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Vaul Course

Vaul Golf Club

Island of Tiree, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
9 holesPar 362,894 yds33.9/103

About this course

Vaul Golf Club occupies a remote stretch of the Island of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Tiree is known for its flat topography, expansive beaches, and exposure to Atlantic winds, characteristics that shape the golf experience here. The course was designed by Ben Krueger, an architect whose work often emphasizes natural landforms and strategic routing suited to the site's conditions. The layout at Vaul reflects the island's open, windswept terrain. Links-style golf is the natural expression of this environment, with firm turf, minimal tree cover, and the constant influence of coastal weather. The course plays across relatively level ground, though subtle undulations and the wind create variety in how holes present themselves from day to day. Views extend across the island's low-lying landscape toward the surrounding sea. Tiree itself is sparsely populated and somewhat isolated, accessible by ferry or small aircraft. The golf club serves both residents and visitors drawn to the island's beaches, wildlife, and quiet character. Vaul offers a straightforward test of links golf without elaborate infrastructure, fitting the island's unpretentious atmosphere. The course provides an opportunity to experience golf in one of Scotland's more remote settings, where the elements and the landscape define the round more than any constructed feature.

Quick facts

Location
Island of Tiree, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Access
Public
Year built
1911
Designer
Ben Krueger
Holes
9
Par
36
Length
2,894 yards
Difficulty
33.9/103

Getting there

The journey to Vaul Golf Club is as much pilgrimage as itinerary, beginning with a flight from Glasgow International to Tiree Airport - a windswept ribbon of tarmac on Scotland's most westerly island, reachable in under an hour aboard a twin-prop service that skims the Inner Hebrides. From the terminal, a brief drive north across Tiree's treeless, shell-sand machair delivers you to Vaul, where the golf course emerges from dunes so pale and light-swept they might belong to the Caribbean, were it not for the Atlantic gales. This is arrival stripped to its essentials: no grand lodges, no winding approach roads, only the raw meeting of land, sea, and a nine-hole links that feels less discovered than stumbled upon at the edge of the known world.

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Common questions about Vaul

Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.

Vaul was designed by Ben Krueger.

Yes. Vaul is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.

Par at Vaul is 36.

Vaul plays 2,894 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.

The slope rating at Vaul is 103.

Vaul is a 9-hole course.

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