Scotland Run

Those traveling between the golf hubs of Philadelphia and Atlantic City will have a convenient place to stop in-between...Scotland! Well, Scotland Run, a public-access facility.

The course does share something in common with its ancestors across the Atlantic, however...sand. We’re slightly misleading again: Links golf is noted for its sandy soil, and Scotland Run is built on the former location of a sand quarry. This does create a rather diverse set of nines, however, as some holes are styled to look like their links ancestors, while others embrace the wholly American idea of playing heroic golf on the former mining site. Ponds and fescue groves abound, and some fairways are separated by large swathes of waste-style sand, with scrub growing in-between.

There are hints of New Jersey and Scotland, of course, but also a taste of Japan: At the second hole, players will find multiple greens, depending on how the superintendent is feeling that day.

The design comes from the pens of Stephen Kay and Doug Smith.