A round at Cruden Bay is probably one of the rounds you will never forget. This seaside course can be incredibly difficult if the weather isn't on its best behavior (which it seldom is in Scotland). Some of the holes border on ridiculous and it will eat you up if you aren't at the top of your game.
But this is a tremendous course, that most people will enjoy playing even if it means shooting a less attractive score than you might usually.
It is claimed that golf was played in the village of Cruden Bay as early as 1791. The original course, on the present site, was commissioned by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) following the expansion of the railways at the end of the 19th century, designed by Old Tom Morris of St Andrews, and opened in 1899.
Cruden Bay offers an internationally famous golfing experience - old fashioned links golf at its best - on one of the best links courses in Scotland, and last year was placed at No 52 in the world by "Golf Magazine".
I have also heard that this was the course that Herb Kohler played and inspired him to create Whistling Straits in Koher, Wisconsin.
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