Highlands can be a great addition to a St. Andrews based trip, or a destination in and of itself, with spectacular courses that include Royal Dornoch, Nairn, and Castle Stuart. This is also a great location for Whisky tours and other famous Scottish tourist attractions.
Aberdeen is home to several fantastic and challenging links courses including Royal Aberdeen, Trump Aberdeen, and Cruden Bay. With excellent lodging options as well, this is a great region to spend a few days in combination with another region.
St. Andrews, known as the “Home of Golf” is where most golfers start their golfing experience in Scotland. We can help you get one of the limited guaranteed tee times at the Old Course, and build a great week of golf around that. Couple it with nearby Carnoustie to hit two Open Championship venues in one week. Most trips include a few rounds in the St. Andrews area along with a few more in one of the neighboring regions.
East Lothian is a golfer’s paradise, home to some of the greatest courses in Scotland, like Muirfield, North Berwick, and Gullane. With many hotel options near the courses, and the beautiful sights of Edinburgh just around the corner, this is a region you must visit on one of your trips to Scotland.
Ayrshire is a great place to start or finish your golf trip to Scotland. You may want to even schedule your entire trip in this great region which is home to two of the current Open Championship venues, Royal Troon and Turnberry, along with Prestwick, the original home to the Open Championship. While you're there, take a ferry or flight to the nearby Islands of Arran or Islay to play some of Scotland's best hidden gems.
ROYAL BIRKDALE
Royal Birkdale is ranked #17 in Golf Digest's "World's 100 Greatest Golf Courses", has hosted 2 Ryder Cups and 10 Open Championships (most recently in 2017). A bucket list course for fans of the Open Championship, few courses rival Birkdale's history. The fairways are laid out in valleys between some of the most towering dunes in England. No 12 is Birkdale's signature hole and one of the most recognizable holes on the Open Championship rota with bunkers leading up to a green surrounded by dunes covered in deep rough.
ROYAL CINQUE PORTS
Royal Cinque Ports (pronounced 'Sink') was founded in 1892, has hosted 2 Open Championships, and is ranked number 81 in Golf Digest's World's Top 100 courses. More commonly referred to as "Deal", with the sea as its backdrop, Royal Cinque Ports is routed through interesting terrain with moderate undulations bringing some challenging lies. Leaving the fairway is an instant funeral for your golf ball, so accuracy is key all day long and the last 7 holes are the ultimate challenge.
ROYAL LIVERPOOL
Ranked #77 in Golf Digest's "World's 100 Greatest Golf Courses", Royal Liverpool has hosted 12 Open Championships addition to the 2023 Open. Known as "Hoylake" it is the second oldest seaside course in England. It is on flatter ground than most links and is a superb layout with beautiful greens and wonderful natural contours. Accuracy is a key to scoring well at Hoylake. Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, and Jordan Spieth have all been Open Champions here.
ROYAL LYTHAM & ST. ANNES
Royal Lytham & St. Anne's is ranked #48 in Golf Digest's "World's 100 Greatest Golf Courses" and has hosted 11 Open Championships and 2 Ryder Cups. It is unusual in that it is a links course but it is located 1/2 mile inland. The first hole is unique because it's the only opening hole on the Open circuit that is a par 3. A plaque honoring Bobby Jones is displayed on the 17th hole close to where he nailed his second shot from a rough, sandy lie and went on to beat Al Watrous in the 1926 Open.
ROYAL ST. GEORGE'S
Royal St. George's (often called Sandwich for its nearby town) is ranked #30 in Golf Digest's "World's 100 Greatest Golf Courses" and has hosted 14 Open Championship, most recently 2021. The holes flow naturally through the swales and over the hummocks, which make it entertaining along with its wide fairways and plenty of quirks. The bunkers often have to be played out sideways or backwards. The bunker on No. 4 is the line for the drive and is said to the be highest bunker in England.
SUNNINGDALE OLD
Ranked #15 in Golf Digest's "World's 100 Greatest Golf Courses" Sunningdale is a superb heathland layout set amidst the pines with heather-lined fairways leading to fabulous playing surfaces that are famously smooth and true. There’s tremendous variety to be found on the Old Course with brilliant par-3s, a number of classic short par-4s, together with some testing longer holes. Sunningdale is a heathland masterpiece, a joy from start to finish, played across springy turf and rolling terrain.
PRINCES
Prince's Golf Links is a 27 hole course, comprised of 3 loops of 9 holes, named Himalayas, Dunes, and Shore. In 2017, they hired Martin Ebert to redevelop the Himalayas which included creating a long par 5, a new 2nd tee and a new short par 3. This made the Himalayas a favorite of the 3 loops. In 2020, work was completed on the Shore and Dunes courses with re-bunkering, raised tees and a new par 3. The Dunes & Shore loops make up the "championship" course.