Good to hear more reports about Pitreavie. I've played it 10 or so times, mostly in various competitions, and think it is a good course, but not particularly any better than others in the general area (Pittfairne and Canmore in Dunfermline, Aberdour, Burntisland, Balwearie and Dunnikier in Kirkcaldy). Some people here do know it is a McKenzie, but that sort of attribution really doesn't mean much to most of the golfers in Fife. They look at each course on its merits, and while Pitreavie does have some, so do most other local courses.
That being said, I will agree with fbd that the 3's are particularly good. My favorite is #3 which is a solid 1-iron to a green hidden in a grove of trees just over a stream. A couple of other things that are good about the course:
--the use of 2-3 streams in the routing, requiring some strategic thinking on many drives and second shots
--a number of driveable (or nearly so) par 4's, on each of which there is trouble if you try to bomb it and fail to execute the shot properly
--the opening hole, which is as hard a 1st as there is. 470 yards, with a drive to a canted fairway and a second over a stream and then uphill to a semi-blind, slick back to front green. A bit Augustan.
Some bad news/good news for all you McKenzie-heads out there......
I was paired in a tournament a couple of weeks ago with a member of Pitreavie, and he told me that the course has had some financial difficulties, as well as some significant maintenance problems. (fbd, et. al.--how did you find the greens when you played there?). The good news--because of the financial problems you can get a membership at an authentic McKenzie course now with no waiting list, and no initiation fee for the princely sum of 280 quid a year (that's about $450). Those of you with more money than sense might just want to gie the club a bell, as they say over here......