Perth & Kinross

Alyth Golf Club's main 18-hole course, a mile south-east of the town.

The shorter Glenisla course at Alyth Golf Club, the club's second layout.

Auchterarder Golf Club was established in 1892, with Ben Sayers laying out the original nine-hole course in 1913 on what has long been regarded as one of the finest inland courses in central Scotland. The course was partly ploughed for food production during the Second World War before being restored, and finally extended to a full eighteen holes in 1979. A major clubhouse rebuild followed in 2001-2002, and the club continues to benefit from its close proximity to Gleneagles.

Craigie Hill Golf Club was established in 1911 on the western boundary of the historic city of Perth, its scenic 18-hole course designed by Fernie and Anderson. The club has a settled local membership and offers a full programme of club and visitor golf. Its elevated position gives fine views over Perth and the surrounding countryside.

Dunkeld and Birnam Golf Club was originally constituted in 1892, with an early course designed by Old Tom Morris at Birnam. The present 18-hole heathland course, set on a hillside above Dunkeld, was officially opened in 1922 by Her Grace, the Duchess of Atholl. The club retains a distinctive, testing character shaped by its dramatic hillside setting.

Jack Nicklaus's PGA Centenary course at Gleneagles hosted the 2014 Ryder Cup, when Europe beat the USA 16½-11½ in front of Perthshire's huge galleries. Opened in 1993 as The Monarch's and renamed for the PGA's centenary in 2001, it is the longest course in Scotland, sweeping across the Ochil and Grampian foothills with wide fairways, bold bunkering and burns threading the closing stretch.

King James VI Golf Club is the country's only self-contained golf course on a river island, occupying Moncreiffe Island in the River Tay and reachable only on foot via a walkway on a rail bridge. Founded in 1858 at Perth's North Inch before relocating to the island in 1897, the course was designed by four-time Open champion Old Tom Morris. The club takes its name from the tradition that King James VI learned golf as a boy on Perth's Inches, and in 1860 played what is believed to be the first-ever inter-club match, against Elie and Earlsferry.

The Bruce Course, one of Kinross Golf Club's two 18-hole courses beside Loch Leven.

The Montgomery Course, Kinross Golf Club's second 18-hole course beside Loch Leven.

The Lynedoch Course, the second of two courses at the Murrayshall country estate.

The Murrayshall Course, the senior of two courses at this 365-acre country estate near New Scone.

North Inch Golf Course is a historic municipal parkland course on the banks of the River Tay in Perth, part-designed by Old Tom Morris in 1892, where golf has been played for over 500 years. It is the shared home of several of the city's oldest clubs and is known for its easy walking and affordable green fees.

Pitlochry Golf Club's course was built in 1908 as part of Scotland's turn-of-the-century golfing boom, when Colonel Charles Butter of Cluniemore worked with the Pitlochry Improvements Committee to transform local farmland into a course designed by Willie Fernie, with later revisions by Major Cecil Hutchison in the 1920s. Though under 5,700 yards, the course is renowned for its small, fast, sloping greens, and has been played by greats including Harry Vardon and Walter Hagen. It remains a highlight of any golfing tour of Highland Perthshire.