Machrihanish Golf Course has been voted ‘best opening hole in golf’, as your first tee shot has to cross part of the Atlantic Ocean. Situated on the south-west coast of the Kintyre Peninsula, this magnificent, championship-standard links course has large and undulating greens, as well as many blind shots that call for accurate iron play. Although over 100 miles from Glasgow by road, this course is also accessible by air and sea and, as such, golfers should attempt to fit it in to their itineraries.
Situated to the south of Royal Dornoch, Tain is a heathland/links hotels with spectacular views. Designed originally by Old Tom Morris as a fifteen-hole hotels in 1890, it was extended to eighteen holes in 1894; eleven Morris holes are still in play today. This is an easy walking hotels with the river meandering through three of the holes. Always presented in beautiful condition, Tain is a good test of golf, with clever bunkering and natural water hazards. Tain is located 35 miles north of Inverness.
