The green can’t be seen from the tee -- and it’s not far from the cliff edge.

Dramatic short holes played over deep gullies and along the top of steep cliffs

Visitors/History

Part of Stonehaven Golf Club’s history. This chimney stack, at the side of the 15th tee, is all that remains of the original clubhouse, built in 1888 Stonehaven Golf Club was founded on Friday, April 13, 1888, and the first clubhouse was opened in June 1889. The original chimney stack still stands by the 15th tee. At that time, the course had ten holes, reduced to nine a year later, and it was not until July 7, 1897 , that the “new” course and clubhouse on the present site was opened.

For a short time, the professional was George Duncan, who later won the Open Championship in 1920 and who played in a winning Ryder Cup team.

Also to grace the fairways was another Open champion, the legendary James Braid, who played a challenge match on August 18, 1906 , against Archie Simpson, the professional at Royal Aberdeen. Afterwards, Braid and Simpson planned improvements to the course.

The 1st hole: A golfer plays out of Hitler’s Bunker on the left of the first fairway. The grass bunker is all that remains of a crater made in August 1940 when a German aircraft, fleeing home, dropped a bomb before escaping out over the North Sea A much less welcome visitor called in August, 1940, when a German aircraft, fleeing home after a raid, dropped a bomb on the course only a hundred yards or so from the clubhouse. The crater it left, known as Hitler’s Bunker, remains clearly visible today -- and very much in play between the first and second fairways.

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	Visitors/History Stonehaven Golf Club was founded on Friday, April 13, 1888, and the first clubhouse was opened in June 1889. The original chimney stack still stands by the 15th tee. At that time, the course had ten holes, reduced to nine a year later, and it was not until July 7, 1897 , that the “new” course and clubhouse on the present site was opened. For a short time, the professional was George Duncan, who later won the Open Championship in 1920 and who played in a winning Ryder Cup team. Also to grace the fairways was another Open champion, the legendary James Braid, who played a challenge match on August 18, 1906 , against Archie Simpson, the professional at Royal Aberdeen. Afterwards, Braid and Simpson planned improvements to the course. A much less welcome visitor called in August, 1940, when a German aircraft, fleeing home after a raid, dropped a bomb on the course only a hundred yards or so from the clubhouse. The crater it left, known as Hitler’s Bunker, remains clearly visible today -- and very much in play between the first and second fairways.

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