Hopeman Golf Club

Hopeman Golf Club sits on the clifftop above the village of Hopeman on the Moray coast — a small fishing village between Burghead and Lossiemouth, where the Laich o' Moray's fertile plateau meets the Moray Firth shoreline. Founded 1923 on clifftop links ground that drops in places directly to the beach below. Par 67, around 5,400 yards: shorter than a full-length links but played in the Moray coast conditions that apply to the longer courses nearby.

The layout uses the clifftop terrain directly: tees positioned at the cliff edge, greens set back from the drop, fairways that run along the cliff boundary with the beach visible from the approach shots on the seaward holes. The exposed position is what Hopeman offers that the larger Moray courses at Lossiemouth and Nairn share only in part — the closeness to the cliff edge means the wind is felt more directly here than on ground further back from the shore.

Visitor green fee is £25–35. Hopeman is 4 miles north of Elgin and within 10 minutes of both the Moray Old and New courses at Lossiemouth, and within 30 minutes of Nairn. For visitors covering the Moray golf circuit — Nairn, Lossiemouth, Forres — Hopeman is the add that the brochures don't push and the locals mention quietly. A smaller club with a smaller reputation than its neighbours; the clifftop exposure and the honest price make it worth the detour.