Trump International Golf Links sits on the Menie estate at Balmedie, about ten miles north of Aberdeen, where a broad belt of high dunes runs beside a long sandy beach. The original links opened in 2012, and a second course, named after Donald Trump’s mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, opened in summer 2025. Both are pay-and-play with online booking, and the resort runs a small hotel in MacLeod House. It is a modern, highly groomed venue rather than an old club, and it now hosts DP World Tour golf.
Trump International Golf Links Scotland green fees and tee times.
Tee times on both courses are sold directly through the resort’s website, and the golf office can also be reached on +44 (0)1358 743300. There is no membership barrier. The resort does not publish its green fees in a form we could check, so get the current price when you book. As a guide, National Club Golfer listed the Old Course at £595 for summer 2026. When the New Course opened in 2025, Golf Business News reported £495 a round on it and £900 for a round on each course. Read the cancellation terms on the booking page before paying, and check tour-event dates if you plan to visit in August.
The courses at Trump International Golf Links Scotland.
The Old Course
The original 2012 links runs north and back again through the high dunes, so a steady wind helps on one half and hurts on the other. Six tee positions on every hole let shorter hitters play a manageable length, while the back markers stretch beyond 7,000 yards. Published figures differ: Wikipedia gives 7,300 yards and par 71, Golfbreaks 7,452 yards and par 72.
The New Course (MacLeod Course)
Announced as the MacLeod Course and now sold as the New Course, this Hawtree layout lies south and west of the original 18 and shares its clubhouse. Golf Business News gave its length as 7,589 yards at the 2025 opening. Golfbreaks describes heather-lined wetlands and what it bills as the world’s largest natural bunker. Its first tour event was the 2026 Staysure PGA Seniors Championship.
The round, in perspective.
Martin Hawtree designed both courses. The Old Course, as the 2012 links is now called, plays as two out-and-back loops of nine through the dune corridor, with six sets of tees on each hole. It staged the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship from 2023 to 2025, and in August 2025 the DP World Tour’s Nexo Championship, which Grant Forrest won by four shots after a course-record 66. The second course was granted planning consent in October 2020, opened by Trump at the end of July 2025 and opened to the public on 13 August. It took over the PGA Seniors in August 2026. The development has been controversial: part of the dunes was a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and that status was removed in 2020 after the regulator said the system had been partially destroyed.
Make the trip work.
Most visitors want to play both courses, and staying at MacLeod House makes a 36-hole day straightforward. Allow time between rounds, because both are long walks through tall dunes. The New Course is the longer of the two from the back tees, so play it fresh if you can. If you are building an Aberdeenshire trip, place Menie in the middle: Royal Aberdeen is to the south, Cruden Bay to the north, and both are within 25 minutes.
Aberdeen Airport at Dyce is about 25 to 30 minutes by road, and Aberdeen city centre around 20 minutes south on the A90. Aberdeen railway station has direct trains from Edinburgh and London. There is no rail service to Balmedie, so arrange a taxi or hire car for the final leg.
MacLeod House & Lodge is the on-site hotel: a restored baronial mansion in woodland beside the links, with more rooms in the Lodge close by. VisitScotland has graded it five stars. Listings give 18 or 19 rooms in all, so book early in summer, and ask about the resort’s 36-hole stay packages. Aberdeen offers far more choice, from city-centre hotels to The Chester in the West End. Meldrum House, a baronial hotel set beside an 18-hole parkland, is about 25 minutes inland.
Make a trip of it.
Royal Aberdeen’s Balgownie Links and neighbouring Murcar Links are about 20 minutes south, and Cruden Bay is roughly 25 minutes north. Newburgh-on-Ythan is the closest links, a few minutes up the coast. Away from golf, the Forvie National Nature Reserve at the mouth of the Ythan has one of Britain’s largest dune systems and a big seal colony, and Balmedie Country Park gives direct access to the beach that runs past the course.
Find your season.
Directory listings put the visitor season at March to November. Summer brings long evenings and the best ground conditions. Tour events now fill part of each summer: in 2025 the Staysure PGA Seniors ran from 31 July to 3 August and the Nexo Championship from 7 to 10 August, and the 2026 PGA Seniors was played on 6 to 9 August, so check the calendar before booking a late-summer visit.
Yes. Both courses are pay-and-play, and neither membership nor a hotel booking is required. Reserve through the resort website or by phoning the golf office.
What are the green fees at Trump International Aberdeen?
The resort does not publish an easily checked rate sheet, so confirm the price when you book. National Club Golfer listed the Old Course at £595 for summer 2026. Spring, autumn and winter rates are lower, and resort packages that include rooms are sold separately.
What is the MacLeod Course at Trump Scotland?
It is the resort’s second 18-hole links, designed by Martin Hawtree, opened in July 2025 and now marketed as the New Course. It was named after Mary Anne MacLeod, Donald Trump’s mother, who was born on the Isle of Lewis. Darren Fichardt won the 2026 Staysure PGA Seniors Championship on it.
Where is Trump International Golf Links Scotland?
It is at Balmedie, on the Menie estate about ten miles north of Aberdeen and roughly 30 minutes from Aberdeen Airport. The estate is reached from the A90 through Balmedie, and the hotel, clubhouse and both courses share one site.
Last checked 10 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.
