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The five Scottish courses I most want to play for the first time

NCG Top 100s guru Dan Murphy celebrates the reopening of golf in Scotland by sharing the five courses he has not yet played in the Home of Golf but desperately wants to
 

The Scottish golf courses I most want to play in 2020: Reay

Reay Golf Club

There is a theme developing – namely of courses that I have visited but not played. Next up is Reay, which finds itself on Scotland’s north coast. Simply head to Thurso and turn left. It’s a bitter pill to swallow when you drive all the way to Reay and then can barely manage to get out of your car, let alone go and play golf. Such were the scenes on my arrival back in September 2018.

What you can’t see in these pictures is that wind speeds were 50mph, gusting to 80mph that day.

However, I will return. On the kind of day it is in the main picture, with a bit of luck.

A course so new it isn’t even open yet is next…

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Dan Murphy

Dan Murphy

Dan loves links golf, which doesn't mean he is very good at it. He is a four-handicapper at Alwoodley. A qualified journalist and senior editor with 25 years’ experience, he was the long-time editor of NCG. His passion is golf courses and he is the founding editor of NCG Top 100s course rankings. He loves nothing more than discovering and highlighting courses that are worthy of greater recognition.

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