Cabot Highlands

Castle Stuart spent a decade hosting Scottish Opens on its firth-side fairways before Cabot bought it and doubled the bet: Tom Doak's Old Petty opened alongside it in 2025, making Inverness a genuine two-course destination on the way to Dornoch and Nairn.

The infinity fairways seem to pour into the Moray Firth, with the Kessock Bridge and Chanonry lighthouse as aiming points. Buy the 36-hole ticket, and use the location—half the great links of the northern Highlands are within an hour's drive.

Castle Stuart

Gil Hanse & Mark Parsinen · par 72 · four-time Scottish Open host with the firth on every hole.

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Old Petty

Tom Doak · par 71 · Doak's 2025 addition—naturalist links, instant acclaim.

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On-property lodging sells out well in advance—book early.

Golf Lodges at Castle Stuart

On-site lodges above the links · from $250/nt

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