Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Country Club
Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Country Club
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4.4
204 Reviews (204)
5 Stars
79
4 Stars
75
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
13
1 Stars
17
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.6
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.3
91.9%
Recommend this course
168 out of 204 reviews
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4.8
9 Reviews (9)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.8
Value
5.0
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.9
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
100.0%
Recommend this course
9 out of 9 reviews
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4.5
39 Reviews (39)
5 Stars
25
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.7
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
92.3%
Recommend this course
36 out of 39 reviews
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Course Highlights
This championship layout delivers outstanding value, with immaculate fairways, tee boxes, and greens that consistently impress golfers at every price point. Welcoming pro shop staff and a smooth pace of play round out a premium experience worth the trip from Edinburgh.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Style Parkland/Woodland
Par 73
Length 6990 yards
Slope 136
Rating 73.7

Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Country Club is an 18-hole parkland and woodland golf course. The golf course was designed by former Ryder Cup player Dave Thomas in 2001 and has been awarded the Scottish Award for Environmental Excellence in Golf.

The Macdonald Cardona golf course is located in a unique setting, with a backdrop of the Borders hills. It is skirted by the Tweed River and features wide, undulating greens.

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Course Details

Year Built 2001
Architect Dave Thomas (2001)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Lee Westwood Golf School"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Resort Casual

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Spa

Available Sports

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4.4
204 Reviews (204)
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Cardrona

Good course good buggies great day out thanks to all involved 👍😁

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great course and affordable

I played with 2 others and we all agreed it was a great course and I’m fine condition

The weather was brilliant which helped

The course is long for me and took longer to go round so a buggy is probably good but we enjoyed the walk

Bunkers and greens in great condition too

Will definitely play again

I only marked down the amenities as we didn’t use them

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
4.0
First Time Playing

A Challenging Course Wonderfully Scenery

This is a nice course with numerous good holes. The scenery is spectacular. Being winter aspects of the course were not prepped ,eg. bunkers were not raked. I got a buddy on a hot deal for £10 so £40 inclusive of buggy was very good value in my view.

I’d definitely play the course again, I imaging its length would come into play if the proper tees adding to the challenge.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Winter wonder

Excellent course to play during the winter months, big tees and big greens on all the time unlike the vast majority of other courses at this time of year. I would thoroughly recommend

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Winter wonder

Course was in excellent condition for this time of year.

I would thoroughly recommend if you want a decent game at this time of year on a very good course, no winter greens or mats almost as good as a game in the summer

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Only managed 16 holes - disheartening

Tee off at 11.40 behind 2 x four balls. Had to miss out holes 13 and 14 as it had taken just over 3.5 hours to play 12 holes, our fear was running out of adequate light to complete the round at that pace. Etiquette of the groups in front terribly poor. They had many chances to let us through but just ignored the fact they were causing such a hold up. Course in perfect condition for the time of year. Hats off to the green keepers. Just really disappointed that we didn’t manage to compete 18 holes in what should have been a more than adequate daylight window.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

First time here in a few years, back to playing and looking well. A few greens had been cored but still ran well and true. Rest of the greens were great, fairways lush. A few greens to tees were muddy bcos of recent weather but overall an absolute bargain for £25!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Greens have improved a lot since I last played 2 years ago, worth another visit.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great course in very good condition

The course was in very good condition when we played, however it took us 5hrs 30mins to complete our round, we didn’t have any golf carts, but the people in front of us did, in fact most people we seen had golf carts. It didn’t help to speed things up.

From speaking to a few people round the course, the majority of them were groups of golfers staying and playing over the weekend.

Overall I would return and play this again but maybe not at the weekend when there are large groups going out first.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Overall, enjoyable!

Overall, an fairly enjoyable round on a good weather day.

Staff friendly & helpful. Good facilities.

Not played for a number of years and course in best condition I've seen it. Albeit, most other courses I've played lately have been in better with recent favourable weather. Greens running fair but recently micro punched and a bit slow.

Disappointing aspects are: the amount of people not playing golf walking (wandering with) their dogs in the middle of fairways at the residential end of the course, oblivious to golf balls; so many piles of dog poo in second 9 holes; bunkers in same part of course resembling kids sandpits with the amount of footprints/dog paw marks; the amount of unrepaired pitch marks; people on bicycles cycling over the course. Don't think this is greenkeepers fault though. Perhaps time of day and lack of respect for course by visitors and public.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fabulous day on the course

We had a great day out on this challenging course, weather was superb and course condition was challenging but a fair test. Course set up was good with fairways in great condition, first cut rough providing a safety net before knee high rough, first cut was punishing too though making it difficult to get clean ball connection. Greens tricky but good condition. Be prepared for a walk from greens to next tees but views around course exceptional.

Facilities for food and drinks in hotel superb, pro shop was adequate and efficient, plus staff we had contact will were all super friendly, polite and helpful. Will definitely be back😎👍

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Golf and epic scenery

Amazing views. Course in good condition. Pace of play horrendous. 5 hours for 2 ball. Four balls holding course up. Sometimes 3 sets of players waiting to tee off. Unless the larger groups let people through it is always going to be very slow. However on this course fantastic views while you wait.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Cardenas Golf

Really enjoyed the day, but as I played alone and hired a buggy I felt the buggy cost was expensive £40

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Cardrona golf course

Absolutely 💯 love playing here played a few times now and each time the weather was fantastic would recommend booking a buggy though as it's a long walk but everything from the course to amenities in hotel are top notch 👌 would highly recommend to friend's

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course

Myself and my brother in law had a 7am tee off course was in immaculate condition on a nice dry morning even with the heavy rains the night before.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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