Established 1909

The Club

Established in 1909 to the design of Archie Simpson, with later refinements made in the 1930s by the celebrated golf course designer James Braid, Murcar is indeed a Championship links of some renown, in the finest of Scottish traditions.

Hosted at Murcar

National Championships & Professional Tournaments

The Murcar Links features in the Top 100 courses in the UK and is in the VisitScotland Top 40 Great Scottish Links Collection, as evidenced by the fact that in 2005 it hosted pre-qualifying for the British Senior Open.

The testing Murcar Links hosts many national amateur championships and professional tournaments.

2005Pre-qualifying for the British Senior Open

2009European Challenge Tour’s Scottish Challenge and the British Boys Plate

2013European Boys Team Championship

2014Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Northern Open

2016Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play (European Tour)

2018R&A 123rd Amateur Championship qualifying rounds

2024R&A Men’s & Women’s Home Internationals

Reopened 7 May 2006

Sympathetic to Simpson & Braid

It recently underwent alterations and improvements that are sympathetic to what Simpson and Braid set out to achieve, under the watchful eye of Graeme J Webster’s Team Niblick Ltd. The refurbished Clubhouse and practice area was opened on May 7th 2006 by Paul Lawrie, Open Champion at Carnoustie in 1999.

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