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Nairn Golf Club Championship Course Key Information
| Row 0 – Cell 0 | Row 0 – Cell 1 |
| Address | Nairn Golf Club, Seabank Road, Nairn, IV12 4HB |
| Phone Number | 01667 452787 |
| Website | https://nairngolfclub.co.uk (opens in new tab) |
| bookings@nairngolfclub.co.uk (opens in new tab) | |
| Green Fees | £60 – £298 |
| Visitor Times | Contact club for reservations |
| Par | 71 |
| Slope Rating | 138 (Black), 134 (White), 131 (Blue), 127 (Green), 123 (Silver), 144 (Women’s Blue), 139 (Women’s Green), 133 Women’s Silver |
| Opened | 1887 |
| Designed by | Andrew Simpson, Old Tom Morris, James Braid, Ben Sayers, MacKenzie and Ebert |
Golf Monthly Verdict
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A tough opening stretch recently remodelled to test all levels of golfer. The course rewards accuracy and imagination. There are spellbinding views across the Moray Firth.
Nairn has great character with its undulating dunes framed by stunning yellow-blooming gorse and broom.
The greens are famously fast and true.
REASONS TO PLAY NAIRN GOLF CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE
– Brilliant example of the typical out and back Scottish links
– Great recent changes by Tom Mackenzie
– Incredible views across and up the Moray Firth
RANKINGS
UK & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses 2023/24 – 37
The renowned links to the west end of the seaside resort of Nairn began life in 1887 when the club’s founder Robert Finlay, later Viscount Finlay, employed Andrew Simpson of Aberdeen to design a course. The layout was enhanced by Old Tom Morris and again by James Braid. The latter was the first to break 70 around Nairn, a feat he accomplished in 1901. Further alterations have taken place over the years including interventions from Ben Sayers and later C.K Cotton. Most recently, Tom Mackenzie of Mackenzie and Ebert has advised on improvements. The course hosted the 1999 Walker Cup and the 2012 Curtis Cup. The Amateur Championship visited for a second time in June 2021.
Gorse lined, criss-crossed by burns and pock marked by pot bunkers, Nairn delivers typical Scottish links golf. It’s an out-and-back layout with the sea visible on every hole. It’s a thinker’s course with testing greens and run-off areas demanding careful placement.
There are many excellent and often well-bunkered holes, plus some magnificent views, especially from the elevated tee of the long par-3 14th playing back down towards the Firth.
Tom Mackenzie of Mackenzie and Ebert has overseen a wholesale remodelling of the links, which started in winter 2018 and was…
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