Teeing off in chilly Northern Scotland

The clubhouse at Cabot Highlands’ Castle Stuart Golf Links. — Photo: Cabot Highlands

FOR anyone working through their bucket list of must-play courses in golf-obsessed Scotland, dozens of venues line the eastern seaboard – with St Andrews invariably at the top of the pile.

But Inverness, the nation’s northernmost city with a population of less than 50,000, is developing into a destination of choice for those wanting successive days of high-end golf, premium dining and quality accommodation.