What are the best golf holes in Scotland?

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What are the best golf holes in Scotland? Leading course architect Tom Mackenzie selects his dream 18 in the Home of Golf.

Golf course architect Tom Mackenzie, Martin Ebert's partner in Mackenzie and Ebert, spent his formative years in Dornoch. Here he takes on the tricky challenge of selecting his dream 18 golf holes in Scotland.


1st hole: Muirfield 5th – 561 yards | par 5
2nd hole: Cruden Bay 4th – 196 yards | par 3
3rd hole: Askernish 8th | 280 yards | par 4
4th hole: Turnberry Ailsa 10th | 565 yards | par 5
5th hole: Dornoch 12th | 560 yards | par 5
6th hole: Gleneagles King’s 13th | 464 yards | par 4
7th hole: Royal Troon 7th | 123 yards | par 3
8th hole: Kingsbarns 12th | 606 yards | par 5
9th hole: Muirfield 7th | 187 yards | par 3
10th hole: Royal Dornoch 14th | 445 yards | par 4
11th hole: Durness 9th | 155 yards | par 3
12th hole : St Andrews New 15th | 394 yards | par 4
13th hole: Hopeman 12th | 140 yards | par 3
14th hole: St Andrews Old 14th | 530 yards | par 5
15th hole: Brora 17th | 438 yards | par 4
16th hole: Nairn 14th | 219 yards | par 3
17th hole: Skibo Castle 17th | 304 yards | par 4
18th hole: Moray 18th | 408 yards | par 4


https://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/courses/best/golf-holes-in-scotland/