Lochgilphead Golf Club

Lochgilphead Golf Club occupies a compact nine-hole layout on the edge of the Argyll town of Lochgilphead at the head of Loch Gilp, a sea loch feeding into Loch Fyne. The course sits above the town on rising ground with views over the loch; the terrain is the semi-rough grassland common to Argyll, where the ground rarely gets very firm but never becomes unplayable.

Nine holes, par 32, around 2,200 yards on rising ground above the town. The outward holes climb the hillside to higher ground where the gorse and bracken tighten the fairway lines and Loch Fyne opens fully below; the inward holes descend with the natural burns crossing two of the fairways as the primary hazard. The par-3 6th, played from the highest tee with the loch and the Knapdale hills filling the view behind the green, is the hole that earns the most photographs. The greens are small and putt consistently on the firm moorland grass.

Green fee £15 for nine holes or £25 for eighteen, up to £40 for a weekend day ticket. Lochgilphead is genuinely remote for Scottish standards — three hours from Glasgow, two from Oban. For golfers on an Argyll circuit including Machrihanish or Inveraray, a quick round here fits naturally into the journey. The nearby Crinan Canal provides good walking if the weather turns.