Course Guides

Newmachar Golf Club

Address: Swailend, Newmachar, Aberdeenshire AB2 0UU
Location: 12 miles north-west of Aberdeen, off A947
Telephone: 01651-863002

Course Description

By George McIntosh (kayashish@email.msn.com)
This has to be one of best courses I have visited, every hole presents a mental challenge - you cannot just go on to the tee with your driver even on the par fives a course where accuracy is paramount. The scenery is tremendous with many of the holes carved through mature trees. Well worth a visit.

By Brian Young (byoung@scotborders.gov.uk)
Excellent course with several challenging water features.

Readers (Hawkshill Course):
Designed by Dave Thomas, the Hawkshill course is one of the toughest at all the courses in the are. With water hazards coming into play on no fewer than seven holes, mature silver birch pine trees lining the strategically bunkered fairways and greens, the Hawkshill course is already acknowledged as one of the fine tests of golf in Scotland.

Readers (Swailend Course):
Another Dave Thomas design, whilst not as mentally challenging as the Hawkshill, it nevertheless provides a test all of its own with some well positioned bunkering and testing greens, constructed on rolling countryside where some 26,000 trees have been planted.

More Details

• Bar
  
• Golf carts hire
  
• Putting green
  
• Pro shop
  
• Practice ground
  
• Visitors: Restricted at weekends. Must have handicap certificate. Advance booking is essential.
  
• Hawkshill Course:
  Holes: 18
  Yardage: 6623
  SSS: 74
  
• Swailend Course:
  Holes: 18
  Yardage: 6388
  SSS: 71