Activities - A round with…Michael Buchan
A round with... Michael Buchan
The 1st hole at Royal Aberdeen
A jewell in the crown of Links Golf
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t the northern edge of the city of Aberdeen, just across the River Don, sits the Royal Aberdeen Golf Club. Located at the start of a majestic run of pure links land stretching as far north as the River Ythan estuary and along the Sands of Forvie to the tiny fishing village of Collieston. Just around the cliff edges lies Cruden Bay.
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This epic coastline is home to several pure and classic links courses such as Murcar Golf Club, Trump International Golf Links and, the lesser known but very enjoyable, Newburgh on Ythan Golf Club. Royal Aberdeen was founded in 1780 and is believed to be the sixth oldest golf club in the world.
It began life as the ‘Society of Golfers at Aberdeen’ and evolved to become the Aberdeen Golf Club in 1815. This impressive Links course is closely associated with the origins of golf. The earliest reference to a golf hole in Scotland was made in the local Aberdeen records dating right back to 1625. The location
