St Andrews, UK
Hog's Haven is a private golf club under development at Feddinch Mains, approximately three kilometres south of St Andrews. Designed by DJ Russell on a site adjacent to The Duke's Course, the project includes an 18-hole layout, a par-three course, and a 58-room lodge, with the full course scheduled to open in 2027.
Hog's Haven is a private golf club under development at Feddinch Mains, approximately three kilometres south of St Andrews. Designed by DJ Russell on a site adjacent to The Duke's Course, the project includes an 18-hole layout, a par-three course, and a 58-room lodge, with the full course scheduled to open in 2027.
Hogs Haven Golf Club
Hogs Haven Golf Club, St Andrews KY16 8FR, UK
Hog's Haven is a private golf club taking shape at Feddinch Mains, a site roughly three kilometres south of St Andrews that spent more than two decades awaiting development. When the main 18-hole layout opens, it will be the first new golf course built in the St Andrews area since David McLay Kidd completed the Castle Course in 2008.
Hog's Haven occupies elevated farmland bordering The Duke's Course, with views across the rooftops of St Andrews toward the Old Course and the coastline of the East Neuk. The project adds a fully private membership club to a golfing landscape historically defined by public and trust-managed courses.
The Feddinch Mains site first attracted golf development proposals in the early 2000s. In 2010, a Scottish owner engaged Tom Weiskopf to design a course, with planning consent in place for both a layout and a hotel. Weiskopf's death in 2022 stalled that phase, and the site subsequently returned to the market.
Alvarez & Marsal Golf — the American development company behind Hogs Head Golf Club in County Kerry, Ireland — acquired the Feddinch site in 2023. Principals Tony Alvarez and Bryan Marsal applied to Fife Council, securing planning approval for their full masterplan in February 2025. The consent covers an 18-hole course, a 10-hole par-three layout, a Himalayas-style putting course, practice facilities, a 58-room lodge, two suites, a spa, and six guest cottages.
The main 18-hole routing is being designed by DJ Russell, a former European Tour professional and longtime design collaborator of Ian Woosnam. Russell is also responsible for the range and short-game practice areas. The 10-hole par-three course and the Himalayas-style putting ground are being designed by Phil Smith, who worked alongside Weiskopf for many years and will incorporate elements of Weiskopf's earlier concepts for the site.
Alvarez & Marsal have indicated that 11 of the 18 holes, together with the par-three layout and putting course, are targeted for completion by July 2026. The full 18-hole course is scheduled to open in June 2027. The lodge, spa, and cottages are expected to be operational by May 2028, bringing the total room count to 84 — matching the capacity at the company's Hogs Head property in Ireland.
Hog's Haven represents the most significant new addition to the St Andrews golfing landscape in nearly two decades. With DJ Russell routing the main course across farmland adjacent to The Duke's, and Phil Smith weaving Weiskopf's original thinking into the par-three layout, the project carries an unusual continuity of architectural intent across three designers. Whether the finished course justifies the setting — and the exclusivity — will only be known once the fairways open.
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