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Few Scottish links stretch along a more dramatic tongue of land than this one. Fortrose & Rosemarkie occupies the Chanonry Peninsula on the Black Isle — that broad, fertile peninsula north of Inverness that is technically a peninsula rather than an island at all — with the Moray Firth wrapping around it on 3 sides. The result is a layout exposed to wind from almost any direction, where the same hole can play entirely differently from one round to the next. Chanonry Point, at the tip of the peninsula, is one of the best-known dolphin-watching spots in Britain, and on a clear day the views across to Fort George are genuinely arresting.
The club dates to 1888, making it one of the older golfing institutions in the Highlands, and the links turf here has the firm, fast character that only centuries of salt air and sheep-grazed ground can produce. It is not a long course by modern standards, but length is rarely the point on a layout that asks you to think about wind, angle, and trajectory on almost every tee.
The Black Isle sits within easy reach of Inverness, which gives Fortrose & Rosemarkie a steady flow of visitors passing through the broader Highland golf corridor. Royal Dornoch lies an hour to the north, and Castle Stuart — now Cabot Highlands — is just across the Firth. This course lacks neither the pedigree nor the setting to hold its own in that company.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black 2017 · men | 6,085 | 69.9 | 121 | 71 |
| White 2017 · men | 5,893 | 69 | 119 | 71 |
| Yellow 2017 · men | 5,594 | 68.1 | 118 | 70 |
| Red 2019 · women | 5,342 | 72 | 123 | 71 |
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