The Nairn Golf Club Est. 1887

Nestling on the shores of the beautiful Moray Firth, lies one of Scotland's flagship golf links. Underpinned by its ever-present vistas onto the Firth, across to the soft hills of the Black Isle and beyond to distant Highland peaks, Nairn ranks high on the list of Britain's most scenic courses. When the wind blows this fabulous layout is also known to be one of the most challenging. The first seven holes hug the estuary shoreline, creating a lateral water hazard on your right handside which stretches a mere 1.5 miles. If you do leak shots to the right, playing from the beach is always a legitimate possibility. Once safely on the 7th green, take a moment to look back along the coast to the clubhouse, it is one of many views to savour. On this classic out-and-back design the only real departure from the modestly undulating, easy-walking terrain comes at the excellent uphill par-4 13th. Bringing you back down the small hill and into the "mainstream" of the course, the long par-3 14th and short par-4 15th present a brief respite before you take on the par 4-4-5 finish. If played into an easterly wind this closing threesome may add considerably more than 13 shots to your card. For well over a century, golfers have enjoyed not only Nairn's views, but its excellent presentation and the full array of its golfing challenges: driving accurately between the whins (especially in the middle part of the course); escaping from mischievous pot bunkers that throng the greens, and putting on Nairn's wonderfully firm, true greens.