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Welcome to Destination Golf
Scotland Golf Guide 2019
It is my pleasure to present the third edition of Destination Golf Scotland,
featuring 100 incredible golf courses in one of the most respected golf
destinations around the World.
In preparation for this guide, our team visited all four corners of Scotland across
the last 4-years.
Arriving by ferry, our first trip took us from Stranraer up the stunning Ayrshire
coast to Prestwick, Troon, Dundonald Links and Irvine, before going inland to
Glasgow. For our second trip, we flew into Edinburgh to visit the plethora of golf
courses in East Lothian, to the East of the Capital. We teed it up at some, but
visited wonderful courses like Longniddry, Kilspindie, Royal Musselburgh, and
Glen, reaching as far as Dunbar.
We then drove north into the Heartlands to visit courses around St. Andrews and
Dundee, stopping at the many Championship venues like Carnoustie along the
way. Our third visit saw us fly into Aberdeen to visit courses in the North East.
Driving along the east coast countryside, we stopped at some amazing courses
like Royal Aberdeen, Newburg-on-Ythan, and Cruden Bay. For the last leg, we
drove into the Highlands taking in many stunning courses like Brora, Tain, Boat
of Garden, Golspie, Nairn Dunbar, Fortrose & Rosemarkie, and Royal Dornoch,
before flying out of Inverness.
Scotland, known as the home of golf, boasts many unspoilt courses that are
hundreds of years old, with clubhouses full of old memorabilia and history. At
Royal Musselburgh you can view the oldest club trophy in the World that is still
played for, or at Royal Burgess you can take a tour around the oldest golf club in
the World.
Scotland is home to over 550 courses, where you can play links golf on stunning
courses with beach and cliff features, high on mountain tops, on the edge of lakes
or through dense forests. In this guide we have chosen one hundred great golfing
options for the travelling golfer, but keep an eye out for our “recommended” logo,
which we think you’ll particularly enjoy this year.
Enjoy Scotland, and the mystical adventures that it takes you on.
Dermot
Dermot Synnott
Publisher, Destination Golf Media Ltd.
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Fortrose & Rosemarkie (Pic: Goodsundays.com)
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Albert Ferrer (Spain)
Francisco Pinto Leite (Portugal)
Ronald Montesano (USA)
Peter Barnes (UK)
Gene Oberto (Sweden)
Gianni Attanasio (Italy)
David Cooney (China)
Maarten Hageman (Netherlands)
Benjamin Oosterveer (Morocco)
Kevin Markham (Ireland)
Declan Crowe (Malaysia)
Wayne Morden (Canada)
Lee Owen (Australia)
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Dewi Merckx (Belgium)
Ru Macdonald (Scotland)
Zenta Thomas (Asia)
David Doyle (Spain)
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