Moray Golf Club

The Old Course at Moray Golf Club in Lossiemouth occupies a classic stretch of linksland along the Moray Firth in northeast Scotland. Laid out by Old Tom Morris in 1889, the course represents one of the architect's many contributions to Scottish golf during the late Victorian era. The links sits on sandy terrain characteristic of this coastline, with the routing making use of natural dune formations and the prevailing winds that sweep in from the North Sea. The course plays across relatively compact linksland, with holes that move through corridors of gorse and rough grasses typical of traditional Scottish links. The front nine generally runs outward along higher ground, while the back nine returns closer to the shoreline, offering views across the Moray Firth toward the hills beyond. The layout features the kind of strategic bunkering and green complexes common to Morris designs of this period, where positioning off the tee and careful approach play matter more than raw distance. Moray Golf Club operates two eighteenth-hole courses at Lossiemouth, with the Old Course serving as the original and more traditional of the pair. The club maintains a welcoming atmosphere typical of Scottish golf clubs in smaller coastal towns, where visitors are received alongside members in a straightforward clubhouse environment. The Old Course remains less traveled than some of Scotland's more famous links, yet it preserves the essential character of Victorian-era seaside golf in a setting that has changed little over more than a century.