Planning a golf break in Scotland this year? Check out our top tips on the ‘must play’ courses from each of our holiday parks.
Golfing breaks in Scotland are seeing a huge surge in popularity this year. In fact, tee times are already in short supply at some of Scotland’s most famous courses, the Open venues and top links courses. This is due to several factors, including:
- The number of people in Scotland who took up or returned to the sport during the lockdown.
- The return of international travel brings golfers to Scotland, desperate to play on our great courses.
- The 150th Open Championship takes place at St Andrew’s this summer, which is bringing lots of golf fans to the country to watch the Open, and then stay on and enjoy a golfing holiday afterwards.
The good news is that with over 550 fantastic courses to play, including links courses, parkland courses, 9-hole courses and everything else in between, you can still enjoy a golfing break in Scotland this summer. There is hardly a town in Scotland that doesn’t have its own course, but you might be interested to learn that the highest concentration of courses is around Glasgow (94 courses) and Edinburgh (67 courses), while the other regions have about 40 courses each. In short, you’re never far from a game of golf.
It would, however, be wise to start booking your tee times soon. To help you, we have compiled a list of the best courses that are on the doorstep, or within easy reach of each of our holiday parks. You will find a short description of the course, along with what type of course, length and par and then a link to the course website. We have found that many of these websites now have online booking systems, making it so much easier to plan your golfing trip online.
So, what are you waiting for? Take a look at what each of the areas around our parks has to offer golfers:
Blairgowrie, Corriefodly & Faskally Woods Holiday Parks– Perthshire is home to some of Scotland’s best golf courses, including the world-class resort of Gleneagles, host to the 2014 Ryder Cup, 2018 European Championships and 2019 Solheim Cup.
Deeside Holiday Park – Great dunes stretch along Aberdeenshire’s 165 miles of coast – some of them said to tower 100 feet high. In this extraordinary sandscape are some of the world’s most challenging links courses, designed by top names in golf architecture. Inland, you will find dozens of parkland courses and at Braemar, there is the UK’s highest golf course.
Lomond Woods & Callander Woods Holiday Parks – In and around Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park, there’s plenty of great golfing, from Championship courses to fun 9-hole options.
