Niddry Castle Golf Club
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Niddry Castle Golf Club offers 18 holes of par-70 golf over 5,914 yards, providing a good course for all levels and ability of player. Magnificent vistas provide a glimpse of the Pentland Hills, and the holes all offer their own unique tests and hazards - plus there's a castle smack-dab in the middle. If you can control your shots and manage a solid golf course, then this patch of parkland ought to be on your itinerary for any golf trip to Scotland.
Fire away at Cannons Drive, the Niddry Castle Golf Club's 198-yard par-3 first hole, featuring a green that slopes away. The long hole is the sixth, Castle View, a par-5 524-yarder - pick right or left of the fairway at the tee to avoid sticking yourself behind a large tree for the second shot. Gan Hame, the 18th hole, a par 4 that measures 404 yards, provides a superb finishing hole, with an elevated tee shot to a fairway that features trees on both sides.
If you're going in winter, when the club sees fewer players, Niddry Castle Golf Club offers golf-and-coffee specials.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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White | 70 | 5914 yards | 69.4 | 126 |
Yellow | 69 | 5539 yards | 67.7 | 123 |
Red | 71 | 5022 yards | 69.8 | 118 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Mens M: 69.9/118 | 198 | 248 | 159 | 334 | 353 | 524 | 310 | 304 | 413 | 2843 | 480 | 437 | 237 | 312 | 310 | 353 | 186 | 352 | 404 | 3071 | 5914 |
Ladies W: 75.5/134 | 198 | 248 | 159 | 334 | 353 | 524 | 310 | 304 | 413 | 2843 | 480 | 437 | 237 | 312 | 310 | 353 | 186 | 352 | 404 | 3071 | 5914 |
Handicap | 10 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | |||
Par | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
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Frustrated golfers
My second visit to this course, very different from first visit.
We were advised before play the course wasn't at its best, however we lost over 12 balls on the fairways due to excess amounts of cut grass that hadn't been cleared away.
This spoiled our visit to the course.
It's a quirky course some cracking holes the 3rd and 17th in particular, unfortunately I couldn't recommend the course in its current condition to anyone, which is a pity as I think its a decent course.
Needs attention
Course needs attention. Grass on fairways needs cut and where they have cut grass there is lots of cuttings lying around which makes it difficult to find your ball.
The worst condition course!!!
Played from a golf now deal. Never again, the fairways were longer than an average course’s rough. Covered in old cut dead grass. Greens were slower than a fortnight in Saughton.
Whilst playing the greenkeepers were more interested in cutting the grass on the tee boxes we were teeing from, before blowing that cut grass on to the fairway!
Course layout ok, 18 holes with about 7 fairways was some laugh!
Wouldn’t play it again if someone offered me money to play it! Absolute shambles.
Worst Course I’ve played
Got this course on a golf now deal - only course I have played where balls are lost in the fairways.
Greens were awful and fairways were worse than the rough on some courses
Not even worth the £15 we paid
Won’t be back
Steven.
Course is decent but the fairways were like hitting out the rough had so much hassle trying tofonn Nd balls in what was meant to be first cut will not be back in till this has been resolved
Hidden gem
Great course, greens are immaculate for the time of year, slightly confusing layout on the first couple of holes and a small clubhouse but it wouldn’t deter me from returning. Overall excellent value for money and a very well maintained course in lovely settings.
Is there an investor out there.
Is there an investor out there?
...Not lost in the niddry castle gc (rough) sorry fairways, but out in the wider world.
The plus side the location is surrounded by great provenance,
The castle, very temporary home of Mary Queen of Scots.
The banked Bings leftover from James Youngs discovery of extracting Paraffin.
At one point near the 4th green, the union canal the railway, and the road are within 20ft of each other.
The layout of the original 9 holes are excellent and the back nine could be improved, so does Scotland need another history laden beautiful golf course? probably not.
But this course is currently in terrible (close the doors condition) what a waste.
Lasted 8 holes then walked off it was more than enough.
Honest captain
Got a call on the morning of our game to say the course wasn’t looking its best as the mowed grass hadn’t been lifting properly and we could cancel if we wished
We still went out and played was bad in places but overall the course was in reasonably good condition
Greens quite long and slow but to be honest after the call in the morning and the condition it was actually would definitely play it again
Good course
Good golf course, easy course to navigate if it's your first time there, only thing I would say is that I felt the greens were very slow, but all in all a very good course that will test any golfer.
niddry castle
mega friendly volunteer starter and caterer. great start in the clubhouse pre golf. course in great condition. good greens. perfect fairways. maybe needs a few more directional signs to the next tee. Apart from that, very enjoyable
Excellent Golf Course
This course is a hidden gem.
If you like a thinking course this is the one for you.
Each hole requires good club choices taking in golfers capability and weather.
Excellent round of golf and throughly recommend especially for the £16 hot deal.
Scotland and fife tour 2023
Excellent all round
Very nice course, well set out although not long there are lots of dangers.
Very friendly and helpful club steward and excellent food.
Highly recommended
Old guy was rude and unreasonable
Some holes decent but cut grass everywhere. Most staff very friendly except one old boy who lacked etiquette.
What fairways?!
A rare opportunity to get out and play a local course on a cracking day. Whilst the walk was great, and the sun was shining, the course did not.
Disappointed to find it difficult to distinguish between fairway, rough and green I struggled to appreciate the course for what it perhaps was.
Having visited previously, and played in open competitions I found this time to be a let down. A number of years back.
Whilst I appreciate its early in the golfing season, it is May, and greens were not good.
The newer holes on the course were a fraction better and on a positive note you could see that underneath all that grass perhaps was a set of smooth, well maintained greens.
Fairways and rough were strewn with loose grass from cutting yet, still fairways were poor.
All that said, I'm writing it off and will play again but I would like to know how a price tag of £25 a round midweek is justified in its current condition. But perhaps I was just unlucky. I'm sure it's looking top now.
This is purely perception so don't be put off, as I'd say it is likely a maintenance routine which should have been reflected in the price of the round.
Disappointment
Played this course on Sunday as part of a 4. We were all really disappointed in the course. From the first to the last, the greens were in terrible condition. More akin to winter greens only with less grass and more sand. Fairways weren’t ideal and a lot of grass clippings were left. Finally the rough was ridiculous. 4-6 inches thick and made finding balls incredibly hard, even if we knew it’s exact location. It’s a shame as it has the potential to be a good course. Only structural downfall I would say is the layout. There are multiple blind holes that aren’t clearly marked out, which means attacking greens is hard and pins impossible.
We have had machinery issues which have now been resolved. All Golfers were offered a half price round on the day or offered to return for a half price round.
We have had machinery issues which have now been resolved. All golfers were offered a half price round on the day or to return for a Half price round.