Montrose Golf Links (1562)

Golf has been documented at Montrose since 1562, making it the fifth oldest golf course in the world; Old Tom Morris expanded it to 18 holes in 1863 before Harry Colt redesigned the layout in 1913 into the form that survives today, renamed the 1562 Course in tribute to its origins. A classic Scottish links running in a T-shape along the North Sea shore amid gorse and dunes, it has hosted the Scottish Professional Championship and Open Championship final qualifying.