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Castle Stuart Golf
Links links courses 8 miles
northeast of Inverness
Castle Stuart Golf Links, a championship
links course overlooking the Moray Firth
and well-known landmarks that are
synonymous with Inverness and the Black
Isle - Kessock bridge and Chanonry
Lighthouse perhaps the most notable.
Situated 8 miles northeast of Inverness
close to Inverness Airport. Yards 7007
par 72. Price guide summer £130
-£160 round. Postcode: IV2 7JL.
Tel: 01463 796 111.
www.castlestuartgolf.com.
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Royal Dornoch Golf
Club links courses 43 miles north
of Inverness
Over the years the Championship course
has been tweaked and enhanced by greats
such as John Sutherland and our own
ex-professional and greenkeeper, Donald
Ross. Open Champion, George Duncan added
new holes after the war ensuring that the
course has remained a challenge in the
face of ever improving equipment and
continues to be regularly ranked within
the top 15 best courses in the world.
Yards 6514 par 73. Price guide summer
£82 - £94 round, winter
£54 - £60 round. Postcode:
IV25 3LW.
Tel: 01862 810 219.
www.royaldornoch.com.
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Nairn Golf
Club links course 17 miles
northeast of Inverness
This Traditional Scottish Golf Links
Course was created on the shores of the
Moray Firth from a Highland wilderness of
whins and heather, and tests the talents
of professional and amateur alike.
Founded in 1887, it is now one of the
finest courses in Scotland, and hosted
the 1999 Walker Cup. Yards 6452 par 71.
Price guide summer Championship course
£80 - £115 round, winter
£50 - £75 round. Newton course
£15 round. Postcode: IV12 4HB.
Tel: 01667 453 208.
www.nairngolfclub.co.uk.
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The Carnegie Club/
Skibo Castle parks course 41 miles
north of Inverness
Skibo is Scotland’s top private
residential sporting club, with an
international membership. The estate
comprises over 8,500 acres of outstanding
natural beauty, in one of the last great
wilderness regions – the Highlands
of Scotland. From March 2008, visitor
numbers have been restricted. Yards 6671
par 72. Postcode: IV25 3RQ.
Tel: 01862 894 600. Price guide about
£130 round.
www.carnegieclub.co.uk.
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Grade One
Courses
Brora Golf Club
links course
Brora Golf Club is a traditional Links course
designed by James Braid, where little has
changed since he left in 1923. It is Brora
which is the most northerly golf memorial to
James Braid in his native Scotland. Situated 57
miles north of Inverness. Price guide £_ -
£_ round.
www.broragolf.co.uk.
Nairn Dunbar Golf
Club links course
Situated on the shores of the Moray Firth, the
Nairn Dunbar golf course, founded in 1899, is a
highly rated Scottish links championship course
representing a formidable challenge with its
gorse and whin lined fairways. Situated 17
miles northeast of Inverness. Price guide
£30 - £50 round.
www.nairndunbar.com.
Spey Valley Golf
Course moorland course
The Spey Valley Championship Golf Course opened
on the 1st July 2006. Set in some of the most
breathtaking scenery in the Scottish Highlands,
if not the world, it's predicted to be one of
Scotland's leading golf venues and destined to
be in the top 5 rankings. Situated 1 mile south
of Aviemore, 32 miles southeast of Inverness.
Price guide £45 - £70 round.
www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/aviemore/golf.
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Tain Golf Club
links course
Our Championship length links enjoys
spectacular views over mountains and sea
and benefits from a sheltered climate,
which allows favourable golfing
conditions for most of the year. Situated
34 miles north of Inverness. Price guide
£40 - £45 round.
www.tain-golfclub.co.uk.
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