Scotland trip for my 50th

[richakn]

Hi,

 

I turn 50 in a couple of years and want to start planning a trip - we will likely spend a week in England (I am English, but live in the US) and head up to Scotland for a week. I'll be with my family (kids will be 13 and 11), but would live to get 2-3 rounds in while I'm there. I'm thinking I might settle on two locations for the 7-9 days - Edinburgh for 2-3 days and then somewhere else undecided. 

 

Would appreciate any guidance on:

 

Which 1-3 courses would you pick in the Edinburgh area? (e.g. Gullane, Berwick etc)

What other location would you pick - both that will be fun for the family for a few days and will have a couple of good golf options? I do have a friend in Inverness I'd love to see, so I could just do that and drive up A9 and back through Loch Ness - so maybe a course of two in the Inverness area? 

 

For reference, I have golfed in the Borders and the very North (Tain, Wick, Durness, Reay) but nothing in between.

 

Appreciate any thoughts!

 

Rich

[Hawkeye77]

42 minutes ago, richakn said:

Hi,

 

I turn 50 in a couple of years and want to start planning a trip - we will likely spend a week in England (I am English, but live in the US) and head up to Scotland for a week. I'll be with my family (kids will be 13 and 11), but would live to get 2-3 rounds in while I'm there. I'm thinking I might settle on two locations for the 7-9 days - Edinburgh for 2-3 days and then somewhere else undecided. 

 

Would appreciate any guidance on:

 

Which 1-3 courses would you pick in the Edinburgh area? (e.g. Gullane, Berwick etc)

What other location would you pick - both that will be fun for the family for a few days and will have a couple of good golf options? I do have a friend in Inverness I'd love to see, so I could just do that and drive up A9 and back through Loch Ness - so maybe a course of two in the Inverness area? 

 

For reference, I have golfed in the Borders and the very North (Tain, Wick, Durness, Reay) but nothing in between.

 

Appreciate any thoughts!

 

Rich

 

To keep travel to a bit of a minimum I'd suggest the North Berwick area and St. Andrews - kind of hard to zero in on kid friendly stuff since our kids were both grown when we first went to Scotland. St. Andrews has the Aquarium, for example and I think a fun golf museum.  So many options near North Berwick and it's an easy train ride to Edinburgh for anything touristy as well, personally I wouldn't stay in the city).  You'll get so many good ideas - having played North Berwick and The Glen, I'd suggest those two (The Glen is just fun and lots of great views and elevation changes, not true "links" in terms of turf, but we had fun there, and I think North Berwick is a must).  Kilspindie is near, Dunbar not far, just do some research on the area and no doubt you'll get opinions here.

 

Lots of great course options near St. Andrews and it's a bit more bustling, maybe take everyone on the Himalayas, I don't know, but plenty to do including the couple of things mentioned above.  

[SairFecht]

If you've got money to burn Gleneagles offers lots for all  the family as well as great golf.

[MongoSmash]

I just did a write up on my trip. 😁….

 

if your kids like golf, I would stay in N Berwick area and St Andrews area. 
 

Gullane and N Berwick have short and/or putting courses. st Andrews has a putting course. Tailor made for some time with the kids and spouse (if they’re interested).