GOLF PHOTOGRAPHY SCOTLAND

Turnberry Ailsa Golf Club

Par/SSS: 69/73 Yards: 6984
Type: Links Holes: 18
Email: Ailsa Golf Club
Web: Visit Ailsa Golf Club

Address:
The Westin Turnberry Resort, Turnberry, Ayrshire KA26 9LT

How to Get there
Located just off the A77 Glasgow to Stranraer Road, fifteen miles south of Ayr.

Contact:
Tel: 01655 334 032
Fax: 01655 331 069

Colin Montgomerie described it as "the finest links course in the world",

Royal Troon Old Course

Par/SSS: 71/74 Yards: 7150
Type: Links Holes: 18

Email:Royal Troon Old Course
Web:Visit Royal Troon Old Course

Address:
Craigend Road, Troon, Ayrshire KA10 6EP

How to Get there
Southside of Troon on coast.

Contact:
Tel: 01292 311555
Fax: 01292 318204

From start to finish this is a fine test of golf, the most famous hole, of course, being the eighth or, as most people will know it, the 'Postage Stamp'.

Dundonald Golf Club

Par/SSS: 72/74 Yards: 6830
Type: Links Holes: 18

Email:Dundonald Golf Club
Web: Visit Dundonald Golf Club
Address:
Ayr Road, Irvine KA11 5AE

How to Get there
One mile south of Irvine.

Contact:
Tel: 01294314000
Fax: 01294314001

Designed by Kyle Phillips, one of the game's top architects, it has been recognised as one of the best new courses in the world (Robb Report 2004).

Machrihanish Golf Club

Par/SSS: 70/71 Yards: 6225
Type: Links Holes: 18

Email: Machrihanish Golf Club
Web:Visit Machrihanish Golf Club

Address:
Machrihanish, Campbeltown, Argyll PA28 6PT

How to Get there
A82 from Glasgow to Loch Lomond then the AB3 via Inveraray and Lochgilphead.

Contact:
Tel: 01586 810213
Fax: 01586 810221

It's not difficult to understand why so many people make that journey to play here. It's a true golfing treasure and the opening hole - a 423-yard par-4 where the drive requires a carry over the Atlantic Ocean - is among the finest golf courses in the world.

Royal Dornoch Championship Golf Club

Par/SSS: 70/73 Yards: 6514
Type: Links Holes: 18

Email:Royal Dornoch Championship Golf Club
Web:Visit Royal Dornoch Championship Golf Club

Address:
Golf Road, Dornoch, Sutherland IV25 3LW

How to Get there
Forty five miles north of Inverness of the A9.

Contact:
Tel: 01862 810219
Fax: 01862 810792

It is one of the finest links courses in the world and regularly features in the top ten of best course listings.

Carnoustie Championship Course

Par/SSS: 72/75 Yards: 6941
Type: Links Holes: 18

Email:Carnoustie Championship Course
Web:Visit Carnoustie Championship Course

Address:
Links Parade, Carnoustie, Angus DD7 7JE

How to Get there
Twelve miles north of Dundee. In the centre of Carnoustie, follow the signs for beaches and golf courses.

Contact:
Tel: 01241 853789
Fax: 01241 852720

Carnoustie got the Open Championship back in 1999 and duly showed why it is regarded by many as being the toughest course in the world.

St Andrews Links Old Golf Club

Par/SSS: 72/73 Yards: 6721
Type: Links Holes: 18

Email:St Andrews Links Old Golf Club
Web:Visit St Andrews Links Old Golf Club

Address:
St Andrews Links Trust, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SF

How to Get there
St Andrews Links.

Contact:
Tel: 01334 466666
Fax: 01334 477036

St Andrews Links is without doubt the most famous golf course in the world, this is the one course above all others which every golfer dreams of playing. It is the 'Home of Golf',

Gleneagles The PGA Centenary Golf Club

Par/SSS: 72/0 Yards: 6559
Type: Heathland Holes: 18

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Address:
Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Perthshire PH3 1NF

How to Get there
Turn north (well signposted) off A9 at A823 - halfway between Perth and Stirling.

Contact:
Tel: 01764662231
Fax: 01764662134

Jack Nicklaus created this course which will have the eyes of the golfing world on it when it stages the 2014 Ryder Cup

Gullane No 1 Golf Club

Par/SSS: 71/72 Yards: 6466
Type: Links Holes: 18

Email:Gullane No 1 Golf Club
Web:Visit Gullane No 1 Golf Club

Address:
West Links Road, Gullane, East Lothian EH31 2BB

How to Get there
At west end of village on A198. Difficult to miss as the clubhouse is on the main route/entrance to town.

Contact:
Tel: 01620 842255
Fax: 01620 842327

While Muirfield may be the jewel in East Lothian's golfing crown, this is not far behind it, as many of those who have played here in the Open Championship qualifying over the years have testified.

Muirfield Golf Club

Par/SSS: 70/73 Yards: 6601
Type: Links Holes: 18

Email:Muirfield Golf Club
Web:Visit Muirfield Golf Club

Address:
Muirfield, Gullane EH31 2EG

How to Get there
North east outskirts of Gullane, turn off at sign for Greywalls Hotel on A198.

Contact:
Tel: 01620842123
Fax: 01620842977

The East Lothian course is regarded by many of the game's top players as being the "fairest" on the rota of courses used by the R&A for the Open Championship