Royal Dornoch Golf Club
The North-East of Scotland is a Mecca for golf lovers, with its collection of excellent links courses all in easy travelling distance of Embo House and each other.
Embo House: Your private Highland Clubhouse
After a day on the Links, return to roaring fires, drams in your own whisky bar, a soak in the Hot Tub, long, delicious dinners, and space for everyone to relax.
All of the below available at Embo House:
- Breakfasts and evening meals
- Visiting sports massage
- Secure club store, boot room and drying facilities
- Practice pitching range
- Hot Tub
- Fire Pit, boules court, table tennis
- Whisky bar and games room
- Tee-time and Airport transits
Royal Dornoch Championship Golf Course. Consistently voted one of the “World’s Top 10 courses” in Golf Digest and other rankings. It is 2 minutes from the house in a car, or walk half a mile from the back of the house to the 8th hole. Tom Watson said it was the most fun he’d had playing golf. Donald Ross called it home, having been born in Dornoch and learned the game on the links. Tucked in an arc of dunes along the shoreline, Dornoch’s greens, some by Old Tom Morris, others by John Sutherland or tour pro George Duncan, sit mostly on plateaus and don’t really favour bounce-and-run golf. That’s the challenge: hitting the greens in the wind!
Golspie Golf Club, (fifteen minutes north). James Braid’s 1889 seaside classic, combining Links and Parkland holes, and with some of the finest greens in Scotland.
Tain Golf Club, (fifteen minutes south). Old Tom Morris’ clever 1890 design hosted Scottish Ladies Amateur Championship in 2012.
Brora Golf Club, (half an hour north along the coast). James Braid’s 1891 seaside masterpiece which five-time Open Champion Peter Thomson stated was “the best traditional links course in the world”.
Cabot Highlands, (an hour south). Two courses surrounded by breathtaking scenery along the Moray Firth, including “Castle Stewart” – Scottish Open Venue, and the new, Tom Doak-designed “Old Petty”
Castle Stuart Championship Golf Course
There are also charming courses slightly further afield, including Lybster, Wick, Thurso and Reay. Also Fortrose & Rosmarkie on the Black Isle and Durness (most Northerly mainland course), all worth the trip.
Embo House is ideal for hosting exclusive golf tours of up to 8, or 8 players with partners in extremely comfortable and spacious surroundings.
You may choose to polish up your swing on our practice pitching are – or indeed play “closest to the pin” Just inside the back door we have a club store, boot room and drying room, so that equipment can be safely stored and dried out overnight if required.
Embo House practice pitching area and club store/drying room.
If you would like help in making the most of your golf trip just contact Ollie on +44 7990 861103 or ollie@boutiquedornoch.co.uk
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