Macdonald Cardrona Hotel & Country Club
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Macdonald Cardrona Hotel & Country Club, Borders is an 18 hole, par 72 (7010 yard), resort, parkland golf course designed by Dave Thomas in 2001.
18 holes | Par 72 | 7010 yards | Resort | Parkland
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Address: Cardrona, Peebles, Borders, EH45 0HX United Kingdom
Tel: 0870 194 2114
Website: http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/our-hotels/macdonald-cardrona-hotel-golf-spa/golf/
Golf Club Facilities
Club Hire
Buggy Hire
Golf Shop
Changing
Clubhouse
Bar
Dining
Function Room
Accommodation
Midweek Guide: £45.00 per round *
Weekend Guide: £55.00 per round *
- Societies Accepted to Play
- Society Deals Available
- 7 Day Membership Available
- 5 Day Membership Available
* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.
Tee Time Information
Midweek Guide: £45.00 per round *
Weekend Guide: £55.00 per round *
* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.
Review Information
GOLFSHAKE RATING
3.39
AVERAGE RATING 3.8
(based on 99 reviews)
5 star
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Chris M rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 20 2019
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Graham B rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 26 2019
Cardrona
Green like lightening, keep out the rough, deep trouble hard to get out. Long course but excellent, playing it again tomorrowReviewer Rating
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Tom B rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed May 2 2019
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Fantastic but very challenging hence a championship course.Reviewer Rating
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Jim T rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Dec 4 2018
a beautiful setting
A group of friends and I played Cardrona in the height of summer, so the conditions were quite challenging. The course was very brown, which made the ball travel for miles on the fairways but the greens also lightning quick, which made it tricky to putt. The course is in the beautiful setting of the Tweed Valley and the clubhouse is very well equipped as you would expect.Reviewer Rating
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Brian F rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 10 2018
Top Challenge - Long Day
Played the course on a very busy Saturday and ended up with a 5.5 hour round due to how busy it was. Just as well the scenery is absolutely stunning and the course was in superb condition to balance out the waiting on every tee box. Keeping up with the game in front wasn't a problem at all yet we still had an example of a player from another party coming back to the tee on a par 3 due to a lost ball when two groups (ours) were waiting to tee off. No wonder the game gets bad press at times with that behaviour and big courses like this cramming in a four ball with questionable handicaps on every available tee time. Despite all of that the course is simply too good so it warrants a return visit.Reviewer Rating
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Mark G rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Mar 24 2018
Beautiful sceanary
Lovely course following river. Greens were recovering from winter and snow, so played slow and bumpy. As it was winter, we shared the course with three other groups - felt like it was our own.(Round played: Mar 2018 - Score: 102 Handicap: 19.1)
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Chris B rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Mar 19 2018
Nice course, great scenery
Small pro shop with reasonable stock, friendly welcome. Did not play this course at it's best unfortunately. Had frequent snow flurries during the round which made putting sometimes difficult, credit to them allowing us to play though. The course itself is well laid out with some interesting holes and looks in reasonable condition for time of year if a little wet in places.It is fairly flat but a good walk round, some distances from greens to tees. Greens looked in decent nick but I found were fairly flat so not too much to worry about other than pace. Hotel attached is nice enough and would recommend it for a Sunday driver for sure. Will hopefully return some time when weather is better as would like to play it again in more favorable conditions.(Round played: Mar 2018 - Score: 79 Handicap: 6.1)
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Michael B rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 10 2017
Great course.
Very well laid out course with some forgiving fairways for the high handicap ageing golfer!Reviewer Rating
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Emma V rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 14 2016
Lovely course. Conditions were fair, however quite a walk between some holes, so glad we took the buggy as it would have been a long round without it!
(Round played: Aug 2016 - Score: 86 Handicap: 13.5)
(Round played: Aug 2016 - Score: 86 Handicap: 13.5)
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Craig G rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 26 2016
Played 2 rounds this weekend. First round was rather wet with lots of standing water however 2 round course firmed up and was excellent
(Round played: Jun 2016 - Score: 89 Handicap: 6.9)
(Round played: Jun 2016 - Score: 89 Handicap: 6.9)
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Mark S rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 9 2015
(Round played: Sep 2015 - Score: 101 Handicap: 17.6)
Well laid out course with some tight tee shots required.
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Mac rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 18 2015
Booked via Teeofftimes for £17.50.
Arrived to find that the Pro shop is not much more than a small room downstairs out of the way. It gave the impression that the hotel had begrudgingly made room to squeeze it in. That was fortunately the only bad point. The club give out mandatory golf insurance for the day regardless of whether you have your own, a very good idea.
There is a warm up area compromising a 250 yard driving area and a fairly large putting green (although no mini pins just holes)
The course is over 6500 yards to a good pair of socks (perhaps even a spare pair) is needed for the round. The 1st hole is an inviting par 5 and gives the hope of a good start and the 2nd has the potential for an Eagle. For the majority the course is straight and you won't really find yourself getting into much trouble unless you are really wayward. There are a cheeky couple of well placed ponds, streams etc and with the course being so long you really need to avoid them. Hell the shortest hole is 173 yards off the gents tee. The overall condition of the greens were petty good despite there being a considerable aount of unimpaired pitch marks on several of them, although that ays more about the golfers than the greenkeepers.
The scenery is great and the course played at a steady rate but add on at least an extra half hour from normal due to the length (it really plays long).
If your a few shots over your normal handicap then you've had a good round. I play off 11 and went round in 87 + 2 lost balls so i walked away very happy.
Afterwards i nipped into the spike bar only to find that they stop serving food at 1700 but advised that i could go upstairs and get something in the restaurant, which i did. £13.50 for a cheeseburger and hand cut (proper) chips was fairly reasonable considering that the restaurant has 1 rosette.
Would i recommend this course??? YES
Would i go back??? YES
Would i recommend the food??? It was OK.
Arrived to find that the Pro shop is not much more than a small room downstairs out of the way. It gave the impression that the hotel had begrudgingly made room to squeeze it in. That was fortunately the only bad point. The club give out mandatory golf insurance for the day regardless of whether you have your own, a very good idea.
There is a warm up area compromising a 250 yard driving area and a fairly large putting green (although no mini pins just holes)
The course is over 6500 yards to a good pair of socks (perhaps even a spare pair) is needed for the round. The 1st hole is an inviting par 5 and gives the hope of a good start and the 2nd has the potential for an Eagle. For the majority the course is straight and you won't really find yourself getting into much trouble unless you are really wayward. There are a cheeky couple of well placed ponds, streams etc and with the course being so long you really need to avoid them. Hell the shortest hole is 173 yards off the gents tee. The overall condition of the greens were petty good despite there being a considerable aount of unimpaired pitch marks on several of them, although that ays more about the golfers than the greenkeepers.
The scenery is great and the course played at a steady rate but add on at least an extra half hour from normal due to the length (it really plays long).
If your a few shots over your normal handicap then you've had a good round. I play off 11 and went round in 87 + 2 lost balls so i walked away very happy.
Afterwards i nipped into the spike bar only to find that they stop serving food at 1700 but advised that i could go upstairs and get something in the restaurant, which i did. £13.50 for a cheeseburger and hand cut (proper) chips was fairly reasonable considering that the restaurant has 1 rosette.
Would i recommend this course??? YES
Would i go back??? YES
Would i recommend the food??? It was OK.
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Scott/Glasgow rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 10 2014
Great views and great layout. For a high handicapper like myself was a stiff challenge and as previously said, most time using woods/long irons so anything slightly wayward is gone. Long walk round but worth it with the views.
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Jonny G rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 6 2014
challanging course but well maintained. some great views and good for big hitters of the ball
(Round played: Oct 2014 - Score: 89 Handicap: )
(Round played: Oct 2014 - Score: 89 Handicap: )
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Neil R rated 4 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 7 2014
cracking course, great days golf.. but I would book a cart if you are playing 36 holes
(Round played: Aug 2014 - Score: 116 Handicap: 26.1)
(Round played: Aug 2014 - Score: 116 Handicap: 26.1)
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