Best Inland Golf Courses In Scotland
As a golfer for more than 40 years, I have thoroughly enjoyed playing more than 100 courses in Scotland alone. The variety is endless, and while the majority of the best golf courses in Scotland lie on the coast, there is also a brilliant and endless treasure chest of inland golf.
Three of the very best are all at the same wonderful resort, spectacular Gleneagles in Perthshire. Beginning here, we take a look at fifteen of the very best inland courses in this beautiful country.
Gleneagles
The exceptionally pretty short fourteenth on the Queen’s Course at Gleneagles
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- Location Auchterarder
- Founded 1913
- Architect James Braid (King’s & Queen’s) – Jack Nicklaus (PGA Centenary)
- GF £275 Round, £450 Day – all courses (2023)
- King’s Par 70, 6,471 yards
- Queen’s Par 68, 5,965 yards
- PGA Centenary Par 72, 6,804 yards
- Contact Gleneagles Hotel (opens in new tab)
With two Top 100 courses and a Next 100 course for good measure, Gleneagles is simply the best golfing destination in the UK & Ireland. Its myriad delights would fill a high-capacity memory stick. In golfing terms, it offers the best of the old and new, with the James Braid designs – the King’s and Queen’s – both having staged important championships while the PGA Centenary Course hosted the thrilling 2014 Ryder Cup.
Read full Gleneagles – King’s Course review
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The opening hole on the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles, host of the 2014 Ryder Cup
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Blairgowrie
The closing hole on the Rosemount Course at Blairgowrie with the stylish clubhouse beyond
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- Location Blairgowrie
- Founded 1889
- Architect Alistair MacKenzie, James Braid
- GF Round £120 Day £170 (to play both courses)
- Par 72, 6,630 yards
- Contact Blairgowrie Golf Club
Although James Braid made some significant changes here in the 1930s, the design genius and influence of Alister MacKenzie of Augusta National fame lives on in both the Top 100…
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