suck, as it has the past few years, the links of Kilspindie, East Lothian, with my son Frank.\u201d I understand why, after playing it only once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_5th_tee_Moly.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Moly on the 5th tee, The Law. It\u2019s 272 yards, a par 4 you can drive in theory, with the Firth of Forth alongside all the way.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I played with Kilspindie member Mike Johnson and his pal Derek Phillips, who, like me, is a Dundonian. Fittingly, the Kilspindie name isn\u2019t local either. The Douglases of Kilspindie probably took it from a hamlet in the Carse of Gowrie, twelve miles west of Dundee, an area where Derek and I most likely picked berries in our youth. The most famous of the Douglases, Archibald \u201cGreysteil\u201d Douglas, was Provost of Edinburgh and Treasurer to the young James V. The Douglases&#8217; castle stood behind Aberlady kirk. So two Dundonians spent the morning on a links named after berry lands near Dundee. I like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_13th_xxapproach-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_13th_xxapproach-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_13th_xxapproach-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_13th_xxapproach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_13th_xxapproach-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_13th_xxapproach-676x507.jpg 676w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_13th_xxapproach-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_13th_xxapproach-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Approaching the 13th, The Kirk, between the old stone walls. Kilspindie Castle\u2019s stones went into the walls around Aberlady, and it\u2019s nice to think a few ended up here.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=3421\">Blog 204 <\/a><\/strong>tells the story of the Luffness club division in 1894, into Luffness and Luffness New, the latter moving to its current course. The Aberlady-based Luffness members remained on the old course until it&#8217;s lease ran out in 1898, and the Earl of Wemyss offered the club links land across the Aberlady Bay. Some histories, Scottish Golf History among them, say it became Kilspindie that year, but the clubhouse wall tells a different story. A notice setting caddie rules from 16 January 1899 is signed for \u201cLuffness Golf Club\u201d, and so is a rifle-range notice dated 16 March 1899. The club\u2019s own date of 1899 stands, and the renaming came no earlier than spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse_Caddie_sign_deglare-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse_Caddie_sign_deglare-1-707x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse_Caddie_sign_deglare-1-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse_Caddie_sign_deglare-1-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse_Caddie_sign_deglare-1-768x1112.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse_Caddie_sign_deglare-1-676x979.jpg 676w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse_Caddie_sign_deglare-1-1061x1536.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse_Caddie_sign_deglare-1-1414x2048.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse_Caddie_sign_deglare-1-scaled.jpg 1768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Caddie rules for the \u201cMuirfield, Gullane, Craigielaw &amp; Luffness Mill Links\u201d, 1899: four links and four clubs. The old Luffness club signs for the third, Craigielaw, and New Luffness for Luffness Mill.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The caddie notice has a further twist. Four links are named and four clubs sign it, so the old club\u2019s new ground was the Craigielaw links. One golf history says just that: the members \u201cmoved to the Craigielaw Links in 1898\u201d. The club had already lost the name Luffness to its own breakaway. A century later it lost the second. In the late 1990s Kilspindie set out to build a second eighteen on the ground next door, its landlord\u2019s ground, and members paid handsomely for the privilege. After two years of fractious negotiation, the Wemyss and March Estates pulled out in 2001.  The estate then built the course itself, with Donald Steel, and called it Craigielaw (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=2920\">Blog 182<\/a><\/strong>). So, the landlord that rescued the club in 1898 had become its competitor next door. As far as I can tell, Kilspindie still leases its links from the same estate. The two clubs now name a hole after each other: Kilspindie\u2019s 17th is \u201cCraigielaw\u201d and Craigielaw\u2019s 6th is \u201cKilspindie\u201d. Make of that what you will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_17th_yygreen_Mike-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_17th_yygreen_Mike-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_17th_yygreen_Mike-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_17th_yygreen_Mike-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_17th_yygreen_Mike-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_17th_yygreen_Mike-676x507.jpg 676w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_17th_yygreen_Mike-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_17th_yygreen_Mike-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Mike on the 17th green, named Craigielaw, with the stone wall and the clubhouse beyond.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wanster, the ground under the 9th to 11th is \u201cperhaps the oldest golfing ground of the lot\u201d. I\u2019ve checked. Aberlady golfers played there sometime before 1867, and the club says before 1850, sharing the ground with the Aberlady company of the Haddingtonshire Rifle Volunteers.  Gullane, however, has seven holes on record by 1840, plus a legend of 1650 matches in which Aberlady\u2019s weavers walked over to Gullane to play. The verdict is that very Scottish one: not proven. When the golfers came back to the Wanster in 1898, the riflemen were still there, and members were told to \u201cturn at the Third Hole\u201d whenever the Volunteers were shooting. The 4th, The Target, and the 11th, The Magazine, are named after the range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Rifle-sign-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Rifle-sign-796x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Rifle-sign-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Rifle-sign-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Rifle-sign-767x987.jpg 767w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Rifle-sign-1194x1536.jpg 1194w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Rifle-sign-676x870.jpg 676w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Rifle-sign-1592x2048.jpg 1592w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Rifle-sign-scaled.jpg 1990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>\u201cNotice as to Rifle Range\u201d, March 1899, still signed for Luffness Golf Club and issued \u201cin terms of the Lease of the Links\u201d: a tenant from its first season.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The golf is a delight. The 2nd to the 7th run along the coast, and water is in play on several of them when the tide is in. The greens were the best of the week, which is saying something after Luffness New and Gullane No 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_4th_yygreen_Mike-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_4th_yygreen_Mike-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_4th_yygreen_Mike-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_4th_yygreen_Mike-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_4th_yygreen_Mike-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_4th_yygreen_Mike-676x507.jpg 676w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_4th_yygreen_Mike-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_4th_yygreen_Mike-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Mike putts out on the 4th, The Target, with the beach drained by the tide and the hills of Fife beyond.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_6th_tee-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_6th_tee-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_6th_tee-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_6th_tee-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_6th_tee-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_6th_tee-676x507.jpg 676w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_6th_tee-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_6th_tee-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>The 6th tee, Green Craig, as smooth as many greens, with 268 yards of fairway running towards Aberlady and the beach on the right.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep your ego in check, though. From the yellows it\u2019s 5,209 yards, and several par 4s are almost drivable. My 82 was exactly my handicap, 36 points, and it was not half as good as my 86 in the wind at Luffness New. Lloyd Cole\u2019s caveat applies in reverse: here, even a mediocre game can look good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_8th_tee_Moly-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_8th_tee_Moly-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_8th_tee_Moly-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_8th_tee_Moly-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_8th_tee_Moly-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_8th_tee_Moly-676x507.jpg 676w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_8th_tee_Moly-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_8th_tee_Moly-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Moly on the 8th, Gosford Bay, the club\u2019s signature par 3, with the shore all down the right. I made par, as the scorecard will confirm<\/strong><\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clubhouse is a time capsule. The members\u2019 lockers line the bar and dining room, next to the whisky cabinet. I\u2019m told that in years gone by, members thought nothing of changing there while other people ate their lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Lockers-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Lockers-1024x692.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Lockers-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Lockers-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Lockers-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Lockers-676x457.jpg 676w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Lockers-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Clubhouse-Lockers-2048x1384.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Lockers 11 to 16, the past captains, and the malt whisky cabinet, all in the same room.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Value? At \u00a3100, Kilspindie costs half Luffness New\u2019s summer rate (\u00a3210, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=3421\">Blog 204<\/a><\/strong>), and the same as a weekday round on Gullane No 2 (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=3462\">Blog 205<\/a><\/strong>) and less than Craigielaw\u2019s \u00a3125 (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/?p=2920\">Blog 182<\/a><\/strong>). It\u2019s short, but the setting, the greens and the history are first-rate. That\u2019s 4\/5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_18th_green_Mike.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Mike finishes on the 18th, Home.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gullane No 3 that afternoon: Blog 207.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Course Type:<\/strong><\/em> <em>Links<\/em><br><em><strong>Par:<\/strong><\/em> <em>69 (1 par 5, 14 par 4s, 4 par 3s)<\/em><br><em><strong>Distance:<\/strong><\/em> <em>5,209 yards (yellow)<\/em><br><em><strong>Course Rating \/ Slope:<\/strong><\/em> <em>65.7 \/ 106<\/em><br><em><strong>Course Quality:<\/strong><\/em> <em>4.5\/5<\/em><br><em><strong>Moly\u2019s Gross Score:<\/strong><\/em> <em>82 (36 Stableford points)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Scorecard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Scorecard-768x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Scorecard-768x1024-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Scorecard-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Scorecard-676x901.jpg 676w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Scorecard-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Scorecard-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/230621_Kilspindie_Scorecard.jpg 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Moly&#8217;s scorecard &#8211; 82.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luffness, then Craigielaw, now Kilspindie: the club that kept losing its name. Price Paid: Member\u2019s guestCurrent Price: \u00a3100 (2025, club website), weekdays and weekends (club website)Value: 4\/5 at list priceMoly\u2019s Score: 82 gross, 36 Stableford points Kilspindie sits on the western edge of Aberlady, about 15 miles east of Edinburgh,squeezed between the village and Aberlady [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,46,36,87,19,29,32,9,54,15,10,31,38,2,18,20,123,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-18-holes","category-1851-1900","category-4-star-overall-value","category-4-star","category-ben-sayers","category-course-architech","category-course-owned-by","category-course-quality","category-course-type","category-edinburgh-the-lothians","category-holes","category-links","category-members","category-overall-value","category-price-range","category-region","category-when-course-established","category-willie-park-junior","category-over-100","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3486"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3517,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486\/revisions\/3517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.scotlandgolfbible.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}