28/04/2025- “Quality!!!” – Gosforth, Newcastle
2/05/2025- “Unbelievable” – Naples, Florida
3/05/2025- “Remarkable Course” – Butler National Golf Club, Chicago
5/05/2025- “Fantastic Course” – Doncaster Golf Club, England
24/03/2024- “Golf Heaven” – Shettleston, Glasgow
21/04/2024- “Beyond our expectations! See you again!” – Washington, USA
17/05/2024- “Golfing Perfection” – Battersea, UK
23/06/2024- “Love this course, Staff are great” – Mello, Australia
9/07/2024- “Incredibly Special” – Vernon, Canada
19/08/2024- “The Top!” – Genoa, Italy
22/09/2024- “Historical” – Pauma Valley, California
9/05/2023- “Its another world!!” – Castle Hill, Australia
17/06/2023- “Fantastic course!!” – Oslo, Norway
5/07/2023- “Best ever round played and such a beautiful place” – NSW, Australia
13/07/2023- “Incredible course and wonderful caddies” – Atlanta, USA
18/08/2023- “Best day ever, good views!” – Seoul, Korea
16/09/2023- “Best layout I’ve ever seen” – Saratoga Springs, NYC
20/09/2023- “By far the best clubhouse in UK. Fabulous Staff. Superb” – St Andrews, Scotland
15/04/2022 – “Like a dream, can’t wait to be back” – London, Texas, New York
3/05/2022 – “5 Stars! Fantastic place” –Tranas, Sweden
6/05/2022 – “Great to be back! Wonderful course, wonderful people!”- Santa Barbara, California
19/05/2022 – “Outstanding Challenge!” – Dotham, Atlanta
28/07/2022 – “Bucket-list experience” – Cochrane, AB, Canada
08/08/2022 – “Top notch golf course and food/staff unreal – what a course!” – Glasgow, Scotland
06/04/2019 – “The best course in Scotland” – Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
09/04/2019 – “Wonderful welcome and stunning course” – London, UK
29/05/2019 – “Simply Amazing” – Grand Blanc, Michigan
10/06/2019 – “Wonderful and unique” – Cleveland, Ohio
14/06/2019 – “An inspiration” – Camberley Heath Golf Club, Surrey
14/06/2019 – “World class” – New South Wales, Australia
06/08/2019 – “One of the best courses and nicest staff in the world” – Houston, Texas
06/04/2018 – “Great course and hospitality” – Rotorua, New Zealand
06/05/2018 – “Speechless!” – Fontainbleau, France
26/05/2018 – “A glorious day on a challenging and enjoyable course” – Pennsylvania, USA
11/06/2018 – “Even better than 10 years ago!” – Charlotte, North Carolina
23/05/2017 – “My favorite course ever, can’t wait to come back!” – Ireland
04/06/2017 – “Amazing course + staff” – Teesside, U.K.
26/06/2017 – “Remains a leading example of links golf, AMAZING!” – West Sussex, U.K.
28/07/2017 – “My most favorite course” – Switzerland
08/05/2017 – “All that I expected” – Parrish, Florida
29/08/2017 – “Will be back! Enchanting.” – Raleigh, North Carolina
22/09/2017 – “A spiritual experience” – Truro, Nova Scotia
18/10/2017 – “Favorite course in Scotland” – Westport, Connecticut
07/11/16 – “BOOM”!! – Vancouver
07/07/16 – “Beautiful design & views, a privilege” – Southern Australia
22/06/16 – “Until we meet again” – Michegan
14/06/16 – “Does it get any better”?? – Florida
05/06/16 – “Fantabulous!!” – Delaware
02/06/16 – “Best Course I’ve ever played” – Sweden
20/05/16 – “Most beautiful Course in the World” – USA
14/05/16 – “Found a new love!!” – Germany
08/05/16 – “Enjoyed the Course – we are coming back!” – Sweden
06/05/16 – “This is a special place!” – Canada
23/10/15 – “Brilliant experience, thank you” – Germany
08/10/15 – “Magical Golf Course” – England
16/06/15 – “Best yet” – San Antonio
22/05/15 – “magnificent!” – Paris, France
11/05/15 – “most beautiful course” – Denver, Colorado
24/04/15 – “most unique course ever played!!” – Quebec, Canada
13/04/15 – “Fantastic!” – Gothenburg, Sweden
08/04/15 – “very friendly members and Pro-Shop. Thanks” – Australia
Oct 2014 – Robbie Vogel, Dorchester MA – Photo Essay – READ HERE
28/08/14 – “Fabulous Course – even better people” – Glazier, Kansas
26/08/14 – “OMG” – Hoffman, Phoenix
15/08/14 – “A Dream” – Linville, Columbus
31/07/14 – “Awesome” – California
19/07/14 – “Memories for Life” – Texas
14/07/14 – “Memorable once in a lifetime experience” – Kamath, Illinois
13/07/14 – “Excellent meal & service” – McAulay, Northampton
Herb Gould – Chicago Sun-Times Sportswriter – READ HERE
01/07/14 “Great Welcome, Great Course” – Stephenie Metais, France
25/06/14 “Awesome Links Course, one of the best!” Don & Reid Bedell, Fair Haven, New Jersey, USA
23/06/14 “Fantastic Experience” – Matthew Weed, Oregon, USA
13/06/14 “10 out of 10, Fantastic Golf Course” – Robert Anderson, Connecticut, USA
27/05/14 – “Perfect” – H Berton – France
14/05/14 “Great Course” – Lasse Olsend & Anita Dehlbom, Stockholm, Sweden
21/04/14 “A Great Golf Experience” – Dirk Kohlen – Germany
31/03/14 “So Unique” – Julie & Mark Welage – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
12/10/13 “Crazy Good” – Ray Fujh Oregon USA
9/10/13 “Greatest Links in the World” – Karl Kuivasaari, Finland
6/10/13 – “Fantastic” – Michael Kelly, Denver Colorado, Dan Dufner, Shorthills NY, Kevin Crum, Atlanta Georgia.
18/9/13 – “Eternally fascinating – a roller coaster experience” – Jeremy Turner, Sweden.
14/9/13 – “Understated – a gem, unique” – Malcolm J Lynch, Tandragee Golf Club
17/09/13 – “One off, the best” – Karl Max Hellner, Germany
20/08/13 – “Greatest course ever played” – Jamoske Reiner, Liechtenstein
19/08/13 – “Second Time, Same Experience, Gorgeous” – Stefann Schiave, Italy
11/08/13 – “Outstanding” – Michael & Ann Barltrop, New Zealand
07/08/13 – “Sublime” – Sereue Patrice, France
19/07/13 – “Incredible Track” – Dean Bell, Saudi Arabia
19/06/13 – “What a gem” – Robbie & Mick McDonald, Brisbane, Australia.
“Just a note of thanks to all staff at Cruden Bay, we had a group visit of 8 golfers from Dublin to your beautiful course last Saturday. Everyone enjoyed a wonderful experience on your course and dining, all staff and members we encountered were most welcoming during the day. When we return in the future to the Aberdeen area, your course will be first on our list.”
Vincent, Dublin
“Breathtaking views – tough test of nerves”
Greg, Canada
“You have given us memories we’ll never forget”
Nancee, Pat, Mary & Michael, FL
“You can play travel the whole world to play golf, but playing golf in Scotland is and stays the real deal. A hidden gem like Cruden Bay leaves an everlasting impression. Hope to return soon.”
Eric, Amsterdam
“Certainly the best course played in Scotland so far, Really a ‘Wild Ride’!!”
Fareed Desaai, South Africa
“Fabulous Course, Fabulous Views, Fabulous People”
Bev & Paul, Northumberland
“Course exceeded our expectations”
Liz & John, Arlington. VA
Dutch Golfers Magazine – September 2019
Danish Golf Magazine – July 2019
German Magazine – Tweed – March 2019
Bo Sjoston – Golf Journal 2019
Golf Digest Sweden 2018
Golf World Review
1914 Golf Illustrated Editorial
French Review
Golf Digest Korea 2014
Dutch Review
Belgian Review
Luxembourg Review
National Club Golfer Review
Swedish Review 2017
Golf Monthly Review 2017
German Review 2017
Additional Swedish Review 2017
Championship & St Olaf Course: Open Mats in use on fairway and first cut of rough
Driving Range: Open