DESTINATIONGOLF. TRAVEL HIGHLANDS
Golspie
As part of the seven-course James Braid Trail, stretching through the Highlands, the wonderful Golspie stirs in some spicey variety. This is links and heathland and parkland combined, and it throws in constant splashes of colour which ripple through the course – namely heather, pine trees, gorse, and the ever-impressive presence of Ben Bhraggie looming above the course.
Golspie’ s links holes come at the start and finish and they flow over bumpy, unpredictable terrain, right above the sea. The heathland holes lie further inland and they are separated from the links holes by a ridge which runs parallel to the Dornoch Firth. The 6th hole combines the best of both. Your drive from just above the beach takes on the ridge, dead ahead, and you’ ll undoubtedly swing too hard to reach the upper level. Shotmaking varies considerably both between the styles of hole and between the holes themselves as gorse and pine trees can wreak happy havoc. The par three 10th may be the signature hole, lost in heather, pine and water, but the 209y par three 17th and 435y par four 18th promise a dramatic finish.
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Golspie boasts three golf landscapes – links, heathland, parkland – with a corresponding trifecta of joy, brilliance and challenge.
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