Royal Dornoch Golf Club has two 18-hole courses: The Championship Course and The Struie Course. The older Championship Course is a links course located on the Dornoch Firth.
The design of the Championship Course is attributed to Old Tom Morris.
Royal Dornoch whilst never having hosted any of the modern professional tournaments is still steeped in history. The British Amateur Championship was held there in 1985 and the Scottish Amateur in 1993, 2000, and 2012.
The Championship Course was ranked 3 on the 2007 Golf Digest list of Top 100 International (outside U.S.) courses. David Brice, of Golf International, called it the "king of Scottish links courses".
The Championship Course was also named 1 in the world by the online golf reservation service Golfscape.
Tom Watson is an honorary member of Royal Dornoch and is quoted as saying of Dornoch: "It's the most fun I've ever had on a golf course" which was the home of the course architect Donald Ross.
