Tag: Scottish Highlands

Brora; golf course in the Scottish Highlands

Gordon Dalgleish


My Favorite Course in the UK
Jeff Wallach TheAPosition

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The farther I can get from the obvious trophy courses when visiting Scotland, the more authentic my visits always prove to be (and the less likely it will take more than 3.5 hours to play). I hesitate to mention 120-year-old Brora Golf Club in northern Scotland, and only do so because you are unlikely to venture 52 miles north of Inverness, past Dornoch, to play a …

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About the Author: Gordon Dalgleish is the Co-Founding Director of PerryGolf, the leading provider of international golf vacations. You can find him on Google+

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Golf & Whisky – Scotland’s famous creations

Cameron Reid
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Castle Stuart 16th Green

A recent article in the Scottish newspaper Press & Journal highlights some of the fine courses in the Scottish Highlands and their proximity to the Malt Whisky Trail in Speyside.  There is no getting away from the fact that Golf & Whisky seem to be a popular partnership on a golf vacation to Scotland.  Perhaps it is our fondness for replaying the round…if only I didn’t miss that 3 footer or take two in the bunker, then I might have won!!  Sipping on a great malt in the clubhouse or back at the hotel after a round on the links, is the perfect way to finish the day.  It is interesting to note that our golf cruise onboard Harmony II, a luxury mega yacht on charter to PerryGolf in July 2010, visits three venues referenced in the article most notably Royal Dornoch, Castle Stuart and Durness, the most northwesterly course on the mainland of the British Isles and probably the most remote.  For further reading click here.

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