Edinburgh – Royal Musselburgh Golf Club

I live in Scotland and I reflect this is a place you will delight in playing in.

dont forget turnberry

Kingsbarns Golf Links
With views of the ocean and the high tide foaming over the rocks below, one quickly realises that this links is special and while nothing can exchange the Ancient Course at St Andrews, Kingsbarns Links is infinitely more scenic and is a worthy spiritual descendant of its historical neighbour. more

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2 The Westin Turnberry Resort
While the worldwide recognition commanded by Turnberry is due mostly to the Ailsa Course, it should not be forgotten that the Kintyre Course is also a fine test of golf. With a par of 72 and a championship yardage of 6,583, it is certainly value playing. more

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3 Muirfield Golf Course
Here are just a few golf courses in the world that convey everything by their very name. Augusta National, Ballybunion and St. Andrews are three of these courses and here is no doubt that Muirfield is a further. more

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4 Gleneagles Golf Club
The PGA Centenary Course, made by Jack Nicklaus, has five different tees at each hole, building up to the ultimate 7,088 yard championship test. The well-known 6,741 yard King’s and the challenging 5,965 yard Queen’s were both designed by James Braid. As the first man to win five Open Championships, he knew a thing or two about the perfect course. more

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5 Royal Troon Golf Course
Consistently ranked as one of the best links golf courses in the world, Royal Troon was made by the hand of Willie Fernie, one of the fantastic early British golfers in 1878. Today, the Ancient Course at Troon presents a stiff golfing examination and the inward half is recognised as the most demanding of any of the courses on the Open Championship rota. more

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6 Royal Dornoch Golf course
But excellent Brora, Nairn or Golspie may be, the jewel in the Highland golfing crown is certainly Royal Dornoch Golf Club. Universally rated as life in the world’s top 20 golf courses, Royal Dornoch is unique among the fantastic links of Scotland in that it has never hosted the British Open. Not a reflection of its quality, this is solely because of Dornoch’s remote location. But remote it may be though, this links is a must play course on any golfing trip to Scotland. more

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7 St Andrews Ancient Course
Though the championship credentials of the Ancient Course hardly require justification, the venue has played host to 25 Open Championships and many other events over the years. And while it measures nearly 7,000 yards from the championship tees, the visitor is more likely to take on the 6,566-yard challenge. more

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8 Royal Aberdeen Balgownie Links
Set alongside a picturesque shoreline featuring sweeping sand dunes, Royal Aberdeen is a highly rated traditional links course. Possessing many eye-catching features, most notably the quality of the opening and closing holes, it boasts a balance of long and small par 4′s, testing par 3′s and tough par 5′, which due to wind speed and direction, play differently each day. more

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9 North Berwick Golf Club
Set alongside a picturesque shoreline featuring sweeping sand dunes, Royal Aberdeen is a highly rated traditional links course. Possessing many eye-catching features, most notably the quality of the opening and closing holes, it boasts a balance of long and small par 4′s, testing par 3′s and tough par 5′, which due to wind speed and direction, play differently each day. more

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10 Ladybank Golf Club
On teeing off at Ladybank, the golfer quickly becomes aware of the challenge about to be presented. The mature forest channels the wind in such a way that the position of each hole changes. The dogleg first hole is typical of many at Ladybank, when having carried the rough to the fairway the golfer is left with a tight following to the green

Carnoustie
The course as it was in 1937 is much as it is today and the challenge the modern golfer takes on is the one which confronted the player nearly 70 years ago.

Carnoustie is a public links, and the opportunity is here for everyone to play the Championship course. Here are many local golf clubs, all of which have playing rights over the course and the clubs themselves have a proud and fascinating history