The breathtaking Dunbar Golf Club is on the outskirts of the golf-rich East Lothian region of Scotland. Hard against the North Sea, Dunbar is packed with stunning vistas and interesting golf. The course’s architectural history is complicated; locals put together a 15-hole course in 1856 and eventually expanded it to 18 holes.Old Tom Morris renovated the links in 1894, and Ben Sayers and James Braid made further changes in the early 1920s, establishing the course that more or less still stands today.

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Take Note…

Local hero. John Muir, a formative figure in American environmentalism, grew up in the town of Dunbar.

Local color. Its distance from the hotspots of North Berwick and Gullane gives Dunbar the most authentic “local Scotland” flavor of any course we visited in East Lothian in 2022. The club has a vibrant local membership that spends a lot of time on the links.

Bring your shades. Dunbar is considered the sunniest place in Scotland. Its nickname is “Sunny Dunny.” No doubt this distinction is relative