Old Tom Morris’s 1889 links, finishing in a hollow below the clubhouse windows.
Moray Golf Club has two links on the edge of Lossiemouth, a seaside town on the Moray Firth north of Elgin. The Old Course is the one golfers travel for: Old Tom Morris laid it out in 1889, and the club says his routing has changed little since. The final green sits in a natural bowl beneath the hilltop clubhouse, in full view of the clubhouse windows. Fees are modest by Highland standards, visitors can book online every day of the year, and RAF jets from the neighbouring airfield add their own soundtrack.
Visitor tee times are booked online through the club’s BRS visitor page, by phone on +44 (0)1343 812018, or by email to bookings@moraygolf.co.uk. No set visitor hours appear on the published pages, and the club says its sandy links allow golf every day of the year. A handicap limit and a dress code are not published, so ask when you book. Discounted rates exist for members of North of Scotland and Scottish golf clubs, but they are arranged by contacting the club rather than online. The club also runs an indoor performance centre.
2026 visitor rate for the Old Course in November and December. April to October £150; the New Course is £50 in low season and £70 in high season.
| Old Course, April to October | £150 |
|---|---|
| Old Course, November and December | £80 |
| Both courses, April to October | £180 |
| New Course, April to October | £70 |
| New Course, November and December | £50 |
The club opened on 30 March 1889 with 82 members, most of them from Elgin, on ground leased from Captain James Brander of Pitgaveny. Morris began with 16 holes and played exhibition matches on the course; within 18 months more land had been leased and it reached 18. From the white tees the Old Course measures 6,578 yards to a par of 71. Three prime ministers played holiday golf here before the First World War, including at least one round together in August 1913. Ramsay MacDonald, a Lossiemouth man, was voted out of membership in 1916 over his opposition to the war, and declined when the club offered to reinstate him in 1929. Henry Cotton’s New Course followed in 1979. In 2026 Haydn McCullen opened the Northern Open with a 59, a new Old Course record.
The £180 ticket for both courses in high season is only £30 more than the Old Course alone, so a 36-hole day is good value if you have the legs. Play the Old first while you are fresh. The five-day Moray Open is the club’s big summer week, and 2026 marked its 120th anniversary, so check the diary before fixing dates. Elgin, six miles south, has supermarkets, a cathedral ruin and the nearest railway station.
Inverness Airport is roughly 40 miles west, about an hour by car via the A96 through Nairn and Forres. Aberdeen Airport is a longer drive east along the same road. Elgin station on the Aberdeen to Inverness line is the nearest by rail, a short taxi ride from the clubhouse on Stotfield Road.
Nearby: 1. Nairn Dunbar Golf Club (36 km) · 2. Nairn Golf Club (38 km) · 3. Tain Golf Club (45 km) · 4. Brora Golf Club (46 km) · 5. Royal Dornoch Golf Club (46 km) · 6. Castle Stuart Golf Links (Cabot Highlands) (50 km) · Compare all The Highlands & Aberdeenshire tee times
The Stotfield Hotel stands right above the links, next to the clubhouse. Lossiemouth also has guest houses and holiday lets around the harbour and the East Beach. The club’s own accommodation page points to two Speyside hotels around half an hour inland: the Craigellachie Hotel, dating from 1703, with the Quaich Bar and its 700-plus single malts, and the Dowans Hotel above Aberlour, a sixteen-room house built in 1888.
Hopeman, a few miles west along the coast, is the next links over. Nairn and Nairn Dunbar are about 40 minutes west on the A96, and Castle Stuart is a little further. Off the course, Speyside’s distilleries are within easy reach, and the ruins of Elgin Cathedral are worth an hour. Lossiemouth’s West Beach runs right alongside the links.
These packages have a confirmed round at Moray Golf Club (Old Course) in the itinerary, with the other courses, nights and hotels listed so you can compare like with like.
10 nights B&B, 6 rounds
Rounds: St Andrews New Course · Kingsbarns · Moray Old Course · Royal Dornoch · Cabot Highlands
Stay: St Andrews, the Highlands and Edinburgh
Fife and the far north in one trip, for golfers who want Royal Dornoch and Cabot Highlands as much as the Home of Golf.
Prices are Golfbreaks’ published per-person guide prices in US dollars, checked November 2026; your quote depends on dates and group size. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. How we work
High-season rates run from April to October, and the club lists low-season rates for November and December. The Moray coast sits in the rain shadow of the Highland hills and is one of the drier parts of Scotland. RAF Lossiemouth, home to Typhoons and P-8A Poseidons, borders the links, and jets passing overhead are part of a round here.
Explore golf by monthIn 2026 the Old Course costs £150 from April to October and £80 in November and December. A ticket for the Old and New courses on the same day is £180 in high season. Members of North of Scotland and Scottish golf clubs can ask about discounts.
Old Tom Morris laid out the Old Course in 1889 and played exhibition matches there when it opened. Sir Henry Cotton designed the New Course, which opened in 1979 and took in the club’s earlier nine-hole course.
Yes. The links sit next to RAF Lossiemouth, an active base that opened in the late 1930s. Eurofighter Typhoons and Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft fly from it, so expect jets overhead during your round.
Yes. Buggies cost £40 a round or £70 for the day, and electric trolleys £20. Full TaylorMade rental clubs are £50 a round, with balls and tees included, which helps if you are flying in without clubs.
Last checked 11 November 2026. This is an independent planning guide, not a first-hand review or a booking service. Check live availability, access, fees and travel details with the operator before booking. Airport suggestions are starting points for route planning.
How we research our guidesPhoto credits and licencesShared greens, the Swilcan Bridge, and the town where golf feels at home.
A modern links shaped by hand above the Fife shore, six miles from St Andrews.
Eight Opens, the Barry Burn and a finish that has humbled the best in the game.
