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Durness Golf Club Best 9 Hole Golf Course in Scotland 2025

If you have been on the North Coast 500, we lie right on this famous route 57 miles north west of Lairg; with the closest main airport south east of us at Inverness.

Designed by three local golf enthusiasts – Lachie Ross, Ian Morrison and Francis Keith – and opened in 1988, Durness Golf Club nestles on Scotland’s north coast and is Britain’s most north westerly golf course on the mainland. We are a 9 hole links, but with a second set of tees that provides a fine 18 hole experience, set against some of the most stunning landscape backdrops you will see in the golfing world.

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If your idea of finding a golf course involves an adventure, remoteness, turquoise ocean & sandy beaches then Durness GC could well be the golf experience you have been looking for. Recently voted in 2020 by Golf Magazine USA – in its first ever World’s Top 50 / 9 Hole Courses (12th) and in Golf World UK’s Top 100 Courses 2021 in GB and Ireland (65th) – your unforgettable golf journey can now begin.

Durness Golf Club Best 9 Hole Golf Course in Scotland 2025
“The northern delights started at the Durness course, where Penn giggled at an opening hole that played like the first stage of an alpine ascent, with a fairway that might have come with carabiners… the closing par 3 over ocean spray to a green shelved atop black rocks was a stunning finisher, and making two there sent us down the coast from Durness at a gallop.”
– Courtesy Tom Coyne, Writer from ‘A Course Called Scotland’ 2020 / tomcoyne.com

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4 days ago
Durness Golf Club

🌅⛳ Mornings like these at Durness Golf Club!

A peaceful start to the day, a splash of colour on the horizon and views that never get old. 😍

Durness is renowned for its spectacular scenery, but sometimes it's the quiet moments at first light that show it at its very best.

Not a bad place to call your golf course! ⛳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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21 CommentsComment on Facebook

Easily the best 9 hole course in the Highlands absolute pleasure to play. Arguably the country. 👌

Ive played 1350 courses in UK and Durness is my all time favourite. Played it 4 times (18 holes each time) .hopefully back next year.

Played there way back,greenkeepers 40 ft containers steel cabled to ground,still wear Durness shirts we bought, Balnakiel beach beautiful views,never forget it !!

Worth a 13 hour drive from South Wales! Best views on any course I have played. Chris Mckay

Best 9 hole course with some the most scenic holes anywhere in the world 8/ 17 approach to the green is spectacular

The calm before the storm 🌄

Stunning 🩷

Beautiful 😍 Looking forward to coming to play in March 😀

Arisaig has cracking views..

Fantastic

Wish I was there right now! What a great course!

Beautiful

Never tired of playing there.

Looking great!!! Stunning course.

As I've said before I don't play golf (my loss I know) but this course is in one of the most beautiful places imaginable.

Shannon Swanson you need to learn to play golf so we can play this on a camping trip with the wee man. 👌👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. X

Beautiful

Beautiful

Stunning

Stunning

Played there....stunning views

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5 days ago
Durness Golf Club

🚨 North Golf Winter Alliance Cancellation 🚨

Unfortunately we have no option but to cancel our Alliance fixtures this weekend due to very strong winds and heavy rain forecasted.

We had 100 entries which we were absolutely delighted with and everyone at the club and Cafe Nineteen staff were looking forward to welcoming you all to Durness.

The rescheduled dates will be 13th & 14th March, we hope to see you all again then ⛳️
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6 CommentsComment on Facebook

See you in march if not before

Understandable, and thanks for keeping us updated!

See you in March ⛳️

Thanks for letting us know. Much appreciated.

Thanks for update....see you in March 🤞

Such a shame, I was really looking forward to it. See you in March

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6 days ago
Durness Golf Club

North Golf Winter Alliance Update

We are closely monitoring the weather forecast ahead of this weekend, with very strong winds and heavy rain currently predicted for both Saturday and Sunday.

We are giving the forecast every possible chance to improve before making any decisions.

We will provide a further update tomorrow evening should we need to cancel the weekend's golf, allowing everyone plenty of time to make alternative plans.

We appreciate everyone's patience and understanding, and fingers crossed the weather improves! 🤞⛳
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2 weeks ago
Durness Golf Club

Our 2026 Matchplay Competition came to a conclusion today, with Donald Morrison defeating Cameron Munro 2&1 in the final!

👏 Congratulations to Donald on his victory and well done to Cameron on reaching the final!

🏆 Prize Voucher Winners

🥇 Winner– Donald Morrison – £100

🥈 Runner-Up – Cameron Munro – £50

⛳ Losing Semi-Finalists

* Fraser Eadie – £25
* Conor Neil – £25

A big thank you to everyone who participated in this year's competition and helped make it another successful tournament.

We would also like to extend a special thank you to Stephen and Carol at Kyle of Tongue Hostel & Holiday Park for their generous sponsorship and continued support. It is very much appreciated! 👏
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6 CommentsComment on Facebook

Well done Donald - no detours on the golf course like you had at TBTD 🎶 🍺🍺🚌 🤣

Well done Donald Morrison and also well done to Cameron Munro

Well done Donald Morrison ⛳️⛳️

Well played Donald Morrison - enjoyable round👏

Well played lads

Well done Donald ⛳️

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