6,314 yards • Par 71

The Murcar Championship Golf Links has a par of 71 and a standard scratch rating of 72 (USGA rating 71.6 and USGA slope rating 136). Murcar frequently features in the Top 100 courses in the UK, and the Visit Scotland Top 40 Great Scottish Links collection  . Between 6 and 9 July 2006 the Murcar Links will host theEuropean Chanllenge Tour's inaugural Scottish Challenge. Established in 1909 to the design of Archie Simpson, with later refinements made in the 1930's by the celebrated golf course designer James Braid, it has recently undergone alterations and improvements that are sympathetic to what Simpson and Braid set out to achieve. Not for the beginner or the faint hearted, Murcar Link's is a par 71 (ss 72) natural Championship links, which represents a truly challenging test of golf. To play it requires every shot in the book and if the wind is up, a few more besides!

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