Nairn Golf Club
A classic Moray Firth links that rewards accuracy and touch. Nairn asks you to flight the ball low, use the contours and commit on approach, greens are firm and true, with the wind and shoreline shaping decisions throughout. It’s strategic rather than brute; placement off the tee sets up the scoring.
About the Course
The Nairn Golf Club is regarded as one of the best traditional links courses in Scotland, hosting a range of prestigious international events and attracting discerning golfers from across the globe.
Founded in 1887, the sweeping coastal course was created and shaped from wild land beside the Moray Firth through the combined efforts of legends Archie Simpson, Old Tom Morris, James Braid and Ben Sayers
Ranked ninth in the definitive list of the Top 100 courses in Scotland 2011, it was placed at 23 on the Britain and Ireland list.
Walker Cup and Curtis Cup venue
As well as those who have enjoyed the course first hand, golf fans around the world have witnessed its competitive beauty from television coverage of the Walker Cup in 1999 and the Curtis Cup in 2012.
Nairn hosted the 2021 Amateur Championship. Today, the championship is one of the biggest and most prestigious amateur events in the world, with players competing in a mixed stroke play and match play format over 6 days. The winner secures exemptions to The Open Championship and the US Open, and by tradition, an invitation to play in the Masters Tournament.
Nairn is a classic, traditional out-and-back links, and the opening half a dozen holes along the coast rival anything at more illustrious Scottish courses
Jock Howard, Commissioning Editor, Golf World.
Where to find us?
In the seaside town of Nairn on the Moray Firth, east of Inverness. The clubhouse sits by the shore with the course running along the water.
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Nairn Golf Club
Seabank Rd
Nairn
IV12 4HB
Plan Your Stay and Play
Create your own, or use one of our three ready-made itineraries, each built around two nights and three rounds across Cabot Highlands, Royal Dornoch and Nairn.