Play Golf in Scotland Where the Game Was Born

From Carnoustie, considered by many to be the world’s toughest links course, to rugged west coast jewels such as Royal Troon and Prestwick, and those in the east that abound along the southern edge of the Firth of Forth, often referred to as Scotland’s ‘Golf Coast’. Here you’ll find Musselburgh, Muirfield, Gullane, North Berwick, Dunbar and many more besides. Twenty-one, in fact, adorning a beautiful, thirty-mile stretch of shore east of Edinburgh, an area that’s understandably become the favourite of links enthusiasts seeking a golf break in Scotland.

For those thinking of organising golf trips in Scotland, the sheer number of iconic courses and the volume of choice can be the most daunting aspect. There are many fine resorts to be found and excellent parkland courses aplenty, yet the links golf available here provides the highlights for so many on golf trips in Scotland.

Indeed, the quality offered on links laid out by legends of course design such as ‘Old’ Tom Morris and James Braid, over the terrain on which the game was first played, makes Scotland, for many links enthusiasts, their number-one, must-do destination.