Scotland
Golf has been part of the sporting landscape in Scotland since at least the 15th century when King James II banned the game by Act of Parliament in 1457 and there is mention of the game being played on a number of sites along the east side of the country during the 16th century, including Stirling (1505), Carnoustie (1527), Montrose (1562) and St Andrews (1574). Courses that developed at these locations, and many others that emerged along the eastern coastline, from Dornoch in the north to Dunbar in the south, still present a formidable challenge to golfers in the modern era.
St Andrews Links (Old)
Fife, United Kingdom
St Andrews Links (Old)
No other course has hosted more Opens than the Old Course at St Andrews. Its 29th Open and the 144th Open Championship returned “to the Home of Golf” in 2015.
Trump Turnberry (Ailsa)
Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom
Trump Turnberry (Ailsa)
The Ailsa course at the Turnberry Resort is probably the most scenic Open Championship golf course. Located right next to the Firth of Clyde, with craggy rocks and superb views across to the Mull of Kintyre...
Royal Dornoch Golf Club (Championship)
North Scotland, United Kingdom
Royal Dornoch Golf Club (Championship)
Royal Dornoch Golf Club is spellbinding. It seems to mesmerise amateur and professional golfers from all over the world and many make the pilgrimage to this natural links at some point in their lives.
Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship)
Angus & Dundee, United Kingdom
Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship)
Carnoustie is a big natural seaside golf links and the Championship course is considered to be one of the most difficult in the British Isles.
North Berwick Golf Club (West)
Lothians, United Kingdom
North Berwick Golf Club (West)
The West Links at North Berwick Golf Club is an immensely enjoyable golf course, located on the Firth of Forth with stunning sea views across to Craigleith Island and Bass Rock.
Kingsbarns Golf Links
Fife, United Kingdom
Kingsbarns Golf Links
One of the many delights of Kingsbarns Golf Links is that you can see the North Sea from virtually every part of the course.
Cabot Highlands Castle Stuart
North Scotland, United Kingdom
Cabot Highlands Castle Stuart
Cabot Highlands Castle Stuart now offers some serious competition to both Royal Dornoch and Nairn when it comes to attracting visiting golfers, but that's a good thing for the Highlands where the golfing bar of excellence is very high.
Cruden Bay Golf Club (Championship)
North East Scotland, United Kingdom
Cruden Bay Golf Club (Championship)
Cruden Bay is an inspirational golf course, regarded by some as quirky and considered by others as a masterpiece. Either way, this is a thrilling place to play golf because the designers used the original lie of the land to fantastic effect.
Trump International Golf Links - Scotland (Old Course)
North East Scotland, United Kingdom
Trump International Golf Links - Scotland (Old Course)
Occupying a three-mile stretch of North Sea coastline, Trump International Golf Links is the latest American-inspired, high profile course to open in Scotland since the start of the new millennium.
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club (Balgownie)
North East Scotland, United Kingdom
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club (Balgownie)
The Balgownie at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club is a traditional out and back links course running along the shore of the North Sea and it has one of the finest first nine holes in golf.
Prestwick Golf Club
Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom
Prestwick Golf Club
The course at Prestwick Golf Club is a traditional monument, an authentic affair with a layout of holes that snake to and fro through rugged dunes and rippled fairways.
Royal Troon Golf Club (Old)
Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom
Royal Troon Golf Club (Old)
Royal Troon is a traditional out and back links course on the current Open Rota. Host of the 152nd Open Championship, it is best known for the short par 3 Postage Stamp and strategic 11th, named Railway.
Machrihanish Golf Club (Championship)
Argyll & Bute, United Kingdom
Machrihanish Golf Club (Championship)
Machrihanish Golf Club must be one of the most natural, romantic and enjoyable places to play golf in the whole of the British Isles. It’s not long, but it's sheer fun...
Gleneagles (King's)
Perth & Kinross, United Kingdom
Gleneagles (King's)
Gleneagles is the perfect setting for a game of golf and the King’s course is surely the best moorland track in the world.
Loch Lomond Golf Club
Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom
Loch Lomond Golf Club
Loch Lomond Golf Club is set in more than 600 acres of sheltered seclusion, sandwiched between the mountains and the historic lochside.
Western Gailes Golf Club
Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom
Western Gailes Golf Club
The holes at Western Gailes Golf Club are wonderfully varied. The fairways undulate gently, interrupted occasionally by three meandering burns...
Dumbarnie Links
Fife, United Kingdom
Dumbarnie Links
Dumbarnie Links lies within the 5,000-acre Balcarres Estate, a property that’s been in the hands of Lord Balniel’s family for more than four hundred years. It’s a Clive Clark design which first opened its doors to the public as a pay-and-play facility in the spring of 2020.
Nairn Golf Club (Championship)
North Scotland, United Kingdom
Nairn Golf Club (Championship)
The Championship links at Nairn Golf Club is one of the most spectacular seaside courses in Scotland, boasting sea views from every hole.
