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Trump International Golf Links Scotland

Links golf through the dunes since 2012, par 72 over 7,428 yards. A second course opened in 2025.

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The dunes at Menie, on the coast just north of Aberdeen, rise as high as 100 feet, and the Old Course at Trump International is laid right through them.

Martin Hawtree designed it, and it opened in 2012, a par 72 of 7,428 yards from the back tees, with marram-covered dunes on every side and the North Sea alongside. At the 3rd the green sits a few feet from the shore, and you’ll hear the waves before you see them. A second course, the New Course, opened in July 2025. Afterwards, The Dunes Restaurant & Bar in the clubhouse looks out over the links.

A green below the marram dunes on the Old Course.Press a mark to look closer.
The card

18 holes. Par 72 and 7,428 yards from the black tees, down to 5,215 from the red.

Trump International Golf Links Scotland
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Black5414432055633861832815004703,5725734704352294453921954666513,8567,428
Gold5194191885293711832734874473,4165364514041974103761874216273,6097,025
Blue4914121655133531702464634273,2404954533671783763231804045863,3626,602
White4783811474603491652304224273,0594953923671783723191574045863,2706,329
Green4433601434413171402014223942,8614583613281483073191423645572,9845,845
Red4013191084212361281733993622,5474133193141202552821103375182,6685,215
Par543543444365443443453672
Stroke index117131915173512616821814104
Ladies' stroke index591511113173746101614121882
Score

The holes tinted yellow are the highlights below. Press one to read about it. The Old Course, from the club’s own hole by hole tour (2024). The club prints no separate ladies’ par.

Hole highlights

The Old Course runs through the dunes beside the North Sea, with heather, burns and winter lochs on its inland side.

  1. 3

    The 3rd

    Par 3 · 205 yards

    You walk to the green down a sunken grass path and hear the waves before the sea comes into view. It’s the closest the course comes to the shore, just a few feet from the green, and the club calls it a favourite spot.

  2. 4

    The 4th

    Par 5 · 563 yards

    The hardest hole on the card, a par five to a high green set in a gap in the dunes. Blairton Burn runs the full length of the hole, and the green is the most contoured on the links and the designer’s own favourite.

  3. 9

    The 9th

    Par 4 · 470 yards

    A deceptively narrow drive and a long, narrow green with three bunkers, only one or two of them visible from the fairway. Behind the green is an old ice house where local fishermen once kept their catch fresh.

  4. 10

    The 10th

    Par 5 · 573 yards

    From tees among the heather, the hole climbs past a winter loch and through a narrow pass between towering dunes. The green sits in a natural amphitheatre, one of the first spots picked out when the course was planned.

  5. 18

    The 18th

    Par 5 · 651 yards

    The longest hole on the course, played from high tees with the coast and the skyline of Aberdeen in view. Two large winter lakes lie to the left of the fairway.

Playing here

Martin Hawtree’s links of 2012 through the great dunes at Menie, north of Aberdeen, with a second course opened in 2025.

Holes
18
Par
72
Yards
7,428
Opened
2012

Booking

01358 743300

Bookings are non-refundable but can be moved within 12 months. Scottish residents bring proof of address.

Green fees, 2026

  • Old Course, summer 2026 peak£595
  • New Course, summer 2026£560

To hire

  • Caddie
  • Fore caddie
  • Trolley
  • Cart
  • Clubs

The clubhouse

The Dunes Restaurant & Bar in the clubhouse looks out over the links, from breakfast on.

A 22-acre driving range, a short game area with six greens and a 3,500 square metre putting green.

Did you know

Only six holes of the New Course, which opened in July 2025, are in the coastal dunes.

The rest run through heather and wetland, past pools and an old coastal burn.

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Where it is

Trump International is on the Menie Estate at Balmedie, Aberdeenshire AB23 8YE, on the coast north of Aberdeen.

Coming from Aberdeen, turn off for Balmedie, go through the village, and the resort is on the right a few miles further on. Murcar Links is about ten minutes away by car.

Directions
Marram-covered dunes falling to a long sandy beach at Balmedie, a burn winding to the sea.WalksBalmedie Beach and Country Park2.1 miles
Seal's head breaking the surface of calm grey waterAttractionsNewburgh Seal Beach2.4 miles
Halved croissant on a plate beside a wicker bread basketCafeTrellis3.0 miles
AttractionsMurcar Links Golf Club5.5 miles
Loaded fries with blue cheese and spring onions beside a yellow drinks canRestaurantsSmoke and Soul5.8 miles
Low dunes and a still pool on the Forvie reserve under a wide sky.WalksForvie National Nature Reserve6.0 miles
The Coffee Apothecary's long timber counter in Ellon, a barista at work under pendant lamps.CafeThe Coffee Apothecary Ellon6.4 miles
A great old yew spreading its branches over the lawn of Ellon Castle Gardens.AttractionsEllon Castle Gardens6.4 miles
The tasting bar at Still Spirit, stools along the counter by tall windows onto the fields.ShoppingStill Spirit6.6 miles
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