Rusacks sits where golf’s oldest story ends, directly beside the 18th hole of the Old Course. The hotel has occupied its 1800s building long enough to feel like part of the links itself, and it hosts weddings the way it does everything, with quiet Scottish confidence rather than spectacle.

Celebrations run from exclusive use dinners to drinks receptions and full wedding parties, and the spaces built for them come with the view that makes this address singular. The rooftop restaurant, called simply 18, looks across the Old Course to West Sands Beach, and a private terrace hangs above the famous final green. Across the street, One Under pours pints in a proper Scottish pub.

For couples who want St Andrews itself as the setting, town, links, and sea, there is no closer seat.