This course is in our GSPro library — pull it up in any bay and play it wall to wall.

"Quirky, centuries-old blind and semi-blind shots reward local knowledge more than raw distance. The famous Redan is the 15th hole, not the 16th. Likely present in GSPro's community library (a GSPro/Garmin R10 gameplay video titled 'North Berwick West Links' is publicly circulating) but no official GSPro course-list entry was directly confirmed this session — treat as probable, not certain."

Golf has been played on this East Lothian shore since 1832, and the West Links grew westward in stages — 1868, 1877, 1895 — into one of the most influential courses on earth. It gave golf the Redan, the template par-3 copied on hundreds of courses, plus the wall-guarded 13th ('Pit') and the double-shelf 16th green. Stone walls cross fairways, the beach is in play, and Ben Sayers' 1932 refinements gave it today's shape. Architects still make pilgrimages here; it's arguably the most fun serious course in Scotland.

Everyone, eventually. Architecture nerds owe it a pilgrimage for the Redan alone; match-play groups will love the quirk; links purists rank it alongside the Open rota courses for pure joy.

No. 15 'Redan' is the most copied par-3 in golf — a fortress green angled away behind a deep front bunker. No. 13 'Pit' plays over an ancient stone wall to a sunken green, and No. 14 'Perfection' demands two perfect blind shots toward the sea. Quirk elevated to art.

Genuinely playable for beginners off the tee — wide, short-ish, and firm — but walls, blind shots, and wild greens will baffle first-timers. That's part of the charm; nobody leaves grumpy.

Yes — a community recreation exists in GSPro and it's a bucket-list sim round. The walls, blind shots, and Redan green translate surprisingly well; wind settings make or break it. Every Clubhouse member who loves links golf should queue this up — it may be the most fun 'weird' course in the library.

A private members' club that welcomes public visitor bookings — book well ahead through the club, especially May-September. Peak-season green fees have climbed well into the £200s, and it's worth every pound.