Fortrose & Rosemarkie Golf Club

Really worth the visit. Great links course with the sea on both sides. You will not be disappointed.

We played this course today and it is a typical Scottish links course - narrow undulating fairways, gorse, beach, wind, and greens that don’t like receiving the ball from a height. However there are areas of the course which are hazardous owing to the proximity of tee boxes and greens. This is highlighted at the 14 green, 15 tee and 16 green. Wayward approach shots to these two greens are a serious hazard. Driving from the 17 tee represents a hazard for those on the 16 fairway. There are safety notices advising waiting until the 16th is clear but that requires compliance and on a busy day that could be challenging to avoid a bottleneck. I can understand wanting to keep the historical layout but safety netting and a slight alteration in layout would reduce risk. Fortunately today it was not overly busy and most golfers could control the ball. Course could not be faulted, food great, service great and facilities excellent.

What a place! What a view! A really gem links course by the ocean. Strongly recommend

Great round. Course in great condition for March. Greens superb. Clubhouse and shop very good.

Really enjoyed this course. Wonderful views; pity about the Gale force wind and the eventual rain which curtailed our game at the 15th. But excellent value and friendly staff. Thank you

Can't fault it good layout perfect greens pleasant pro and staff all makes it a pleasant experience.
We will be back

Very enjoyable day excellent greens .we played on a day with no wind this time and the views were breathtaking.we will play again later in the week and have a meal in the friendly clubhouse
Always a pleasure to play here
Dave

A bit short for my son who hits the ball a long way.Greens are superb,uniform and the fastest I've played on all season.Beautiful setting looking on to the sea and beach

We really enjoyed playing this course. The weather was kind and views were spectacular. We made this trip to experience a classic links course and we got what we expected. Greens were in perfect condition. The course is not for the faint hearted with some demanding tee shots and a cool head is required to deal with multiple hazards including walkers and cars on a road that runs through the course. The staff were extremely friendly and clearly proud of their club.

We were lucky to catch a rare great day during December to play the course. As a beginner I found the fairways really narrow. The par 4's are really quite short though, so with decent direction on your drives you can hit a lot of the greens from the tee off.

My major issue with the course was the cars driving though. Played havoc with my nerves as I was pulling my drives this day and I almost took out two different cars as they were going by. Every shot after that was with the cars in mind which I found really off putting.

Played on a dry sunny day in November, forecast was for a "moderate breeze" but it was definitely stronger than that on the spit that makes up the layout. This made the course very challenging despite most of the fairways being generous in width. Balls were even blown off the green! Course was in good condition for November, An interesting links course with cars, cyclists and walkers additional hazards as they go to view the stunning Moray Firth, the lighthouse and the famous dolphins. Afterwards we enjoyed the good food on offer in the clubhouse, even in these Covid times.

Course, especially greens in great condition given time of year. An easy flat walk with a lot of short par 4's & sauntered round in <3hours despite taking plenty of time to take in the fantastic sea views. Great fun.

Possibly my favourite course ever - beautifully laid out, immaculate condition, challenging but manageable for a high handicapper. Setting is absolutely spectacular. Value for money 5/5.

Friendly reception. Super course, we were lucky with weather which helped. Really enjoyed the round a fair test of golf.

My son and I played the course when the prevailing South West wind was consistently in excess of 10m/s and gusting higher. What made it especially tough is the course layout, bar a couple of holes, is mostly 90 degrees to this wind direction. The wind strength on the exposed but otherwise excellent greens made the ball vibrate and apt to blow off the green. Under lesser conditions the course must be a real pleasure to play.
The reason why I scored the course layout low was because of a public footpath which runs along the Western fairways inside the Red markers. There is no clear indication of who has right of way and we were forced to wait while walkers passed the tee without even hesitating to stop and wait! This was also the case with motor vehicles as day trippers drove to and from the lighthouse at the end of the course. It led to delays in teeing off at the affected holes. Luckily the course wasn’t too busy.
I would certainly play the course again in calmer conditions so that it would be a fairer challenge for a medium (12) handicapper with a ‘fade’ bias in his swing!

From the minute we arrived we could tell we were going to have a good day, staff could have been any more friendly, help us with everything, course layout will fantastic, condition was good, views amazing couldn’t have asked for anything else, highly recommend if your in the area go play this little jem of a course

Very enjoyable experience all round at fortrose golf club. Course was in great condition and was a joy to play. Staff were brilliant and couldn’t be more helpful!! Will 100% return.