Posts tagged royal dornoch
Scotland’s “Hidden Gems”
Apr 26th
As a destination for a golf holiday, Scotland can be downright impossible to beat – as it provides such a huge and varied selection of high quality courses.
Home to some of the best golf courses in the British Isles, with five of its best featuring in the Open Championship rota – The Old Course, Carnoustie, Turnberry, Royal Troon and this year host Muirfield. More >
Scottish Golf Breaks – Royal Dornoch Golf Club
Oct 15th
A couple of years back now I had entered what I thought to be a standard medal at my home course of Dunblane New Golf Club. However it wasn’t until I had completed a solid 18 holes with net score of 2 under had I realised that the competition was qualifying for a national event which consisted of two further competitions at both the Queens course at Gleneagles and one of the Northern most courses in Scotland, Royal Dornoch. Having played the Queens a few times before, it was always going to be Royal Dornoch that gave me a sense of excitement. As I had not played a ‘Royal Golf Course’ before it made the occasion one to savour. More >
Top 5 Golf Courses never to have hosted the Open
Jun 30th
Among the great appeals of the Open Championship is the fact that you can play the very same golf courses where the greats of the game have done battle to secure the most sought after prize in golf, The Claret Jug.
While the golf courses lucky enough to have hosted the Open Championship are truly magnificent; the simple fact is that there are others that are equally as magical but do not have the required infrastructure to host such an event. The ability to park thousands of cars, traffic endless streams of fans and construct championship tees to stretch the course to over 7,000 yards is a prerequisite when awarding the oldest professional golf tournament to a potential host. There are plenty of classic links courses that may never host the Open Championship and that is a sad fact as it has nothing to do with the quality of the golf course in question.
With that in mind and the Open just around the corner we have felt an urgent need to bring to you the five best golf courses that may never host the Open Championship. More >