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A Journal for the Thrifty Gowfer

Budget Golf Scotland

Golf Under £30 in Scotland

Under thirty quid opens up a lot of Scotland. You'll find links, parkland, heathland, and highland courses at this price — and several you'd expect to cost twice as much.

Thirty pounds is roughly where twilight rates begin to appear on better courses — meaning that with timing, you can access courses that normally sit in the £50–£75 bracket. At standard rates, this tier includes some genuinely underrated courses: clubs in lower-visitor-volume regions that haven't raised prices to match their quality, and a handful that are simply off the golf media's radar. The Moray coast, the Borders, parts of Perthshire and Angus — these regions have exceptional golf in this price range that rarely appears in a Sunday supplement round-up. If you're building a 4-day trip around this budget, the regional sections below will identify which areas concentrate the best courses at this level.

77 courses · sorted by fee, low to high

Glasgow · 10 courses

parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
parkland9 holesVisitor friendly

Golf It!

Glasgow

parkland9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
parkland18 holesVisitor friendly
£25–£85
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£35
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£40
heathland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£45
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£45
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£45
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£45

Scottish Islands · 8 courses

Colonsay Golf Club

Scottish Islands

links18 holesVisitor friendly
£10–£15

Skeabost Golf Club

Scottish Islands

highland9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£12–£15
links9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20

Brodick Golf Club

Scottish Islands

parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£50

Harris Golf Club

Scottish Islands

links9 holesVisitor friendly
£20–£25

Tobermory Golf Club

Scottish Islands

highland9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£30

Lamlash Golf Club

Scottish Islands

heathland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£35
links12 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£35

Fife · 8 courses

links9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20
parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20
links9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£15–£20
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£35
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£35
links18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£28–£80
links18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£28–£55
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£60

Highlands · 8 courses

highland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20
highland9 holesVisitor friendly
£20–£25
parkland18 holesVisitor friendly
£20
highland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£35
highland18 holesVisitor friendly
£25–£35
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
heathland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£40
links18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£60

Scottish Borders · 7 courses

Jedburgh Golf Club

Scottish Borders

parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15

Melrose Golf Club

Scottish Borders

parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£25

Selkirk Golf Club

Scottish Borders

heathland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20

Galashiels Golf Club

Scottish Borders

parkland18 holesVisitor friendly
£20

West Linton Golf Club

Scottish Borders

heathland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£35

Kelso Golf Club

Scottish Borders

parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£40

Minto Golf Club

Scottish Borders

parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£25–£35

Stirlingshire · 6 courses

parkland18 holes
£0

Dollar Golf Club

Stirlingshire

heathland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20
parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£18–£30

Alloa Golf Club

Stirlingshire

parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£55
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£70
parkland18 holesVisitor friendly
£25–£35

Perthshire · 6 courses

highland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20
highland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20
heathland9 holesVisitor friendly
£18–£30
parkland18 holesVisitor friendly
£25–£35
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£40
highland9 holesVisitor friendly
£30

Argyll · 4 courses

parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15
highland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20
heathland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£22–£32
links18 holesVisitor friendly

Moray · 4 courses

links18 holesVisitor friendly
£20–£30
links18 holesVisitor friendly
£25–£35
links18 holesVisitor friendly
£25–£40
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£80

Lanarkshire · 3 courses

parkland9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£6–£14
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£30

Wishaw Golf Club

Lanarkshire

parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£40

Dumfries & Galloway · 3 courses

Castle Douglas Golf Club

Dumfries & Galloway

parkland9 holesVisitor friendly
£15–£20

New Galloway Golf Club

Dumfries & Galloway

highland9 holesVisitor friendly
£18–£20

Newton Stewart Golf Club

Dumfries & Galloway

parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£40

Ayrshire · 3 courses

links18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£28
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£45
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£30–£45

Edinburgh · 2 courses

parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£22–£28

Aberdeenshire · 2 courses

Hazlehead Golf Club

Aberdeenshire

parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
links18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£35

West Lothian · 2 courses

parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£20–£35

Bathgate Golf Club

West Lothian

parkland18 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire
£25–£40

East Lothian · 1 course

links9 holesVisitor friendlyClub hire

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