Grampian and North East Scotland occupies a compelling position in the world golf landscape — home to one of the game's oldest clubs and a concentration of links courses that rival any region in Britain. Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, founded in 1780 and among the oldest golf clubs in the world, sets the tone with its Balgownie links running out and back along the North Sea shoreline. Widely regarded as having one of the finest front nines in golf, the course combines towering dunes, deep revetted bunkers and relentless wind to produce a true championship test.
Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Cruden Bay is an inspirational golf course, regarded by some as quirky and considered by others as a masterpiece. Either way, this is a thrilling place to play golf because the designers used the original lie of the land to fantastic effect.
Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Moray, United Kingdom
Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
North East Scotland, United Kingdom
Championship links golf routed through spectacular dunes on Scotland's North Sea coast. Martin Hawtree's 2012 design stretches 7,428 yards across the Menie Estate at Balmedie, hosting the DP World Tour's Scottish Championship from 2025. Located 16km north of Aberdeen, with the New Course adjacent.
The Balgownie at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club is a traditional out and back links course running along the shore of the North Sea and it has one of the finest first nine holes in golf.
Trump International's New Course opened in July 2025 across three distinct landscapes on Aberdeenshire's coast. Designed by Martin Hawtree, Christian Lundin and Christine Fraser, the course completes Scotland's premier modern 36-hole links destination for Aberdeen golf holidays.
Murcar Links Golf Club is located on a classic stretch of links land with huge sand dunes, crumpled fairways, whins, burns and heather.
The Old course at Moray Golf Club is a traditional treasure - a links which starts and ends in the town. The closing hole is one of the finest in the British Isles.
Fraserburgh Golf Club was founded in 1777 with the present course opening in 1891 and redesigned by James Braid in 1922.
Butch Harmon declared to those members present when he visited the golf club in 2005 that Peterhead Craigewan Links course was a "hidden gem" which he really enjoyed playing.
Newmachar is one of the most progressive golf clubs in this area of Scotland, boasting two exceptional 18-hole courses, Swailend and Hawkshill...
The distinguished Scottish club maker Ben Sayers originally designed the course at Spey Bay Golf Club and it’s an unsung links layout that is routed over Moray’s undulating shingle banks.
