Blue skies, crisp snow - what more could you want for a day out at Gleneagles in Perthshire. This top luxury hotel nestling between the Ochil Hills to the South and the Strathmore Hills to the North has not one but three championship golf courses.
The local Scottish Christmas card of the snow here at the starters box of the PGA Centenary course has always proved popular.
This is what the hotel has to say about the course
From the back tees, the PGA Centenary Course measures 7,088 yards, the longest inland course in Scotland. However, the tees are graded at each hole in five stages, including a challenging 6,558 yards from the white markers down to 5,072 from the red.
Fittingly, the PGA Centenary Course begins by playing southeast towards the famed glen of the eagles sweeping up the Ochil Hills to the summit of the pass below Ben Shee which joins it to Glendevon.
Putting on the two-tier second green, you are distracted by the lush panorama of the rich Perthshire straths. As you move westwards over the next few holes, the rugged Grampians come into view on the right, then distantly purple ahead, Ben Vorlich and the mountains above the Trossachs.
It is certainly a place of incredible beauty and chosen as the venue for the G8 summit of world leaders earlier this year.
In the winter watch the pheasants, ducks and partridge meander across the fields. If you are a golfer this is one place you shouldn't miss.
Yours aye
Gordon Flavell
www.flavell.com
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