Carnoustie (1 hour's drive north east of Edinburgh)
The Carnoustie Golf Course Hotel is situated on the sea front facing the 1st tee and the 18th green of the Championship Course, giving breathtaking views over the course to the sea.
Host to the Open six times, the Championship Course has been voted the top course in Scotland by many of the golfing greats and has been described as Scotland's ultimate golfing Challenge.
The 1999 Open captured the public's imagination, and will always be remembered for Jean van de Velde's disastrous last hole where he let slip a three stoke lead to lose to Paul Lawrie in the play-off.
Quite simply one of the toughest and most highly regarded links golf courses in the world.