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A Journal for the Thrifty Gowfer

Budget Golf Scotland

Golf Under £20 in Scotland

Under a score. These courses cover municipal links, nine-holers worth a detour, and the odd hidden gem that visitors walk straight past on their way to the marquee names.

Twenty pounds is where the market starts to segment properly. Below it, you're mostly in municipal territory — open access, walk straight on. At £20, you encounter the first tier of private clubs where the visitor green fee sits low because the club genuinely wants visitors, rather than grudgingly tolerating them. For travellers building a Scottish golf trip around value, this is a more useful threshold than it might appear: a course charging £18 is almost certainly a different kind of place to one charging £28. The Fife coast has several in this range that any informed visitor would rate above their category. So does the Highland region. The regional breakdown below shows which parts of Scotland punch hardest at this price.

51 courses · sorted by fee, low to high

Scottish Islands · 8 courses

Ardfin

Scottish Islands

parkland18 holes
£0

Skeabost Golf Club

Scottish Islands

highland9 holesClub hire
£0

Colonsay Golf Club

Scottish Islands

links18 holesVisitor friendly
£10–£15

Isle of Gigha Golf Club

Scottish Islands

parkland9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£15
links9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20

Shetland Golf Club

Scottish Islands

heathland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£15–£35

Stromness Golf Club

Scottish Islands

links18 holesVisitor friendly
£16–£50

Brodick Golf Club

Scottish Islands

parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£50

Glasgow · 6 courses

parkland18 holes
£0
parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire

Golf It!

Glasgow

parkland9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£30
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£40

Highlands · 6 courses

links18 holes
£0
heathland9 holesVisitor friendly
£10–£30
highland9 holesVisitor friendly
£20–£25
parkland9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£25
highland18 holesVisitor friendly
£20–£25
parkland18 holesVisitor friendly
£20–£50

Perthshire · 5 courses

parkland18 holesClub hire
£0
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£15–£30
highland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20
highland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20
heathland9 holesVisitor friendly
£18–£30

Edinburgh · 5 courses

parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£11–£18
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£18
parkland18 holesVisitor friendly
£18
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£18
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire

Stirlingshire · 3 courses

parkland18 holes
£0

Dollar Golf Club

Stirlingshire

heathland9 holesVisitor friendly
£8–£10
parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£18–£30

Scottish Borders · 3 courses

Melrose Golf Club

Scottish Borders

parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£10–£20

Selkirk Golf Club

Scottish Borders

heathland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20

Galashiels Golf Club

Scottish Borders

parkland18 holesVisitor friendly
£20

Moray · 3 courses

links18 holesVisitor friendly
£20–£30
links18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£60
links18 holesVisitor friendly
£20–£75

Lanarkshire · 2 courses

parkland9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£6–£14
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£35

Fife · 2 courses

parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20
links9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£15–£20

Argyll · 2 courses

parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15
heathland9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£30

Dumfries & Galloway · 2 courses

Castle Douglas Golf Club

Dumfries & Galloway

parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£20–£40

New Galloway Golf Club

Dumfries & Galloway

highland9 holesVisitor friendly
£20–£25

West Lothian · 1 course

parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£35

East Lothian · 1 course

links9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire

Aberdeenshire · 1 course

links18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£30

Ayrshire · 1 course

links18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£28

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