Craigewan Links, Riverside Drive,
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire AB42 1LT
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Iain Buchan (PGA, General Mgr and Club Professional).The Course:
18 holes. Seaside links. Undulating terrain - several slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Coastal duneland alongside the North Sea, riverside (River Ugie), and farmland.
Designer:
The Craigewan Links began as a nine-hole course designed by Willie Park Jr (1892); extended to 18 holes by Archie Simpson (1908). A second 18-holes, the New course, was established in 1923; today it exists as a nine-hole course.
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1 mi NW of centre of Peterhead / 32 mi NE of Aberdeen.
The clubhouse, on the north side of the River Ugie, is accessed via a footbridge from the car park, which is on the south side of the river.
Peterhead
Peterhead Golf Club is home to a scenic and challenging seaside links course, also known as the "Craigewan Links". Perhaps less renowned than the Fraserburgh course (14 miles to the north), nonetheless, Peterhead will give your game a thorough workout, with plenty of seaside scenery to enjoy along the way.
The course occupies a natural peninsula of duneland, bounded by the River Ugie on two sides and the North Sea on its east side. Your opening tee-shot demands a carry over the river. Beach and headland views abound, as do a plethora of pot bunkers that are in range from the tee, and which stoutly defend the greens. At the downhill par-4 7th, a veritable posse of bunkers encircle the green.
The layout keeps you on your toes throughout, with its mix of really memorable holes and a few that are flatter and a tad less interesting. The short par-4 17th has the only blind drive you'll need to make, while the last of the sea views, at the par-5 18th, provides a fittingly scenic climax to the round.
Pick of the holes: at the far end of the course, around the turn, you'll find two of Peterhead's most memorable holes: the long, tight, bunkerless par-4 9th, and the attractively bunkered short par-3 10th (with the beach directly behind you, and a fabulous dunescape stretching away to your right). The uphill par-3 2nd and blind par-3 16th add to the interesting variety of the short holes.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2024].
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
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Peterhead Golf Club was established in 1841, making it the world's 18th oldest golf club. Well into the 1800s, there were in fact only a handful of golf clubs in existence with the majority residing on the east coast of Scotland. Although golf was played in many other places, it was not until the second half of the 19th-century that golfers started to form themselves into organised clubs.
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