
EXCLUSIVE I've been to the 20 best golf courses in Scotland - this is the definitive ranking of the greatest places to play in the home of golf and where you must go next, writes CALUM CROWE
As the country which invented the sport, Scotland is blessed with some of the best golf courses on the planet.
From the little goldmine of links courses in East Lothian, to God's country over on the Ayrshire coastline, as well as everything in between, we have an embarrassment of riches.

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