Scotland Day 1: Would ya look at the microcontours on that one!

I touched down at Inverness at 3:00 PM, teed off at Nairn Dunbar with my friends at 4:52, and finished with 18 holes 3.5 hours later. It was pretty much a perfect first afternoon on a lovely links course. It barely registers on the radar of Scottish links courses overall, but it has everything: rumply fairways, revetted bunkers, crispy turf, the works. It was really fun, and the big lesson is it doesn't take much, just firm turf and a few contours, both large and small. Tomorrow is 36 at Nairn, which hosted the 1999 Walker Cup and is ranked #95 in the world by Golf Digest.

Also it's 10:07 PM and not even remotely dark!