Skeabost Golf Club

Skeabost is a 9-hole course on the Isle of Skye, in the grounds of the Skeabost House Hotel on the shore of Loch Snizort, four miles north of Portree. The course was laid out in 1888 — making it the oldest course on Skye — and remains substantially as the original Victorian layout, with greens that have grown into the natural undulation of the land over 130 years.

Par is 33 across 3,200 yards. The course is more compact than the yardage suggests because half of the holes play along the loch shore, with the views doing more for the round than the score ever will. The 5th, a short par 3 played towards a green at the water's edge, is the photographed hole.

Pay through the honesty box at the starter's hut, or via reception at Skeabost House Hotel. £20 a round, £25 for the day. Hire clubs available from the hotel. For visitors driving the Skye loop, Skeabost is the round to play — under-an-hour from Portree, dramatic in any weather, and arguably the most scenic golf you'll find for the price anywhere in Scotland.