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Kevin Murphy (England) 11/10/07

Played in mid September as part of our matchplay tour. Excellent venue, and a must for links golfers. Great views, excellent condition and a classic out and back layout.

Course was open and thus forgiving of errant drives, but not easy. I can imagine at other times of the year the rough may swallow many more balls. It is not as dramatic as Royal Dornoch down the road, but is less than 1/2 the price. It was the surprise of our tour, and next time we play this area again, we will move our base from Nairn to around here to ensure we can play it more than once.

Staff in the club, from the secretary, pro-shop and bar were all very helpful and welcoming.

Value for Money	10
Challenge	7
Off Course	6

Richard Lupton (England) 29/08/07

Just an update as I had the pleasure of playing Brora again last week whilst visiting the area on business.

I said I'd love to play it in the summer, now I have I love the place even more. A terrific true links course and I've increased my challenge rating having now played the full course on proper tees..

If you're up that neck of the woods, this is a must play.

Value for Money	7
Challenge	9
Off Course	7

Harald Hallen (Sweden) 26/07/07

This was the second stop on a golf tour in July 2007 by four Swedish golfers, and for some of us, our first contact with links golf.

We loved the natural setting of the course which made us understand why in the past courses were 'laid out' rather than 'designed'. Tees, fairways and greens were in very good condition. The fencing around the greens (to keep the sheep off) did not bother us at all although we had been a bit doubtful of this feature beforehand.

The holes offer good variation and many of them are memorable. My personal favourites are the two 'Burn' holes (5 and 7) and the par 3 'Snake' (hole 13).

Value for Money	8
Challenge	6
Off Course	6

Richard Lupton (England) 10/03/07

Played Brora over the past week in our pre-season tour of the highlands. We never got chance to play it on previous visits so we made sure it was on our list this year.

The wind was well and truly blowing on our visit, "helping" on some holes and certainly not helping on others! The outward 9 takes you out in a north easterly direction to the far reaches of the course, the back nine brings you home in a south westerly direction.

It is a true links course, with the elements playing a massive part in your ability to score. The fairways are pretty wide but in all honesty it is difficult to lose a ball here even if you don't find fairway. That said, stray too far and it becomes very difficult to find some of these greens. There was plenty of run, an indication of just how well it drains, it would be interesting to play it in the height of summer.

The greens ran extremely well considering the time of year, the quickest we played all week, and were a real test for even the best readers of greens - is there a flat putt to be found on any green? "Gimmes" were certainly in short supply!

Their are four par 3s on the course, one pointing to each of the four points of a compass. We particularly liked the "sea hole" 9th and "home hole" 18th, a real challenge at 190 yards to an elevated green into the biting wind!

The Clubhouse doesn't look the most inviting from the outside, but the facilities were fine inside, the pro shop was well stocked and we were provided with the warmest of welcomes.

Well worth a visit.

Value for Money	7
Challenge	7
Off Course	7

Stephen Parker (Scotland) 18/09/06

As a rider to what I have said above, the club has now posted the results of the Links Open. Of the 102 entrants, there were only 10 rounds of 36 points or better....and that on a perfect day for weather. Hardly the pushover course others would have you believe?

Stephen Parker (Scotland) 18/09/06

17/09/2006. Played the Links Open Stableford for the princely sum of £12....what an absolute snip! It was worth paying the entrance fee just to stand on the first tee and take in the view. As mentioned by others below, the course is more open than many in the area, but you still need good course management to avoid the well placed bunkers and to approach some of the smallish greens from the right angle. The greens themselves are very tricky, with hardly a straight putt on any of them. I can imagine this course being a real horror when the wind blows, but on a calm sunny Sunday in September....well, you'd be hard pushed to find a better way of spending £12!

Value for Money	9
Challenge	7
Off Course	8