Leven Links Golf Course
Course Information
Leven Links Golf Club, Fife is an 18 hole, par 71 (6551 yard,) private, links golf course established in 1846.
18 holes | Par 71 | 6551 yards | Private | Links
Leven Links Golf Course Information
Golf Club Overview
Address: The Promenade, Leven, Fife, KY8 4HS United Kingdom
Tel: 01333 421390
Website: https://www.leven-links.com
Golf Club Facilities
Click the following link to find out what facilities are available at Leven Links Golf Course and read frequently asked questions.
Visitor Information & Green Fees
Price Guide: £££££
Tee time availablity for visitors:
Monday to Friday after 9.30 a.m.
Saturday after 12.00
Sunday after 10.30 a.m.
Winter rates from November to March - see website for details
Midweek Guide: £75.00 per round *
Weekend Guide: £85.00 per round *
- Societies Accepted to Play
- Society Deals Available
- Voucher Deals Available
* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.
Courses & Scorecards
| Course | Tee | Par | SSS | Yards | ||
| leven links | White | 71 | 72 [132] | 6551 | ||
| leven links | Yellow | 70 | 71 [129] | 6309 | ||
| leven links | Red | 73 | 74 [134] | 5775 | ||
Leven Links Golf Course Reviews
Discover what golfers are saying about the course, facilities, and overall experience at Leven Links Golf Course. Explore detailed insights on the golf course, including course conditions, value for money, and pace of play from the latest reviews and feedback in 2025. The Golfshake independent reviews also cover important factors like facilities & service, hospitality, practice facilities, and food & drink. Access the latest, unbiased reviews to help you make an informed decision about your next round at Leven Links Golf Course.
GOLFSHAKE RATING
4.03
AVERAGE RATING 4.2
(based on 52 reviews)
5 star
23
4 star
21
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6
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1
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1
RECOMMENDATIONS
89%
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What the club says: Whilst golf has been played at Leven since 1820, the game dates back to 1846 on parts of these links with the current configuration coming into being in 1909.
From the start of the round the golfer will be conscious of the fairways running along the valleys between these old dunes; it makes for superb definition and a true test of links golf as the slopes and bounces of these natural obstacles come into play throughout the round. They are most noticeable at the first (where the green sits on a ridge plateau), the second, thirteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth. Elsewhere they come into play as obstacles to be played over at holes five, seven and ten and they provide the lie to steeply sloping greens at the fourteenth, fifteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth holes. The strength of the course lies in its fine variety of quality “links” holes with undulating fairways, revetted bunkers, wonderful approaches and large true running greens that provide a stern test for even the most accomplished putter.
At the end of it all lies one of the finest finishing holes in golf where two well struck shots are required to reach a target of quite epic proportions and slope over the yawning demonic Scoonie Burn which winds its way around the right and front of the green.
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Adam / London rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 11 2025
Adam
Incredible links course immaculately prepared with equal challenge and opportunity. A tough course as a new player to it with some blind shots. Very friendly peopleReviewer Rating
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Andrew J rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 6 2024
Great Links
A fabulous example of Links Golf. Classic undulating fairways, wispy rough, challenging pot bunkers, Leven had it all. Very friendly staff, lovely food, great all round experienceReviewer Rating
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Show moreMartin C rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 4 2024
fabulous links course.
typical links playing course, a few holes play into the wind and definitely will affect your card. suitable for every level of player.Reviewer Rating
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Show morePaul M rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 3 2024
Played this course for the first time,great golf course will suit all handicaps, and has great views.
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Show moreMatt W rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 22 2023
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Matt W rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 22 2023
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Vincent S rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 8 2023
Great course for a round
Lovely course, bit tough for me and my high handicap.Some fairways a little rough but greens great and true.
Would love to have done it a bit more justice
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Marek L rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 30 2023
In April and so dry.
It overcast but not heavily and threat of rain. A slight cold wind that swirls. All the greens are fast and the fairways burnt out. Bunkers are all pot bunkers and very penalising. A real test and I went out in shorts. After 2 or 3 holes my hands were like ice but warmed up. Good start to the Fife '23 tour.Reviewer Rating
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Show moreA Golfer rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed Feb 14 2023
Leven Links is incredible! It's always in great condition and can be a tough test of golf. The wind was blowing when we played, but that just made it more fun. The 18th hole is also often referred to as one of the hardest holes in Britain.
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A Golfer rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed Feb 2 2023
Leven Links is in outstanding condition and incredibly tough.
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Gareth W rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 29 2022
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The layout here is decent but the condition of the course leaves a lot to be desired. The fairways are lacking grass and the tees are shabby. The greens are a 6/10 at best. The bunkers are by far the worst part of the course. Several should be roped off as GUR and the fact they are not leads to some farcical situations.Reviewer Rating
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Malcolm G rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 27 2022
Great Course
Many have said when standing on the 1st teeing box, this is a very flat course, by the time they have completed 18 they realise this is a true thinking golfers links course.Reviewer Rating
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David D rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed May 2 2022
Really lovely course with fantastic views. Will definitely play here again
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Show moreDavid D rated 4.5 out of 5
Reviewed May 2 2022
Really lovely course with fantastic views. Will definitely play here again
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Show moreA Golfer rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Dec 21 2021
Stunning views
Leven Links has stunning views and course conditions are great.Reviewer Rating
Steven K rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 14 2020
Would like to return......
Have to say that the fairways were terrible...but the pro couldn't have been more apologetic and fully explained the reasons. Hence would like to return as overall it was a varied course, with good greens and a nice mix of holes.Reviewer Rating
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Show moreFrank rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 1 2019
2nd time and even better
Played 4 ball end of July. Great weather and unusually not a drop of wind. Beautiful lay out and as per last time the course was in fantastic condition. I think it would be a real test in the wind. Sons food to finish over in the Leven Thistle clubhouse which was excellent and some good banter with the bar staff. The only downside is that I don’t stay closer as I would join this course in a heartbeat.Reviewer Rating
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Show moreMark W rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Jul 22 2019
Great Course
This course was a joy to play. It was in perfect condition and the setting was really iconic of a Scottish links(Round played: Jul 2019 - Score: 92 Handicap: 27)
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Show moreGordon K rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 16 2019
Very enjoyable course.
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Show moreNeil M rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 3 2018
Decent
Nice course. So many to choose from in the region, but this is worth a play.Reviewer Rating
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Show moreGiless C rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Jul 26 2018
Good mix of holes running in two loops, few blind shots, generous greens, easy walk.
Sadly on the day we saw it, there was little else to recommend it. Greens were extremely bare and rock hard, I presume deliberately since other courses(especially next door Lundin) keep their putting surfaces somewhat lusher and more receptive in dry spells. A test, certainly, just not one I can imagine many average players would enjoy.
I didn't notice any bunkers with rivetted faces, despite the claims by the club. The sleeper bunker in front of the last green is dilapidated. The starters hut is scrufffy and next to a down at heel amusement arcade. The warm up nets are pathetic pieces of scaffolded rubbish, no range that I could see but a 40 yard chipping area that you wouldn't walk your dog on. A couple of people decided to cycle across the fairway (?) and people were walking across the greens nearest the clubhouses.
None of which should completely spoil your day, if as a visitor you had paid perhaps £30, but we were charged £70, and not on a weekend. Yes Fife is expensive, but at that price, most things really have to be spot on. I think the course has to decide if it wants visitors, because the four of us felt this was the biggest rip off in several years of touring British courses.
Sadly on the day we saw it, there was little else to recommend it. Greens were extremely bare and rock hard, I presume deliberately since other courses(especially next door Lundin) keep their putting surfaces somewhat lusher and more receptive in dry spells. A test, certainly, just not one I can imagine many average players would enjoy.
I didn't notice any bunkers with rivetted faces, despite the claims by the club. The sleeper bunker in front of the last green is dilapidated. The starters hut is scrufffy and next to a down at heel amusement arcade. The warm up nets are pathetic pieces of scaffolded rubbish, no range that I could see but a 40 yard chipping area that you wouldn't walk your dog on. A couple of people decided to cycle across the fairway (?) and people were walking across the greens nearest the clubhouses.
None of which should completely spoil your day, if as a visitor you had paid perhaps £30, but we were charged £70, and not on a weekend. Yes Fife is expensive, but at that price, most things really have to be spot on. I think the course has to decide if it wants visitors, because the four of us felt this was the biggest rip off in several years of touring British courses.
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Show moreSimon H rated 5 out of 5
Reviewed May 17 2018
Superb little gem of track, tight traditional links, fast true greens, fantastic condition. Leven Thistle clubhouse was used after the round fantastic service and reasonable price, comfy and opulent surroundings.
(Round played: May 2018 - Score: 80 Handicap: 6.8)
(Round played: May 2018 - Score: 80 Handicap: 6.8)
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Show moreTom C rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Nov 14 2017
As a member of Leven Golfing Society I am of course biased.
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Show moreRichard F rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 12 2017
Great value links course on the Fife coast
Perhaps it was because the wind wasn't blowing and it was a beautiful early autumn evening but this seemed an ideal "starter" links course - true humps and bumps and sandy tight lies but forgiving rough and generous views of the route ahead, no real blind shots of other links courses. Really enjoyable course to plot your way around and with fabulous views across the Forth to the Bass Rock and Berwick Law and a huge sky all around, only impinged upon by the brooding Largo Law, this was great fun to play. The 457 yard par 4 18th with a broad tidal burn protecting the green was typical of the need to concentrate on the golf rather than the views all the way around!(Round played: Oct 2017 - Score: 85 Handicap: 16.5)
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Show moreLee S rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 17 2017
Good course, worth a visit
An old favourite of mine, greens in perfect condition. Been playing Leven for years and it's improving all the time.(Round played: Aug 2017 - Score: 84 Handicap: 12.4)
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Show moreIain M rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 5 2017
big greens
Great course in good conditionThoroughly enjoyed it
Big greens seemed to help me hits lots of GIR
(Round played: Aug 2017 - Score: 82 Handicap: 13.3)
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Show moreAndrew H rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 27 2016
I found that leven links was a fantastic course that provided a great challenge all the way round. I would however say that the greens were very hard to get the ball to stop on.
(Round played: May 2016 - Score: 98 Handicap: )
(Round played: May 2016 - Score: 98 Handicap: )
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Show moreJack J rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 21 2015
Beautiful views, we got a fantastic day, pretty calm but the wind came on stonger and it became a harder course. Course is in in really good condition especially the greens.
Forgot my GPS and there's no markers on the course so that was really tricky in places.
Didn't go in the clubhouse but the pro shack is being maintained in time for next year.
Enjoyed the day, plan to return at some point
(Round played: Oct 2015 - Score: 95 Handicap: 22.1)
Forgot my GPS and there's no markers on the course so that was really tricky in places.
Didn't go in the clubhouse but the pro shack is being maintained in time for next year.
Enjoyed the day, plan to return at some point
(Round played: Oct 2015 - Score: 95 Handicap: 22.1)
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Show moreTony M rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 12 2015
Enjoyed playing the course for the first time, would play again good test of golf.
(Round played: Oct 2015 - Score: 95 Handicap: 20.5)
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Show moreDougie M rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 31 2015
Great example of a links course with nice greens. 18th is a cracker of a hole and there are lots of challenges out there.
(Round played: Aug 2015 - Score: 90 Handicap: 15.8)
(Round played: Aug 2015 - Score: 90 Handicap: 15.8)
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Leven Links Golf Course Frequently Asked Questions
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Is there a driving range at Leven Links Golf Course?
No, we are unaware of a driving range at this venue.
Is there a golf clubhouse at Leven Links Golf Course?
Yes there is a golf clubhouse at Leven Links Golf Course.
Is there a golf pro shop at Leven Links Golf Course?
Yes there is a golf pro shop which you can access prior to your round of golf or visit to the golf club.
Are there changing facilities at Leven Links Golf Course?
Yes you can access changing rooms and facilities at Leven Links Golf Course.
Can you hire buggies at Leven Links Golf Course?
Buggy hire is available and will be subject to availability. Call prior to your visit to confirm you requirements.
Can you hire golf clubs at Leven Links Golf Course?
No, we are unaware of being able to hire golf clubs here.
Is there a bar at Leven Links Golf Course?
Yes there is bar.
Is there a restaurant at Leven Links Golf Course?
Yes you can order food for dining at Leven Links Golf Course
Is there accommodation at Leven Links Golf Course?
No, we are unaware of accommodation being available.
Are there functions rooms available to hire at Leven Links Golf Course?
Yes there is the option to hire out function or conference rooms. Contact Leven Links Golf Course for further details.
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