Situated in Prestonpans just outside Edinburgh, you will find this James Braid course with roots that date back to 1774.Compared with the Musselburgh Old Links – six times host to the Open between 1874 and 1889 – the Royal is of much lesser fame. Still, it is fun to play. And boy, have a look at the clubhouse, Prestongrange House, which once belonged to the Grant Suttie family. Surely one of the most impressive clubhouses in the whole of Scotland. I was a member there before I got the chance to join Royal Dornoch in 2016.