Trump International Golf Links

Trump Golf Course in Scotland is located on the Menie Estate, which is considered a Site of Special Scientific Interest. As such, the proposed course and resort were very controversial, and the development went through several planning applications before it was approved.

Trump’s directive was that the North Sea should be seen from every hole on the Trump Golf Links in Scotland. A vision that was achieved by one of the UK’s leading golf architects, Martin Hawtree, with absolutely stunning results. An Aberdeen Golf Tour simply wouldn’t be complete without a trip to this incredible, world-class course.

Trump International Golf Links stretches a modern championship length of 7,400 yards from the tips. Trump left most of the design and masterful routing to Hawtree, but did have an influence on the monster 651-yard, par 5 18^th, where the intimidating tee shot from an elevated green requires avoiding the eighteen strategically placed bunkers he requested.

Perhaps the best view is from the perch of the championship tee of the 14th hole a 445-yard, par 4. Whose challenge is the wind, keeping it off the towering dunes on the way to a perfect ribbon of fairway, framed by the beach and a lone deep bunker guarding the green.

A welcome addition to Aberdeen Golf, the 1,500-acre estate has accommodations in the MacLeod (named for his mother’s family) House & Lodge Hotel for visiting golfers and may also be hired for exclusive use.

Be sure and have a wee dram or two in the Clavis Whisky Bar where the specialties are the finest of Aberdeenshire usquebaugh or “water of life” better known as Scotch.