It’s said that golfers visiting Scotland head east to St Andrews for history and west to Turnberry for beauty. And there’s no doubt that Turnberry’s setting on the rugged Ayrshire coast is beguiling – the granite island of Ailsa Craig, marooned in the Firth of Clyde, permanently reminds visitors of where they are.

The Gleneagles Hotel opened in 1924 and it was described as “a Riviera in the Highlands” and “the eighth wonder of the world”. Today, this historically important 5-star hotel is still truly wondrous and in 2005 hosted the G8 summit of world leaders and the 2014 Ryder Cup.

With views across the world famous Road Hole 17th on The Old Course, the Himalayas greens of the St Andrews Ladies’ Putting Club and beyond to the 2-mile stretch of beach on the West Sands, this prestigious AA Five Red Star hotel is situated at the heart of the golfing activity in the “Auld Grey Toon”.