Duff House Royal Golf Club

Banff sits on the Moray Firth coast in the old county of Banffshire, at the mouth of the River Deveron in North-East Scotland. Duff House Royal Golf Club plays over eighteen holes to a par of 68 across 6,118 yards, a comparatively tight course by championship standards, with the Deveron running close to several holes and the sea visible from the higher ground. The parkland setting borrows its name from Duff House itself, the Baroque country mansion built for the Earls of Fife that stands beside the course and gives the club its distinctive backdrop. Banff and its twin burgh Macduff sit some way from Aberdeenshire's larger towns, on a stretch of coastline known for fishing harbours and sandstone cliffs rather than golf tourism, which keeps the course quieter than the more heavily marketed Aberdeenshire venues further south. The par of 68 points to a layout built for accuracy over length, with shorter par fours asking for precise iron play rather than raw distance off the tee.