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Craibstone Golf Course

An eighteen-hole parkland course at Bucksburn on the edge of Aberdeen, built in 1999 by the Scottish Agricultural College and run since 2011 by Marshall Leisure, with the Brimmond Bistro in its clubhouse.

Welcome

On the north-west edge of Aberdeen, among the fields and woods of the Craibstone estate at Bucksburn, Craibstone golf course rolls out across open parkland with the Brimmond hills behind.

It was built in 1999 by the Scottish Agricultural College, whose farm and campus share the estate, and it was built well, with drainage and irrigation that keep it playable almost all year round.

Since 2011 it has been run by Marshall Leisure, a local company, who have put money into the course and its equipment. The eighteen holes mix the testing with the more forgiving, so it suits good golfers and beginners alike, and there is a practice area for pitching and putting.

The old clubhouse is now the Brimmond Bistro, where a resident chef cooks home-made food seven days a week, for golfers and anyone else. The course is only minutes from the airport and the city centre, handy for a round at either end of a trip.

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Before you go

Open to visitors; tee times through Marshall Leisure.

The Brimmond Bistro in the clubhouse serves food seven days a week.

Where
Craibstone Estate, Bucksburn, Aberdeen.
Telephone
01224 716777.
The course
Eighteen holes, par 69.

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Where it is

At Bucksburn on the north-west edge of Aberdeen, between Dyce, Kingswells and Westhill, near the airport.

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