The Old Course at the Moray Golf Club was founded in 1889 and possesses a fine links course that was designed by Old Tom Morris and is a worthy addition to any northern Scotland golf tour. The Old Course at Moray (often referred to locally as Lossiemouth) is played over gently rolling linksland, with deep revetted bunkers and gorse lined fairways.
The Old Course at Moray is an interesting arrangement of holes, with thirteen par fours, ranging from 310 to 456 yards. The most famous hole at Moray is the par four 18th, a demanding 408 yard finisher that plays over numerous humps and hollows in the fairway back into town in much the same way as the 18 th at The Old Course at St. Andrews.
In addition to the usual difficulties of bunkers, gorse and dunes that characterize most Scottish links courses, Moray also presents the visiting golfer with the challenge of playing quality golf shots while the Royal Air Force jets take-off from their nearby base at Lossiemouth. Though this can be disconcerting the first time a jet comes by, the visiting golfer usually gets used to and even comes to enjoy the spectacle of this distraction.
For those golfers looking to add a course in the Highlands to their treks north to Dornoch and Nairn, we recommend a round on the Old Course at Moray as part of a Scottish golf trip.
For more information on Moray, please visit their website at www.moraygolf.co.uk.
