Hawick Golf Club sits on the moorland edge above Hawick, the largest town in the Scottish Borders and historically the centre of the Scottish textile industry. The course is a moorland layout of 5,929 yards, par 68, on the hillside above the Teviot valley — a compact 18 holes on exposed ground that plays considerably harder than the yardage suggests when the Borders wind comes in from the south.
Founded 1877, the club has the character of a working-town golf course — well-maintained, unpretentious, and valued by its membership in proportion to the amount of golf played rather than the prestige of the setting. The views across the Teviot valley and the Selkirk hills are excellent from the higher holes; the course proper is best described as honest moorland rather than anything more glamorous.
Green fee is £35–50. Visitor access is good. For visitors working the Scottish Borders on the way between Edinburgh and the north of England, Hawick provides a decent round in an area that doesn't have many golf options. Pair it with Minto Golf Club (10 miles north, 9 holes, very scenic) or The Roxburghe (25 miles northeast, the premium Borders parkland) for a Borders golf day.