Alyth Golf Club

Alyth Golf Club is a heathland course 6 miles east of Blairgowrie, laid out on similar terrain but with a completely separate character. The original layout was designed by Old Tom Morris in 1894; James Braid revised the course in the 1920s, adding bunker complexity to the original routing. The result is a mature heathland of 6,226 yards, par 71, through a combination of pine, birch and heather that reproduces the essential Perthshire heathland idiom.

The course is less well-known than Blairgowrie's Rosemount, which keeps both the visitor traffic and the green fee manageable. At £55–75, Alyth is approximately half the price of its more famous neighbour for a round of comparable quality on the same underlying terrain. Regulars of both courses tend to regard Alyth as the more characterful of the two — less refined, more natural, with greens that sit into the ground rather than sitting on it.

Visitor access is good; book online or by phone. The combination of Blairgowrie Rosemount and Alyth over two days gives a useful comparison of two of the finest heathland courses in Scotland, separated by six miles and designed by the same architect in different decades. Alyth village has a hotel and several pubs for an overnight stop between the rounds.