Nairn is a traditional Scottish links carved out of the natural landscape along the shores of the Moray Firth. The course is a fine test with three par 5s over 530 yards and a premium on accurate driving and precision second shots. There are humps and hollows lurking in the fairways and the smooth greens are tricky to master.

Beware of the opening holes, as it is all too easy to strike the ball into the sea on each of the first seven!

Eighty years ago, having played the Championship Course, James Braid commented - “The texture of the turf and character of the greens is unrivalled.”