Great Courses of Britain & Ireland: Brora Golf Club
Far north along the Scottish coast, playing between grazing sheep and the North Sea, is golf in its purest form. Located 30 minutes north of Dornoch, way up in the Scottish Highlands, Brora Golf Club is an unassuming links that sinks its hooks into nearly every golfer who plays it. It’s what people mean when […]
The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle
By Graylyn Loomis After an inspired renovation, this course is the equal of its regal setting in the Scottish Highlands Skibo Castle dates back to 1211, but the estate just outside of Dornoch, in northern Scotland, really came to prominence when Andrew Carnegie purchased the property in 1898. The famous industrialist hosted everyone from […]
Golspie Golf Club Needs Your Help
Avid LINKS readers will have followed Associate Editor Graylyn Loomis’s journey last month across Scotland for the North Coast 500. One of his early rounds on that trip was at Golspie Golf Club, just north of Dornoch, Scotland. The course is a rural gem designed by James Braid and the place embodies pure Scottish golf. […]
Ferry Golf: Golf Courses of Scotland’s Western Isles
One of the most unique and special parts of Scotland is a place you’ve likely never heard of
Tain Golf Club, Scottish Highlands
In a secluded corner of the Scottish Highlands, on nearly the same latitude as Juneau, Alaska, lays a golf course of compelling beauty, fascinating history and beguiling challenge. This is Tain, the oldest royal burgh in Scotland and where the steeply winding streets and medieval walls echo a colorful and ancient past. This is where […]
