Elgin Golf Club

Hardhillock, Birnie Rd,

Elgin, Moray IV30 8SX

  • Office

    +44 (0)1343 542 338
  • Pro shop

    +44 (0)1343 542 338
  • Golf pro

    Ross McConnachie (PGA, Club Professional).

About the course

  • The Course:

    18 holes.

  • Designer:

    Originally a 9-hole layout, extended to 18-holes in 1924 by its long-serving greenkeeper John Macpherson.

Back
tees
Club
tees
Front
tees
Yards
6449
6148
5794
Par
71
69
74
SSS or slope
71.4
70.0
74

Location

Latitude:

57.629877

Longitude:

-3.313108

How to get there:

1.5 mi S of Elgin town centre / 42 mi NE of Inverness.

Elgin Golf Club

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.

Est. 1906

Elgin Golf Club: if the coastal links courses on the Moray Firth are giving you a hard time, Elgin may have just the answer ... and that's not a reference to the remarkable ruins of a centuries-old Catholic cathedral which stands in the town. Elgin also boasts a pleasant and relatively easy-going parkland golf course.

Typically kept in excellent condition, this predominantly tree-lined layout, offers an enjoyable and scenic round. The layout comprises predominantly straightaway holes (with a couple of notable doglegging exceptions), which will test your unswerving accuracy from the tee. Stray too far offline and trees or OOB awaits. There's also plenty of small fairway and greenside bunkers to keep you honest around the excellent greens. No surprise the locals have dubbed this course the "Wentworth of the North".

Elgin offers a potential source of solace for the weather-beaten "links" golfer, in so far as it contrasts with the area's many storied (but often windswept) coastal courses. Rather than sea and beach views, Elgin's attractions include views over the town of Elgin and away to the Moray coast to the north, and hills stretching inland to the distant Cairngorm Mountains to the south.

Pick of the holes: the par-3 15th (Lime Kiln), as its name implies, comes with former lime kilns once used by local industry and agriculture.

List of courses: Scotland - North

Visitors

Who can play and when?

Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.

Must book in advance.

Green fees

Visitor fee, 18-holes in high season (May thru' Sept): £70 (all days). Shoulder season (April & Oct) £55.

Contact club for full details, discounts, day tickets, etc. [Last updated: 2023].

Other information

Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire, if booked in advance.

Practice facilities

Limited

Did you know?

The town of Elgin was formerly one of Scotland's cathedral cities. The very impressive ruins of the former cathedral stand testament to its very troubled past. Even as a ruin, the cathedral stands out as one of Scotland’s most ambitious and beautiful medieval buildings. The 13th-century west front represents one of the finest architectural achievements in Scotland from that period.

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