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14/10/2016

Today marks the Official Close of the golfing celebrations for 400 years of Golf, here at Royal Dornoch. Our Club Captain Alan Ramsey will putt out using the hickory club and feathery ball that was used to open the celebrations back on 2nd of January.

13/10/2016

Royal Dornoch 400 badge, as we near the end of our celebration year, a reminder that the Royal Dornoch Tartan Collection with the limited edition badge is only available while stocks last. So to guarantee that unique badge please visit online or call in to the Proshop....http://www.royaldornochtartan.com/shop/home

10/10/2016

Struie - Winter Promotion - Play the Struie Course from 1 Nov to 31 March for only £125 and for every 7 rounds you can have a round on the Championship course before 30 April 2017.
http://www.royaldornoch.com/courses/struie-course

09/10/2016

Donald Ross Junior Open - The second day of the Donald Ross Junior open, as we look to develop and promote young golfers passion for the game and competition.

08/10/2016

Young Highland Chef - A chance to come and taste the culinary delights of the amazing local chefs. This is masterchef where you can smell the food. Burghfield House, Dornoch, entry is free.
https://www.facebook.com/Burghfield-House

UHI North, West and Hebrides Dornoch campus, the home of the Burghfield Student training restaurant and our purpose-built £2m golf training facility.

07/10/2016

Old and Rare Balblair Tasting
Balblair, a small and distinctive distillery, will be holding a rare opportunity too taste a selection of whisky's from their own reserves - a chance for the connoisseur or simply whisky lover to taste unique some fine malts.

Join the "Whisky Boys" Simon and Phil Thompson whilst they guide you in a tasting of old, rare and vintage Balblair Whiskies at the Dornoch Castle Hotel.Simon and Phil Thompson have taken great care in creating their collection of whiskies and have developed a great knowledge over the years. They ar...

06/10/2016

Glenmorangie continue to support 400 years of Golf, with the limited edition Dornoch Malt. With their distillery based here on the banks of the Dornoch Firth, they have been distilling since 1843, their distinctive blends. If you would like to learn more about Glenmorangie, join the Signature tour over the Whisky Festival Weekend.

Glenmorangie Distillery sits on the shores of The Dornoch Firth, just south of Dornoch.To complement your Distillery Tour a visit to our Signet Room is included, where you can sample Glenmorangie Original and Glenmorangie Signet which is one of our rarest expressions and undoubtedly the richest whis...

04/10/2016

Stuart Rennie a Royal Dornoch member from a young age is the chosen golf course architect for the relocation of the Torvean Golf Course, Inverness. Stuart takes a lot of inspiration from Dornoch, not unlike historical architect Donald Ross. Stuart recently assisted Royal Dornoch with the planning application and landscape plans for the new greenkeeping facilities. Continuing a tradition of producing golf architects

Rennie returns to the Highlands of Scotland to deliver Torvean Golf Course design project in Inverness. - West Link

03/10/2016

Speyside maybe the first area you think of for Whisky, but with 6 distillers in easy driving distance of Dornoch, our little bit of Scotland has just as much to be proud of. What could be better than trying a dram or two after your round or visit to the town. See what is happening at the Whisky Festival over at https://dornochwhiskyfestival.yapsody.com/

Buy Dornoch Whisky Festival 2016 event tickets from Yapsody. Check out their upcoming events

29/09/2016

French Bread - dating back to 1734 - French bread is a wheaten loaf enriched with eggs, butter and milk. Effectively it was a form of the manchet eaten by the elite. Small loaves of manchet became known as French rolls. This recipe is from the Elgin pantry book of 1734. Typically the ingredients and quantities are given with the method.

Effectively it was a form of the manchet (white bread) eaten by the élite, and small loaves of manchet became known as French rolls.

28/09/2016

Oyster gauge 19th century - oysters were plentiful and Scots consumed enormous quantities. Oyster taverns in towns were notorious. Over-fishing led to dwindling stocks and oyster gauges were introduced in an unsuccessful attempt to regulate the harvest. Today oysters are a luxury, especially when served in alchol.

27/09/2016

Oatmeal pudding 1659 - Henry Blaxton boiled oatmeal inside a cloth bag in beef broth to make this oatmeal pudding. Cream boiled with mace and nutmeg was added along with slices of manchet, eggs and bone marrow. The spicy pudding was sweetened and flavoured with rosewater and sack.