Royal Aberdeen Golf Club

• Contact
• Visitors

Address: Links Road, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, Highlands, AB23 8AT United Kingdom

Tel: 01224 702571

Golf Pro: David Ross | Tel: 01224 702571 Option 3

Website: http://www.royalaberdeengolf.com

---

Golf Club Facilities

  Buggy Hire

  Golf Shop

  Clubhouse

  Bar

  Dining

  Function Room

Visitors who live at least 100 miles outwith the area may play our championship course, Balgownie Links provided they have a handicap of 24 or under.
TIMES FOR VISITORS Monday & Wednesday 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. & 2.00 - 3.30 p.m.
Tuesday & Thursday 11.00 a.m. - 12 noon & 2.00 - 3.30 p.m.
Friday 10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m
Weekends - after 3.30 p.m.

Midweek Guide: Balgownie Links - £115.00 - £265.00 *

Weekend Guide: After 15:30 pm *

Restrictions: Maximum Handicap 24

* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.

Tee Time Information

Midweek Guide: Balgownie Links - £115.00 - £265.00 *

Weekend Guide: After 15:30 pm *

* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.

Review Information

What the club says: Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Aberdeen, Scotland, was founded in 1780 as the Society of Golfers at Aberdeen and became the Aberdeen Golf Club in 1815. Until 1888 members played on the Queen's Links close to the city before moving across the River Don to the links at Balgownie. The Course was originally designed by the Simpson Brothers, Archie and Robert of Carnoustie and later re-bunkered and lengthened by James Braid. Hawtree & Company are now engaged as the Club's architects to ensure our classic links keeps pace with the modern game.

What Golfshake says: Elegant, traditional, classic… three words to describe a links course that makes it clear from the outset that it was founded in 1780. And why wouldn’t you when you have such a rich history… and such a fine golf course to back it up.

Royal Aberdeen is the classic ‘out-and-back’ layout, which typically means the wind might be kind for half the holes and simply cruel on the other. The front nine runs closest to the North Sea and has more protection, weaving low between the dunes. Sweetly routed fairways roll like an ocean swell and greens and flags are always visible. There is little room for error.

At the turn, you slip inland where the landscape rises above the opening holes. Not much, but enough to give you views, both out to sea and towards Aberdeen. The fairways on the back nine are less chaotic in shape, but flags are still visible and greens still deceptively tricky to find, with strong, deep bunkering.

Played this course? Tell us what you thought. Submit Review