This very picturesque seaside links course is located north of the village of Stonehaven, adjacent to the historic ruins of the Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan (a.k.a. "Cowie Chapel") on Scotland's northeast coast, south of Aberdeen. Although the course opened in 1889, five-time Open champion James Braid and Archie Simpson designed some minor modifications to the course sometime after 1906. One 'modification' to this course occurred in August of 1940, when the German Luftwaffe dropped a bomb that landed between the first and second fairways. The resulting crater is still known as "Hitler's Bunker."

Visitors are welcome here; the standard weekday walking rates are £30/round and £35/day, while on weekends the rates are £35 and £40.