Scottish golf & the best golf courses in Scotland

Braid Hills Golf Course Braid Hills Golf Course: 18 Holes, 5865 yards, Par 71, SSS 68 Braid Hills is a historic gem of a golf course, commanding unrivalled panoramic views across the capital.

Were it not for the fame of its famous sister at the other end of town, Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club would enjoy a much wider flung reputation.

Documentary evidence shows that golf was played on Musselburgh links as far back as 1672 although it is suggested that Mary, Queen of Scots played golf here in 1567.

A golfing gem, the course is set in magnificent scenery with unparalleled views of the Pentland Hills. The well maintained course offers a fine challenge to all golfers, with ample fairways and interesting layouts.

It’s enviable location, high on Coats Hill overlooking the charming town of Moffat, makes this 18 hole course one of the region’s most scenic, providing spectacular views from its fairways and greens.

Located in the main ferry port of the Isle of Arran, Brodick Golf Club is within easy walking distance of the ferry.

Only slightly more forgiving than its contemporaries on the seaward side of the Links, the Eden Course was built in 1914 by Harry S. Colt whose use of natural boundaries and severe bunkers provides a course full of character.

Kintore is predominantly heathland in nature and covers a large area of land from the Don Basin, near the Clubhouse, to mature woodland at the far perimeters.

With spectacular views across the Firth of Clyde to the beautiful island of Arran, West Kilbride Golf Club provides a true Scottish links golf experience.

For aficionados of flat, open parkland courses. Generous fairways. Visitors Welcome. Booking required.

Undulating parkland with tight approaches and well - placed bunkers.

Undulating greens, glorious fairways and stunning ocean holes with views of the Kintyre, Arran and the iconic Turnberry Lighthouse; this is links golf at its exhilarating best.

Hayston is located one mile north west of the town of Kirkintilloch off the A803. It is yet another of the great Glasgow courses and welcomes golfers throughout the year.

Western Gailes is one of a group of great links courses in that beautiful stretch of Ayrshire golfing country that stretches from Irvine to Prestwick and with but a short interruption south to the mighty links of Turnberry itself.

This is an eight passenger luxury hotel and sightseeing barge which sails along the Caledonian Canal.

Ballumbie is a new facility ideally placed on the outskirts of Dundee.

Beith is a hilly parkland course with spectacular views over the Clyde Coast and surrounding areas.

This superb 18-hole layout, with a standard scratch of 72 to match the par for the course, measures 6, 520-yards off the medal tees and is situated on the rugged East coast of Berwickshire.

Welcome to Gullane Golf Club - Course No. 3. Designed by Willie Park Jr (1910), it may be the shortest of the three courses at Gullane, but it provides a wonderful test based on shot-making skills rather than power.

Lauder Golf Course consists of nine holes measuring 6, 049-yards with a par of 72. Willie Park Jnr first laid it out in 1896. He holds the professional record for Lauder of 70, which he set in 1905.

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