Scotland’s far north holds ten links that visitors can book, in four groups. Up the A9, Royal Dornoch, Tain and Brora share the Dornoch Firth and sell joint tickets with each other. Around Inverness Airport, Castle Stuart and the two Nairn clubs, Nairn and Nairn Dunbar, are all within about 20 minutes of the terminal. Moray Golf Club at Lossiemouth lies roughly 40 minutes further east along the A96. On the North Sea side, Royal Aberdeen, Trump International at Menie and Cruden Bay are all easiest from Aberdeen Airport. Summer prices run from £130 at Tain to almost £400 at Castle Stuart, and visitors book in different ways at each club: online sheets, email queues, phone calls and fees quoted on request. This page compares all ten on price, booking route and drive time.
Tap a pin for photos, prices and a booking link.
| Course | Green fee from | What’s included | Getting there | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1Royal Dornoch Golf ClubHistoric links | £200Checked October 2026 · details | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 2Tain Golf ClubHistoric links | £50Checked November 2026 · details | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 3Brora Golf ClubJames Braid links | £90Checked November 2026 · details | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 4Castle Stuart Golf Links (Cabot Highlands)Two-course links resort | £285Checked October 2026 · details | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 5Nairn Golf ClubChampionship links | £100Checked November 2026 · details | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 6Nairn Dunbar Golf ClubSeaside links | £40Checked November 2026 · details | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 7Moray Golf Club (Old Course)Historic links | £80Checked November 2026 · details | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 8Royal Aberdeen Golf Club (Balgownie)Historic links | Rates on request · how to book | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 9Trump International Golf Links ScotlandTwo-course links resort | Rates on request · how to book | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 10Cruden Bay Golf ClubTraditional links | £120Checked October 2026 · details | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide |
Prices are the lowest published or listed visitor rates we found, with their source and date on each guide. Partner links may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. How we work
Royal Dornoch. Emailed requests for 2027 have been handled strictly in order of arrival since May 2026, so summer mornings go early. A winter round on the Championship course costs £200, against £360 in summer 2026.
Green fees & bookingTain, a Morris links across the water from Dornoch. A summer 2027 morning costs £130 and falls to £65 from 15:00. Look out for the River Tain, which nearly surrounds the 16th green and crosses the 17th twice.
Green fees & bookingBrora, where Braid’s 1923 plan is still played and livestock graze the fairways. Times go online 182 days ahead, and joint tickets with Golspie or Royal Dornoch’s Struie course cost £260.
Green fees & bookingCastle Stuart at Cabot Highlands, five minutes from Inverness Airport. From 15 May a 36-hole ticket adds Tom Doak’s Old Petty, and the lodges on site sleep groups of up to eight.
Green fees & bookingMoray at Lossiemouth. The Old Course is £150 in high season, and £180 adds Henry Cotton’s New Course on the same day. The club books visitors online all year round, and RAF jets fly overhead.
Green fees & bookingNairn Dunbar, on the east side of Nairn. Winter rounds are £40, and four can play in summer 2027 for £420 together. Its partner is Nairn Golf Club, and the Nairn Ticket covers both.
Green fees & bookingCruden Bay, where a 2027 main-season weekday costs £245 and 36 holes £310. Buggies are banned, weekend visitors start only in the afternoon, and you book by phone or email.
Green fees & bookingEach package names its rounds, nights and hotels, so you can see which of the courses above it includes before you ask for a quote.
10 nights B&B, 6 rounds
Rounds: St Andrews New Course · Kingsbarns · Moray Old Course · Royal Dornoch · Cabot Highlands
Stay: St Andrews, the Highlands and Edinburgh
Fife and the far north in one trip, for golfers who want Royal Dornoch and Cabot Highlands as much as the Home of Golf.
7 nights, 5 rounds
Rounds: Cabot Highlands · Royal Dornoch · Nairn · Cruden Bay · Royal Aberdeen
Stay: The Highlands and Aberdeenshire
The north-east links at a lower price than a Fife week, with Royal Dornoch and Cruden Bay in the same itinerary.
Prices are Golfbreaks’ published per-person guide prices in US dollars, checked November 2026; your quote depends on dates and group size. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. How we work
All Highlands golf packages on Golfbreaks
Morning green fees for summer 2027 range from £130 at Tain and £160 at Nairn Dunbar to £375 at Nairn and up to £395 at Castle Stuart. In between, Brora is £195, Cruden Bay £245 on a weekday, and Moray’s Old Course was £150 in 2026. Royal Dornoch charged £360 through the 2026 season. The Aberdeen pair are harder to price: Royal Aberdeen quotes its fee when you enquire, and Trump International publishes no sheet we could check, though National Club Golfer listed its Old Course at £595 for summer 2026. Before the tip, caddies are £60 at Tain, £65 at Royal Aberdeen and Nairn Dunbar (from £65 at Moray), £70 at Nairn and Trump, and £75 at Brora and Cruden Bay. Two-round deals ease the bill: the £375 Nairn Ticket covers both town courses, Moray’s two links are £180, 36 holes at Cruden Bay cost £310, and Brora and Tain sell joint tickets. Golfers who belong to a UK club also pay less at Brora (£120) and at Tain (£95, booked by email).
Two airports split the region. Inverness (INV) serves both firths. Castle Stuart is five minutes from the terminal, Nairn about 15 and Nairn Dunbar about 20. North over the Kessock bridge, Royal Dornoch and Tain are each just under an hour away by car, and Brora about an hour and twenty minutes. Lossiemouth is roughly an hour east on the A96 through Nairn and Forres. Aberdeen (ABZ) at Dyce covers the east coast, about 20 minutes from Royal Aberdeen, 25 to 30 from Menie and 35 from Cruden Bay. Rail helps more than you might expect: Nairn is on the Inverness to Aberdeen line, Elgin station is six miles from Moray, and both Tain and Brora have stations on the Far North Line. Even so, a hire car is simplest for a group with clubs. To play both coasts, fly into one city and home from the other.
Each club sets its own calendar. Castle Stuart opens in late March and closes in mid-November, but Old Petty waits until 15 May. Brora takes visitors from March to mid-November, then keeps its tee sheet for members and reciprocal guests until the end of February, and it cores its greens in mid-September. Moray’s sandy links stay open to visitors every day of the year, with low-season rates in November and December. Winter golf is cheap: £40 at Nairn Dunbar from November to March, £50 at Tain, £100 at Nairn from December to February, £120 at Cruden Bay and £200 at Royal Dornoch. At midsummer the light lasts into the late evening, so the cheaper afternoon rates at Brora and Tain, which start at 15:00 in summer, still leave a full round of light. In summer, check the Moray Open week at Lossiemouth and Trump International’s tour calendar; the 2026 PGA Seniors was played at Menie from 6 to 9 August.
All ten on this page take visitors. Castle Stuart and Trump International are pay-and-play. Nairn, Nairn Dunbar and Brora sell times online, Moray uses an online BRS sheet as well as phone and email, Royal Dornoch handles 2027 requests by email, and Tain and Cruden Bay book by phone or email. Royal Aberdeen, a private members’ club, books visitors through its reservations team.
In summer 2027, from £130 at Tain and £160 at Nairn Dunbar to £375 at Nairn and up to £395 at Castle Stuart. Winter costs far less: £40 at Nairn Dunbar, £50 at Tain and £80 on Moray’s Old Course. Royal Aberdeen and Trump International give prices when you book.
Several. The Nairn Ticket (£375, April to October) covers Nairn and Nairn Dunbar within four consecutive days. Brora sells pairings with Golspie, Tain and Royal Dornoch’s Struie course, Tain sells its own Highland golf tickets with Golspie and Brora, and Moray’s Old and New courses cost £180 together on the same day.
Yes. Nairn is about 90 miles from Aberdeen Airport along the A96, and Lossiemouth breaks up the drive about 40 minutes east of Nairn. A practical plan is to fly into one city and home from the other, playing the Dornoch and Moray Firth courses first and the Aberdeenshire links after.
Rules vary. Royal Dornoch suggests 24 or below for men and 30 for women on the Championship course, and Royal Aberdeen recommends 24 or under for Balgownie. Third-party listings put Cruden Bay’s limits at 28 (men) and 36 (women). Nairn states no limit, and Brora, Tain, Moray and Nairn Dunbar publish none, so ask when you book.
It depends on the club. Brora (£45, priority to medical certificates), Moray (£40) and Nairn Dunbar (£30) hire buggies, and Tain lists them too. Cruden Bay allows none. Nairn needs a medical note and a caddie driving, and Royal Aberdeen charges £95 with a medical certificate. Electric trolleys cost from £18 at Nairn Dunbar to £30 at Nairn.