Top-10 Toughest Holes in Scottish Golf

3. 1st, Machrihanish

This course is, quite possibly, one of the most remote courses in Scotland – and if you stand up on the first and don’t find the fairway, suddenly you’ll feel like the loneliest person in the country. It is a magnificent opener, the best in the country, played over the Atlantic Ocean, and usually in a stiff breeze. “Be very conservative,” says the club website. You’ve been warned.