Courses & Travel

Know Before You Go

Advice for visitors from an actual Scot

Published Sep. 27, 2007

Keywords Scotland | Golf Travel | Back-roads Scotland | advice

Avery: The Petrol Blues

Traveling in Scotland by car is an expensive proposition

By Brett Avery

Published May. 13, 2008

Keywords Avery | Scotland | gas | petrol

Courses & Travel

Tarbat Golf Club: Scotland

Tarbat Golf Club is a links course on a sandy promontory on the southern side of Dornoch Firth, and on a clear day you can look across the water to Dornoch. View more photos of Tarbat G.C.

Published Sep. 27, 2007

Keywords Tarbat Golf Club | Scotland | course

Magazine

The Royal Treatment

A golfer's guide to the castlehotels of Scotland and Ireland

Published Sep. 18, 2007

Keywords Royal Treatment | Castles | Hotels | Scotland

Blog: Deeds and Weeds

Skibo Castle Goes Into the Red

Skibo Castle, the lavish private golf club and sporting retreat near Dornoch, Scotland -- once part of the private club empire of Peter de Savary and probably best known for hosting Madonna's 2000 wedding to...

By Geoff Russell

Published Aug. 21, 2009

Keywords Scotland | Skibo Castle | private clubs | recession

Blog: Deeds and Weeds

Trump's Scotland Project On Schedule

The bankruptcy filing last week of Donald Trump's casino company, Trump Entertainment Resorts, will not affect his golf course project in Aberdeen, Scotland. That according to this report in Monday's Financial Times. Trump Organization, the...

Published Feb. 24, 2009

Keywords Aberdeen | Donald Trump | Economy | Exotic destinations | Scotland

Courses & Travel

Cullen Golf Club

David Owen's next destination was Cullen, in Morayshire, on the southern coast of the Moray Firth. View more photos of Cullen Golf Club

Published Sep. 27, 2007

Keywords Cullen Golf Club | Scotland | course | slideshow

Courses & Travel

Grantown-On-Spey Golf Club

View more photos of Grantown-on-Spey G.C.

Published Sep. 27, 2007

Keywords Grantown-On-Spey Golf Club | Scotland | course

Courses & Travel

Strathpeffer Spa Golf Club

Strathpeffer Spa Golf Club's designers include Willie Park Jr., who laid out the original nine in 1888, and Old Tom Morris, who expanded the course to 18 holes in 1900. The course is quirky in the extreme. View more photos of Strathpeffer Spa G.C.

Published Sep. 27, 2007

Keywords Strathpeffer Spa Golf Club | Scotland | course

Courses & Travel

Kingussie Golf Club

David Owen began his back-roads Scotland journey at Kingussie, a couple of hours northeast of Glasgow. View more photos of Kingussie G.C.

Published Sep. 27, 2007

Keywords Kingussie Golf Club | Scotland | Spey Valley | course

Courses & Travel

Boat of Garten Golf Club

The golf course -- known locally as "the Boat" -- was designed in the early 1900s by James Braid, who also designed the Kings and Queens courses at Gleneagles. Willie Auchterlonie (pictured) has been a long-time member.

Published Sep. 27, 2007

Keywords Boat of Garten Golf Club | Scotland | course

Courses & Travel

Reay Golf Club

Reay Golf Club, 60 miles east of Durness, is called the northernmost links in the United Kingdom. View more photos of Reay G.C.

Published Sep. 05, 2007

Keywords Reay Golf Club | Scotland | Caithness | course