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    TREASURE ISLANDS

    May 27, 2021 5 minutes
    Photography KEVIN MURRAY, GETTY IMAGES, DAVID McHUTCHISON, PHIL INGLIS, GORDON BRUCE

    The British Isles archipelago is made up of over 1,000 islands of varying sizes. Although most of our golf courses are situated on the mainland, there are also an intriguing and enticing number to be found on some of our smaller island outposts.

    I’ve written before about my love affair with golf starting on a school geography field trip to Arran in 1981, with my first ever round on the nine-holer at Lochranza. The golf bug bit deep and quick, and this experience no doubt prompted me to choose Arran for my first ever golfing holiday three years later.

    Scotland in miniature, they say of Arran. It’s blessed with an unlikely seven golf courses, and I played Corrie, Machrie Bay, Lamlash, Whiting Bay and Shiskine on that trip. But I’ve written

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