Nairn Dunbar
Lying just to the east of its championship
neighbour, Nairn Dunbar is over 100 years old.
It is a links lying slightly inland from the sea and
little more than a mile from the illustrious Nairn Golf Club. Fairways
are channelled by gorse as well as pine and birch, and these give
the course its structure, but the club is currently removing some
of these and firming up fairways to provide a stronger links feel.
Certainly the low, twisting terrain embraces traditional Scottish
links and let’s not forget the pot bunkers, several of which are new.
Even so, the small woods promise sweet hole shapes with a burn
often coming in to play. It all combines to challenge golfers off the
tee while presenting an attractive course. There are some lovely
characteristics – a lateral spine runs through the 4th green, and
natural ridges create blind or semi-blind approach shots, with the
par five 18th promising a sticky end.
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