For golfing purposes, Scotland has traditionally been broken down into four geographic areas - The Heartland, The Southeast, The Southwest and the Scottish Highlands.
The Heartland of Scotland has a grand total of 106 golf courses in the counties of Perthshire, Angus and Dundee, and in the Kingdom of Fife.

The 2 most famous are perhaps Kinross and the Blairgowrie Golf Club  which dates back to 1889, this course is said to have been described by Tom Morris, perhaps the most famous of golfers who laid out courses in all parts of Great Britain and Ireland, as “the most beautiful inland green I have ever seen".

The Southeast includes the areas of Edinburgh, Lothian and the Border Counties and has some excellent golfing. Outstanding are the Guallane Golf Club which has a long history of hosting international Championship events, and North Berwick a true Links, starting in the town centre and stretching west along the shores of the Firth of Forth.

The Southwest boasts more than 100 golf courses in and around Ayrshire, with the three most outstanding generally considered to be Muirfield Golf Club, Newton Stewart Golf Club and Western Gailes Golf Club which was founded in 1897, and is a links course situated on the Ayrshire coastline.

The Scottish Highlands area is renowned for are its remote and scenic beautiful courses and three that are particularly famous are the Royal Dornock, Nairn and Loch Ness Old Golf Clubs.

And apart from these, the “must play” list for any keen golfer should also include St Andrews (the Old Course), The Ailsa, Historic Carnoustie, Gleneagles, Prestwick and Royal Troon Golf Clubs.