In Volume 1 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak published that.

“Just around the bay to the south of Dornoch, this little gem starts out with some holes along a river and then proceeds out into the dunes. There are some difficult par-4’s at the start, but the “Alps” par-4 11^th and the difficult short 17^th are the holes that stand out in my memory.”

Tain Golf Club received a score of 5 out of 10 from Tom Doak and one of his co-authors.