Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

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published 8 December 2016

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures - The Championship course in the famous golfing town, where golf has been played for 400 years, is as natural a links as you will find anywhere

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

The Championship Course at Royal Dornoch is the highest-ranked course that's not on the Open Championship rota.

Royal Dornoch Championship Course Review

If a trip to any golf course constitutes a pilgrimage, Royal Dornoch is that place.

Golf Monthly's 2017/18 UK&I Top 100 Courses

Gorse provides a persistent threat, while sloping fairways and undulating greens with devilish run-off areas add to the challenge.

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

The par-3 10th hole

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

The 8th green

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

The 5th hole

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Nick Bonfield joined Golf Monthly in 2012 after graduating from Exeter University and earning an NCTJ-accredited journalism diploma from News Associates in Wimbledon. He is responsible for managing production of the magazine, sub-editing, writing, commissioning and coordinating all features across print and online. Most of his online work is opinion-based and typically centres around the Majors and significant events in the global golfing calendar. Nick has been an avid golf fan since the age of ten and became obsessed with the professional game after watching Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel win The Masters and PGA Championship respectively in 2003. In his time with Golf Monthly, he's interviewed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Jose Maria Olazabal, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Billy Horschel and has ghost-written columns for Westwood, Wayne Riley, Matthew Southgate, Chris Wood and Eddie Pepperell. Nick is a 12-handicap golfer and his favourite courses include Old Head, Sunningdale New, Penha Longha, Valderrama and Bearwood Lakes. If you have a feature pitch for Nick, please email nick.bonfield@futurenet.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line. Nick is currently playing: Driver: TaylorMade M1 Fairway wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Hybrid: Ping Crossover Irons (4-9): Nike Vapor Speed Wedges: Cleveland CBX Full Face, 56˚, Titleist Vokey SM4, 60˚ Putter: testing in progress! Ball: TaylorMade TP5x

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Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures

Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course Pictures