Bruce,
I just returned from a weeks holiday with my wife a couple of Glens over from Glenshee, during which I managed a couple of rounds of golf at Carnoustie and Blairgowrie. I hope to find the time to do photo tour threads in the near future, especially of the Rosemount and Wee courses at Blairgowrie.
Blairgowrie is your best option for local golf, probably about half an hours drive. Still researching the heritage but it looks to be Mackenzie and also Braid.
Carnoustie or St Andrews are both about an hour and a half, but could be longer with traffic around Dundee.
Aberdeen would be about 2 hours and a nice drive up past Braemar. Cruden Bay looks about another half hour on top of that.
Hope that helps?
Cheers,
James