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Murcar Links Golf Club – Founded 1909
Murcar Links Championship course is a classic traditional links golf course with panoramic views across the North Sea. Situated on the North East coast of Scotland, 10 minutes from Aberdeen city centre and only 20 minutes from Aberdeen International airport.
In 1909, Archie Simpson the Professional and Keeper of the Green at Murcar Links’s neighbouring course, Royal Aberdeen, gave advice on the original layout on a stretch of marvellously rugged coast running north from Aberdeen. The celebrated golf course designer James Braid advised on alterations and refinements to the Murcar Championship course and also laid out the club’s nine hole Strabathie course in the 1930s. Play is essentially over the same historic layout today.
Murcar Links Championship course has a par of 71 and a standard scratch rating of 73. There are 5 sets of tees to select from with the back tees (6462yds) having a USGA rating 72.8 and USGA slope rating 136.
Murcar Links hosted the R&A Men’s & Women’s Home Internationals in 2024, having previously hosted the R&A 123rd Amateur Championship qualifying rounds in 2018. The course is a European Tour venue, hosting the Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play in 2016. The pedigree of Murcar Links Championship course is well established. Murcar Links has risen to No 91 in the Golf Monthly Top 100 courses (2023) with the review stating “Murcar is a fabulous and traditional links with elevated tees, gorse and wide views out to sea”. In a feature article in Jan 2025 Golf Monthly reviewers also described Murcar Links as a “testing but hugely entertaining course with much to recommend”
National Club Golfer rated Murcar Links at 42nd in Scotland’s Top 100 courses (2024) with a commentary including “a glorious stretch of holes running along the North Sea coastline”.
Golf World Rated Murcar Links at 85 in the Best Links in GB&I (2024) stating “Murcar impressively holds its own in stellar company on Aberdeenshire’s glittering coastline. A playable seaside classic”
The 9-hole Strabathie Course is a shorter more forgiving course suitable for all standards of golfing ability but be aware of the Strabathie burn which impacts 5 of the 9 holes!
Murcar Links is also home to one of the best practice facilities in the area. Featuring a full-length driving range with grass and synthetic teeing options as well as covered driving bays, there is also a specialised short game area for the complete warm up before your round.
Having invested in a state-of-the-art irrigation system in 2024 as well as recent refurbishment of of the Club house facilities , Murcar Links Golf Club offers a complete golfing experience from arrival to departure.
A warm welcome awaits you at Murcar Links Golf Club. Visit us and enjoy golf at its best.
Club History
Established in 1909 to the design of Archie Simpson, with later refinements made in the 1930′s by the celebrated golf course designer James Braid, Murcar Links has also undergone alterations and improvements that are sympathetic to what Simpson and Braid set out to achieve, under the watchful eye of Graeme J Webster’s Team Niblick Ltd.
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