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A remote Highland gem considered by many to be the most natural links on earth, dating back to the 16th century.
Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1616
Perhaps the most perfectly designed links in the world — a supreme examination of shot-making and strategy.
Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1744
The toughest links test in the world — Carnoustie demands everything you have, then asks for more.
Architect: Allan Robertson· Est. 1842
A modern masterpiece of links design opened in 2000, seamlessly blending with the ancient Fife coastline.
Architect: Kyle Phillips· Est. 2000
Golf's most beloved eccentricity — the original template for every great links hole, with Fidra Island as backdrop.
Architect: David Strath· Est. 1832
A hidden gem on the Aberdeenshire coast — wild, eccentric, and utterly magnificent in every way.
Architect: Tom Simpson· Est. 1926
Birthplace of The Open Championship — the most historic golf course in the world, unchanged in spirit since 1851.
Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1851
A superb Highland links on the Moray Firth — flat, fast, and fiendishly difficult in the wind.
Architect: Andrew Simpson· Est. 1887
James Braid's remote Highland gem — a pure and joyful links where cattle still roam the fairways.
Architect: James Braid· Est. 1891
Home of the Postage Stamp — Scotland's most famous short hole on an Open Championship course of legendary difficulty.
Architect: George Strath· Est. 1878
David McLay Kidd's environmental masterpiece — 259 acres of pristine duneland where he moved no more than a bucket of soil.
Architect: David McLay Kidd· Est. 2009
The spiritual home of golf, where the game has been played for over 600 years across the most famous links in the world.
Architect: Traditional — evolved naturally· Est. 1574
Iconic Ayrshire clifftop links with lighthouse views, host to four Open Championships including the legendary 1977 Duel in the Sun.
Architect: Willie Fernie· Est. 1906
Gil Hanse's Highland masterpiece on the shores of the Moray Firth, combining dramatic elevation changes with panoramic mountain and water views.
Architect: Gil Hanse· Est. 2009
Championship links routed through spectacular North Sea dunes north of Aberdeen, hosting the DP World Tour's Scottish Championship.
Architect: Martin Hawtree· Est. 2012
One of Scotland's oldest clubs, with a magnificent traditional out-and-back layout running along the North Sea shore.
Architect: Archie Simpson· Est. 1888
One of the most natural and romantic links in Scotland, featuring the great opening hole played across the beach of Machrihanish Bay.
Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1876
A superb natural links squeezed between the Ayrshire railway and the Firth of Clyde, beloved by connoisseurs for its perfect turf and natural character.
Architect: Willie Park Jr· Est. 1897
Fife's newest links, Clive Clark's 2020 masterpiece on the Balcarres Estate with sweeping views over the Firth of Forth.
Architect: Clive Clark· Est. 2020
A wild, elemental links on the Isle of Islay — blind shots, whisky distilleries, and one of Scotland's most atmospheric golfing escapes.
Architect: Willie Campbell· Est. 1891
East Lothian's finest club course with the most exquisite turf in Scotland, panoramic Firth of Forth views, and a championship pedigree.
Architect: Traditional — evolved naturally· Est. 1882
The world's most exclusive private links — a Carnegie estate original near Royal Dornoch, open only to Carnegie Club members and their guests.
Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1898
Tom Doak's 2008 private links creation in East Lothian, hosting the Genesis Scottish Open and considered one of the finest modern links courses.
Architect: Tom Doak· Est. 2008
The second course of the St Andrews Links trust — a superb championship layout from 1895 that many players prefer for its greater playability.
Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1895
David McLay Kidd's dramatic 2008 clifftop addition to the St Andrews estate, with the most spectacular sea views of any course in Fife.
Architect: David McLay Kidd· Est. 2008
Kyle Phillips's modern Ayrshire links, a Scottish Open host with Arran and Ailsa Craig views, built on classic Gailes linksland.
Architect: Kyle Phillips· Est. 2003