Trump International Scotland
DG SCOTLAND 2024 Editor, Kevin Markham
This is picture-perfect links golf and it was designed to be the ‘world’s greatest golf course. Martin Hawtree, the designer, had the budget and space to do whatever he wanted and he has created something that would make an artist blush. The views from tees
are just mouth-watering. Holes move in a north-south orientation, flowing in almost complete isolation between the biggest dunes on the Menie Estate. It gives the holes an almost ethereal quality.
Fairways are wide but the bunkering is omnipresent and penal and once you’ve seen them you can’t unsee them! The 18th hole has 18 bunkers so if you think you can avoid the sand for the entire round, think again. The course opened in 2012 and no expense has
been spared. There are six tees… so choose wisely.
Did You Know?
Ground was broken in 2023 for the construction of the new
MacLeod course, designed by Dr Martin Hawtree. It will
flow over spectacular heathland to the south and west of the
original course.