The North East and Highlands offer some of Scotland's most dramatic and picturesque links courses, from Royal Dornoch and Trump International to Royal Aberdeen and Cruden Bay. Rugged coastlines, towering dunes make this region a links heaven for golfers.
Below you will find our recommended Top 10 courses to play in The North & Highlands. Click on each club for further details.
Founded in 1877, Royal Dornoch Golf Club was originally a 9-hole course until the renowned Old Tom Morris was called upon to extend the layout in 1886. Club secretary John Sutherland later made several important alterations, while further changes during the 20th century helped create the Champion...
Castle Stuart Golf Links opened in 2009 and was designed by American architect Gil Hanse alongside developer Mark Parsinen. The Canadian golf development company Cabot acquired the property in 2022, rebranding it as Cabot Highlands while preserving the original Castle Stuart Course. The course u...
The links Course was commissioned by the Great North of Scotland Railway Company during the 1890s. Old Tom Morris designed the course with assistance from Archie Simpson and it officially opened in 1899. Tom Simpson and Herbert Fowler then carried out a major redesign in 1926, creating much of th...
Old Course Donald Trump acquired the 570-hectare Menie Estate in 2006 and finally gained approval by the council in 2010 to create a course on the beautiful links land. The Old course at Trump International Golf Links opened in 2012 on the Menie Estate north of Aberdeen. Renowned architect Marti...
Royal Aberdeen was founded in 1780 making it the sixth-oldest golf club in the world. Golf was originally played on the Queen's Links before moving to Balgownie in 1888. Brothers Archie and Robert Simpson designed the course before five-time Open Champion James Braid later lengthened and strength...
Old Petty is the second championship course to be implemented at the prestigious Cabot Highlands. The course was opened for play in 2026 and designed by Tom Doak and Clyde Johnson. The Old Petty Course flows round the breathtaking 400 year old Castle Stuart. The par 71 course stretches to ...
Nairn Golf Club was founded in 1887 when Andrew Simpson created the original course along the shores of the Moray Firth. Old Tom Morris then extended the layout in 1890 before James Braid later made substantial changes to the greens and bunkering. Ben Sayers also added new holes in 1920, wh...
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Brora Golf Club was founded in 1891 and originally opened as a nine-hole course before being extended to eighteen holes in 1900. In 1923 the club invited five-time Open Champion James Braid to redesign the layout, with Braid visiting the following year and producing plans for the course. His out ...
Moray Golf Club was founded in Lossiemouth in 1889 with the renowned Old Tom Morris designing the layout of the course. It initially opened as a 16 hole course before additional land allowed the layout to become a full eighteen-hole linksland shortly after. much of Morris's original routing remai...
Murcar Links Golf Club was established in 1909 on rugged coastal land north of Royal Aberdeen. Archie Simpson, who was the professional and green keeper at Royal Aberdeen, designed the original layout which opened later that year. James Braid and George Smith later recommended improvements during...
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