Forres Golf Club

Forres Golf Club is a tree-lined parkland course on the western edge of Forres, a market town 12 miles west of Elgin on the A96 Moray corridor. Founded 1889, the course occupies the natural woodland of the Forres policies — mature beech, oak and sycamore that give the layout a sheltered, intimate quality unusual for this otherwise open stretch of Moray.

Par 70, 6,233 yards. The terrain is more level than Elgin's Hardhillock but more interesting than the flat ground might suggest — the woodland creates natural doglegs and the greens are positioned to require accurate approaches from specific angles. The 7th and 16th are the holes that test handicap most directly; both require committed carries over rough ground.

Green fee is £35–50. Forres is a useful addition to a Moray golf trip that includes Lossiemouth and Nairn Dunbar on the coast — a day inland at Elgin or Forres provides a genuine parkland contrast and lets the legs recover from the exposure of the coastal links. The town has good hotels and the famous Sueno's Stone (a Pictish carved stone of exceptional quality) is worth visiting before or after the round.