Spey Bay Golf Links and Hotel

Thoroughly enjoyed our round. Barely anyone else on the course so flew round.

By no means a perfectly manicured resort style course but that added to the enjoyment for me. Wonderfully natural bumpy fairways that were for the most part generous enough. Greens quite slow but ran nicely enough. Couple of cracking wee par 3s. Notably the infinity style green on the 8th.

For the cost (£25) excellent value for money.

This is a really nice links course running along the sea side. It is unusual for a links in that the subsoil is mostly shingle brought down by the river Spey from the mountains and covered by a thin layer of sandy soil.. As one would expect of a Ben Sayers design it has some of the features of North Berwick West: figure of 8 layout, occasional narrow raised green and even a Redan type (steep reverse facing green} par 3 at the 16th.
We really enjoyed it and thought it amazingly cheap and mostly empty of people playing golf, presumably due to its remoteness.

Lovely course close to Buckie. Members were playing ahead and could have played us through but chose to ignore us for nearly all the round. So, not friendliest or courteous members, which was a shame as people in the area are generally very welcoming. Course itself was fairly typical links but in need of a bit of tlc. Course played easy on a lovely calm day when I was also playing well.

Spey Bay has a stunning location by the Moray Firth and is a real traditional links test with undulating fairways. Off the beaten track but highly recommended.

Had a smashing day out. Hired a buggy and would have hired the second had it been serviceable. Catering stayed back until 15:30 to accommodate our party. We were looked. After professionally in particular by Sally

Hospitable traditional classic links experience. Excellent value.

Excellent hidden gem.. Excellent links course with undulating fairways with well kept greens. Played on a sunny wind free day an absolute pleasure to play.
Not long but you have to be accurate and stay out of the gorse. Well done to the green staff for the condition of the course. Excellent place for a round of holiday golf. Well worth a visit.

Greens were a little bumpy as it is still early in the season, however the rest of the course was fine. The staff were friendly and only too happy to help. Food was excellent although the menu was limited. Overall thoroughly enjoyed the day, which was even better as my partner and I won.

This is golf as it was supposed to be!
Don't think much will have changed at this course for decades.
Fantastic piece of ground for a golf course.
Loved it

Outstanding round of golf and what a glorious day for it staff where friendly

Visited Spey Bay as it is a seaside course which meant that it is on summer greens when many inland courses are still on winter greens. Beautiful sunny day with little wind meant that the course was playing as easy as it can get. Greens in good condition for early March. The gorse has been cut back quite a bit which opens the fairways up and is less intimidating off the tee. An interesting and enjoyable course in reasonable nick, but probably could do with some investment to smarten it up a bit. Clubhouse open to the public, we had some issues with our breakfast order but food generally good.

Well worth a visit. Beautiful views of the Moray firth. And enjoyable course. Will be back again.

Great layout with some fantastic holes.

Clubhouse staff were very friendly and couldn’t do enough for us.

Great layout and a testing course for all abilities.
Greens are in fantastic condition, too.

No practice facilities to warm up prior to the round and an absence of signage from the road indicating the course location were the only issues on the day.