Craigewan Links, Riverside Drive,
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire AB42 1LT
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Iain Buchan (PGA, Club Professional).The Course:
18 holes. Seaside links. Undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Coastal duneland alongside the North Sea and riverside (River Ugie).
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.
Peterhead
Peterhead Golf Club is home to a pleasant yet challenging seaside links course, also known as the "Craigewan Links". The current 18-hole layout dates from 1908, and was created as an extension to the original nine-hole course designed by Willie Park Jr in 1892. A further 18-hole course was laid out in 1923. This "New course" has since been scaled back, and exists today as a nine-hole layout.
The wonderfully scenic Craigewan Links occupies a natural peninsula of duneland, bounded by the River Ugie on two sides and the North Sea on its east side. Beach and headland views abound, as do a plethora of pot bunkers that are in range from the tee and stoutly defend the greens. When the wind blows across the course, you'll experience the joys of "raw" links golf at its most challenging.
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 bunkerless par-4 9th, and attractively bunkered short par-3 10th.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2023].
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
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 formed themselves into organised clubs.
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