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• #Best time of year to play golf in scotland full

There’s nothing worse than putting on a wet pair of golf shoes the day after a rainy round. Bring multiple golf towels, and if you can, multiple pairs of golf shoes. The exchange rate and generally higher cost of goods will drive you nuts. You don’t want to buy balls, gloves, or other small items while abroad. Start two weeks out so that you don’t forget anything. Everything has been booked for months, but it’s these small things that will most affect how the trip goes. This isn’t time-sensitive, but it does affect travel times if I’m going out of the way to visit a Scottish distillery, castle, viewpoint, or other spot. – I also start to do my non-golf activity research now. – Are you going to rent your own car, take public transportation, or use a travel service? This is the point when you should know and book everything. I removed my confirmation numbers and other details for privacy. The image below is an early-stage spreadsheet example for my trip next week. If you’re trip is on a tight budget, add a column for prices, deposits, and other money-related elements. – Start a spreadsheet with all golf and accommodation details, along with confirmation numbers and travel times.

#Best time of year to play golf in scotland full

If things aren’t booked by now the plan will likely have to change to accommodate full courses or hotels. – Make sure that every tee time and accommodation is confirmed. You will have paid deposits and everything should be pretty firm planning-wise. Tee times fill up quickly, so it doesn’t hurt to get this going now! If you can, begin to book your tee times and accommodation at this point. This helps maximize your time and your budget. As dedicated readers will know, I advocate sticking to one or two regions instead of canon-balling around the country like a mad man. – Start to plan courses, accommodation, and the regions you want to visit.

You can take a great golf trip to Scotland on a small budget, but it will likely mean going in a shoulder season, staying away from exorbitant tee times, and staying in one area (something I recommend everyone does). – Setting a budget this early will help determine where you go, play, and stay. Here is a post on the best time of year to visit Scotland. For instance, if you want to go in September, you’ll need to steer clear of St Andrews with the R&A Autumn meeting and the Dunhill Links Championship closing the Old Course for weeks. It’s not crucial to have anything in stone at this stage, but the dates can determine where you’ll end up going. – Decide on a rough set of dates for the trip. I started by deciding on a list of courses I wanted to play, and in this case, a larger region (the Highlands) that I wanted to explore. When I leave for this trip to Scotland, it will have been almost a year to the day that I started planning. Many of the topics mentioned briefly here have entire chapters in the book. Throughout this article I have tried to link to pertinent articles, but remember that if you’re planning your own Scottish golf trip, you’ve got my Scottish Golf Trip Planner section of the site and an entire e-book that I’ve written dedicated to the subject. With that in mind, I want to share my process for planning a trip, breaking it down from the earliest stages to final packing. The majority of my Scottish travels came during 4 ½ years living in the country, but I’ve made a total of four multi-week Scottish trips outside of that time. It will include two weeks in the Highlands, a 500+ mile road trip (the North Coast 500), and rounds ranging from hidden 8-hole courses to Trump Turnberry on the southwest coast.

I write this with less than two weeks to go until I depart for my latest trip to Scotland.