Royal Aberdeen
Published:
Aberdeen, Highland
DESIGNERS: Simpson, Braid, 1780
YARDAGE: 6,910
PAR: 71
GREEN FEES: £120 all week (£170 all day midweek)
CONTACT: 01224 702571, www.royalaberdeengolf.com
Royal Aberdeen made an especially good job of hosting the Walker Cup last year; the links played and looked magnificent, despite inclement weather. Prior to the cream of GB&I and America’s amateurs doing battle, a few new bunkers were added at the 1st, 16th and 18th. Since the matches, a new green at the 15th has been designed by Martin Hawtree. It is now in play and proving to be a great success. It has not changed the length of the hole, still 367 yards. The 1st here, played downhill from a tee perched tight to the clubhouse to a green framed by the North Sea, begins a links for the connoisseur.