Scotland

Fife, United Kingdom

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.

Lothians, United Kingdom

Muirfield is the course of “The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers” (HCEG), the world’s oldest golf club – according to direct written evidence – formed in 1744.

Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

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...

North Scotland, United Kingdom

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.

Angus & Dundee, United Kingdom

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.

Lothians, United Kingdom

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.

Fife, United Kingdom

One of the many delights of Kingsbarns Golf Links is that you can see the North Sea from virtually every part of the course.

Argyll & Bute, United Kingdom

Occupying a mainly cliff top location on either side of Jura House, the Ardfin Estate golf course is routed across a rugged landscape of peat and rocks...

North Scotland, United Kingdom

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.

North East Scotland, United Kingdom

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.

North East Scotland, United Kingdom

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.

North East Scotland, United Kingdom

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.

Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

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.

Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

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.

Argyll & Bute, United Kingdom

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...

Perth & Kinross, United Kingdom

Gleneagles is the perfect setting for a game of golf and the King’s course is surely the best moorland track in the world.

Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom

Loch Lomond Golf Club is set in more than 600 acres of sheltered seclusion, sandwiched between the mountains and the historic lochside.

Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

The holes at Western Gailes Golf Club are wonderfully varied. The fairways undulate gently, interrupted occasionally by three meandering burns...

Fife, United Kingdom

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.

North Scotland, United Kingdom

The Championship links at Nairn Golf Club is one of the most spectacular seaside courses in Scotland, boasting sea views from every hole.

Argyll & Bute, United Kingdom

The refurbished Machrie golf course reopened for play in May 2017 and it's now geared up to handle visitors long into the future... the 48-bedroomed hotel opened in 2018.

Lothians, United Kingdom

Gullane Golf Club is blessed with the most exquisite turf – winter rules are not needed here. If you hit the No.1 course fairways, a perfect lie awaits, even in the depths of winter.

North Scotland, United Kingdom

The Carnegie Club is located on the edge of the beautiful Dornoch Firth with views of the Struie Hills, the 7500-acre Skibo Castle estate is something very special. It’s a place where fairytales meet reality.

Lothians, United Kingdom

The Renaissance Club opened in April 2008 with future tournament golf in mind and it's Tom Doak's first Scottish course design.

Perth & Kinross, United Kingdom

The Queen’s course is the pretty little sister at the Gleneagles Hotel. She’s only short course but she's exquisitely delicate and stunningly beautiful.

Argyll & Bute, United Kingdom

Machrihanish Dunes was the vision of Australian tycoon Brian Keating. Only a small fraction of this 270-acre property was disturbed by architect David McLay Kidd and associate Paul Kimber when they laid out the golf course.

North Scotland, United Kingdom

Brora Golf Club is a fine, natural seaside links. A Highland delicacy to be tasted alongside Royal Dornoch. Brora is one of the jewels in James Braid's crown.

Fife, United Kingdom

Situated adjacent to the Old course, the New course at St Andrews is often referred to as the local’s favourite because it is tighter and more defined than the Old.

Fife, United Kingdom

The Golf House Club at Elie is where the great James Braid cut his golfing teeth. If you want to play an exciting but challenging historic links course, then look no further.

North East Scotland, United Kingdom

Murcar Links Golf Club is located on a classic stretch of links land with huge sand dunes, crumpled fairways, whins, burns and heather.

Angus & Dundee, United Kingdom

There is a gentle beginning on Panmure Golf Club's Open Qualifying course before it opens up beyond the pine forest.

Fife, United Kingdom

The Castle course is the newest member of St Andrews Links Trust’s portfolio and may be seen by some as the black sheep of the family due to its unnatural links character...

Fife, United Kingdom

Lundin Golf Club has a bit of everything: burns, blind drives, out-of-bounds, a nimiety of bunkers (many of which are deep and punishing), the ever-present wind and truly excellent greens.

North Scotland, United Kingdom

The Old course at Moray Golf Club is a traditional treasure - a links which starts and ends in the town. The closing hole is one of the finest in the British Isles.

Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

Dundonald Links originally set out to be part of a golf and residential complex called Southern Gailes but when that didn’t happen, Loch Lomond Golf Club bought the course in 2003 and commissioned Kyle Phillips to finish the design.

Perth & Kinross, United Kingdom

The Rosemount course at Blairgowrie Golf Club is charmingly situated at the feet of the Grampians, amongst the majestic pines, birch and heather.

Lothians, United Kingdom

Dunbar Golf Club is laid out on a narrow strip of land with the best holes hugging the rocky coastline affording resplendent views across the North Sea to Bass Rock, a huge volcanic lump rising up out of the water.

North Scotland, Scotland

Make no mistake – this is exciting golf. The lovely course at the Boat of Garten Golf & Tennis Club wends its way, up and down, through heather, whin, pine and birch.

Lothians, United Kingdom

Many prefer the No.2 at Gullane Golf Club to No.1 - it's a course of great variety and challenge...it was used for Open Championship Qualifying in 1980.

Dumfries & Galloway, United Kingdom

Southerness Golf Club is set on the edge of a remote headland on the peaceful Solway coast and is virtually unknown by the golfing masses.

Lothians, Scotland

Luffness New Golf Club is the custodian of probably the oldest “new” golf course in the world, dating back to 1867.

North East Scotland, United Kingdom

Fraserburgh Golf Club was founded in 1777 with the present course opening in 1891 and redesigned by James Braid in 1922.

Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

Glasgow Gailes Links is a classic golf course. “The turf is something softer – at least in my imagination – than that of the East Coast courses,” wrote Darwin, “and the greens are wonderfully green and velvety.”

Lothians, United Kingdom

Situated between Gullane and North Berwick, the Fidra course at Archerfield Links (rather like Formby in England) has a contrasting mix of pine-flanked and traditional styled links holes.

Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

The exhilarating King Robert the Bruce course at Trump Turnberry opened for play in 2017 after Martin Ebert returned to redesign the Kintrye course which the architect laid out in 2001.

North Scotland, United Kingdom

The golf course at Spey Valley has an old fashioned out and back routing and water comes into play along the way on several occasions.

Fife, United Kingdom

The Jubilee’s raised tees provide unparalleled views across St Andrews Bay to the east and the fluttering flags on the other St Andrews golf courses to the west.

Angus & Dundee, United Kingdom

Did you know that Montrose Golf Links is considered to be the seventh oldest course in the world? Records state that golf has been played here since 1562 but its mighty neighbour Carnoustie has long overshadowed it.

North Scotland, United Kingdom

The Askernish golf course was created by Old Tom Morris back in 1891 but over the years, it fell into disrepair. In 2008 the Askernish Golf Club came back to life.

Fife, United Kingdom

Scotscraig Golf Club is situated close to the sea, it's part heathland and part links. The hybrid course plays over undulating terrain and is used for Open Qualifying when the Open is at St Andrews.

Fife, United Kingdom

Leven Links Golf Course measures a modest 6,551 yards from the medal tees against a par of 71, but the wind often laughs in the face of the yardage figures.

Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

Irvine Golf Club represents a tough test of golf. It's a classic traditional links course and plays host to Open Championship Final Qualifying...

Fife, Scotland

The Howe of Fife provides Ladybank Golf Club with a natural shelter in the valley of the River Eden. It’s a Top 100 regular because it is one of Scotland’s best inland courses.

Ayrshire & Arran, Scotland

Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club is a traditional links course with commanding views across the Firth of Clyde to the Isle of Arran.

Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

West Kilbride Golf Club really gets the pulse racing around the turn with a nice loop of holes.

Lothians, Scotland

With four of the very best golf course architects having left their distinguished marks on Longniddry Golf Club, it is a rather special place to play golf.

North Scotland, United Kingdom

Golspie Golf Club is a vintage seaside course with a varied and enjoyable mix of links, heathland and parkland holes.

Lothians, United Kingdom

Although it's not long, Kilspindie Golf Club is everything that links golf should be. Step back in time and enjoy this true gem.

Angus & Dundee, United Kingdom

There are two golf courses at Monifieth but it's the Medal course that's used as an Open qualifying venue when the Open is played at nearby Carnoustie.

Fife, United Kingdom

The Balcomie Links is the relatively modern home of the Crail Golfing Society, the ninth oldest golf club in the world, which was formed in 1786.

North Scotland, United Kingdom

Situated on the shores of the Moray Firth, Nairn Dunbar Golf Club is a classic course, steeped in history.

North East Scotland, United Kingdom

Butch Harmon declared to those members present when he visited the golf club in 2005 that Peterhead Craigewan Links course was a "hidden gem" which he really enjoyed playing.

Angus & Dundee, United Kingdom

On the outskirts of Dundee, lies Downfield Golf Club, a lovely James Braid-designed parkland course little known outside Scotland.

Lothians, Scotland

Compared to the Fidra, the Dirleton course at Archerfield is a more traditional Scottish links with deep pot bunkers and sand dunes flanking each fairway.

Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

Founded in 1851, Lanark is the world’s 25th oldest golf club and the course is sited 600 feet above sea level where the ground is sandy and links-like thanks to Ice Age glacial sands.

North Scotland, Scotland

Fortrose & Rosemarkie Golf Club lies north of Inverness on a narrow peninsula which juts out into Rosemarkie Bay...

Perth & Kinross, United Kingdom

The Lansdowne course at Blairgowrie Golf Club is routed through swathes of pine and silver birch trees which put a premium on accuracy off the tee.

Perth & Kinross, United Kingdom

If you can survive the climb up the first few holes at Pitlochry Golf Club, then the views are quite possibly the most breathtaking in golf.

Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

Kilmarnock (Barassie) is a classic golf links, used for Open Championship Final Qualifying when the Open comes to the Ayrshire coast.

Fife, United Kingdom

It’s a mystery as to why the Craighead course at Crail did not feature in any golf course ranking tables since it came into play in 1999 until we first ranked it in 2008...

Perth & Kinross, United Kingdom

From the back tees, the PGA Centenary at Gleneagles is the longest inland course in Scotland. It was also the venue for the 2014 Ryder Cup.

Renfrewshire, United Kingdom

The East Renfrewshire Golf Club, or ‘East Ren’ as it is known was established in 1922 and the great James Braid designed the course.

Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

The 12-hole layout at Shiskine Golf & Tennis Club is one of the most unusual courses featured on this website, a links that has reached true cult status.

Fife, England

The Duke’s is the course belonging to the famous Old Course Hotel and it’s the only non-links course in St Andrews.

North Scotland, United Kingdom

Originally Torvean Golf Club, Kings Golf Club (named in honour of the 6th century Pictish King Bridei) was established in 2019 and the club's new heath-like course was designed by Glasgow-born architect Stuart Rennie.

Lothians, United Kingdom

The Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society dates back to 1761... but the current parkland course is relatively young, dating back to 1897.

Argyll & Bute, United Kingdom

Dunaverty Golf Club is situated at the southern tip of the Kintyre Peninsula and this charming little course measures less than 4,800 yards from the medal tees on a scorecard that includes seven par threes.

Fife, United Kingdom

Designed by Denis Griffiths with the late golfing legend Gene Sarazen and evergreen Scottish senior Sam Torrance as the headline grabbers, the Torrance course at Fairmont St Andrews sweeps dramatically down to the coastline.

Fife, United Kingdom

Designed by Harry Colt in 1914, the St Andrews Eden course bears many of his "more strategic than punishing" hallmarks, especially the greens, which established the benchmark for modern putting surface design.

North Scotland, Scotland

Overlooking the Dornoch Firth, Tain Golf Club arguably offers one of the best settings imaginable in the highlands for a round of golf. With sea on one side and the backdrop of the mountains behind.