Rugged, Northern Beauty and Lake Monsters
A golf trip to The Highlands lets you play two regions connected by a three-hour drive down the Whisky Trail through Speyside. Part one: we like to base our trips in Dornoch for rounds at Royal Dornoch, Brora and Castle Stuart. Part two: Abdereenshire is home to Royal Aberdeen and the Cruden Bay.
What We Love About The Highlands
After your flight from London to Inverness, the excellent Castle Stuart is just five minutes from the airport. For a great 36-hole day, play amongst the sheep at the simple but compelling Brora. Now you’re only 25 minutes from Dornoch.
Made famous by Lorne Rubenstein’s A Season in Dornoch, this sleepy town features Royal Dornoch, a course that always deserves a second round, and two great hotels, Links House and Royal Golf Hotel. We’re still not sure which is closest to the first tee, we just know they’re the closest hotels to a first hole in Scotland.
After you try falconry at Dunrobin Castle, hit the Whiskey Trail. The three-hour drive may take longer because there’s always someone’s favourite distillery along the way. Now it’s time to play Royal Aberdeen, Trump International and Cruden Bay, which has a blind par 3 at 15 and the tee box at 9 offers one of the best views in golf. They’ll never make another course like it.
Favourite Courses
Royal Dornoch: this is one of our favourite courses and we insist you play it twice (you can thank us later)
Brora: an unpretentious links with electric fences to keep roaming sheep from the greens
Castle Stuart: this relative newcomer ranks #66 and is just five minutes from Inverness airport on the Moray Firth
Nairn: one of the finest-kept links courses in Scotland
Royal Aberdeen: the first course to establish itself in the northeast is a former World Top 100 and always a memorable golf experience
Cruden Bay: number two on the most-fun-to-play list and #63 on best courses in the world list
Trump: while we wish we could call it something else, we still think you should play it. The owner placed a plaque that reads, “according to many, the greatest golf course anywhere in the world”
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