Meldrum House
Jeremy Ellwood returns to the country house hotel and golf course 20 miles northwest of Aberdeen to experience one of its striking dining domes for the first time
Jeremy Ellwood returns to the country house hotel and golf course 20 miles northwest of Aberdeen to experience one of its striking dining domes for the first time
The golf Par 70, 6,372 yards There had been a number of changes to the Knights course since my last visit, a fine parkland layout that still flies a little under the radar. Among them were an intriguing new 5th green and 6th tee complex, reworked green surrounds on 14 and a fairway that has shifted 50 yards left on 16. There is a real elegance to the layout, with water a regular adversary right from the opener, where it lies in wait left off the tee, then right on the approach. It comes to the f...