Scotland

The Old Course is the oldest layout in golf, its shared double greens routing out and back across linksland behind the town. The S...

Muirfield runs as a ring of outward holes circling the inward nine, a clever loop that keeps wind in play from every angle. It has...

Dornoch wraps along the Dornoch Firth and is a pilgrimage for golf architects who praise its natural green sites. Tom Watson calle...

Carnoustie is widely called the sternest links in the Open rotation. The closing stretch with the Barry Burn crossing the 17th and...

Turnberry hosted the 1977 Duel in the Sun between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus and the 2009 Open where Stewart Cink beat a 59 year...

Troon owns the shortest hole in championship golf, the 123 yard Postage Stamp, which wrecked card after card in the 2016 Open won ...

Prestwick staged the first 12 Opens, the inaugural won by Willie Park with Old Tom Morris as runner up. The Railway hole and the C...

North Berwick gave the world the par 3 Redan, copied on every continent, and a hole where the green sits against a stone sea wall....

Cruden Bay stacks blind shots, punchbowl greens and skylarking terrain into two unforgettable loops. The fourth green hides 30 fee...

Gailes is a members gem on the Ayrshire coast, a ribbon of holes between the railway and the sea. The club has helped stage Open q...

Royal Aberdeen runs out along the North Sea through a corridor of dunes considered among the finest front nines anywhere. The Walk...

Gullane No 1 climbs Gullane Hill for sweeping views then tumbles home along the ridge. It has hosted Scottish Open and Open qualif...

Kingsbarns was crafted on farmland to feel ancient, and it stages the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship each October. Nearly every...

Castle Stuart opened to instant praise and hosted the Scottish Open for its first years. Its greens sit on shelves above the firth...

The Centenary Course at Gleneagles staged the 2014 Ryder Cup, where Europe won 16 and a half to 11 and a half under Paul McGinley....

Loch Lomond wraps parkland golf around the shore of the loch, with Ben Lomond rising over the closing holes. It hosted the Scottis...

Machrihanish was founded in 1876 near the tip of the Kintyre peninsula, with Old Tom Morris extending the course soon after. Its f...