03/09/2026
🏌️♂️ When you tee off for the first hole at Tain you’ll be under the watchful eye of a striking statue of “Old Tom Morris” (1821-1908), outstanding champion golfer, maker of golf clubs and balls, St Andrews greenkeeper and celebrated designer of numerous courses across the UK.
Old Tom watches over the Tain course because it was he who originally laid it out, in 1889, at the invitation of a group of local golfers who had been granted a piece of land from a local land owner.
Tain is one of the very few courses left where golfers can confidently play Tom Morris holes that survive either wholly or in part. Going out Tom’s magic touch lingers on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th, and coming in on the 10th, 14th and 15th.