Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club is one of the premier links-style golf courses in the world and has played host to 10 Open Championships. As well as two Ryder Cups, and a host of other tour events. This is an extremely challenging course when the wind is blowing. Royal Lytham is quite unique among championship courses in that the opening hole is, in fact, a par 3. A must-play on any golfer’s itinerary. Royal Liverpool last hosted the Open Championship in 2001 when David Duval triumphed, and more recently in 2012.
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.
