Royal Musselburgh Golf Course

Scorecard and hole-by-hole yardages · Prestonpans, Scotland

Royal Musselburgh Golf Course is an 18-hole, par 70 golf course in Prestonpans, Scotland. Measured to the center of each green it plays 5,825 yards — 2,987 on the front nine and 2,838 on the back.

Par 705,825 yd18 holesBellfield Square, Prestonpans

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Scorecard, front to back

Tee to the front, center and back of each green. Depth = back minus front.

Hole	Par	Front	Center	Back	Depth
1	4	315	327	339	24
2	4	257	271	285	28
3	4	341	356	370	29
4	4	306	319	334	28
5	4	306	322	340	34
6	3	159	169	181	22
7	4	355	368	381	26
8	4	391	404	417	26
9	5	444	451	462	18
10	4	332	350	366	34
11	4	326	340	353	27
12	4	304	318	333	29
13	4	409	424	437	28
14	3	115	128	140	25
15	4	369	383	396	27
16	3	134	149	163	29
17	4	324	340	355	31
18	4	392	406	419	27
Out	36		2,987
In	34		2,838
Total	70		5,825

Course layout

What the numbers say about Royal Musselburgh Golf Course

34 yd is the deepest green, on hole 5. The shallowest is hole 9 at 18 yd — the gap between a front pin and a back pin.
The longest hole is 9 at 451 yd; the shortest is 14 at 128 yd.
3 par 3s and 1 par 5. Out 36 / in 34.
120 bunkers are mapped around the greens and landing areas.
The longest stretch is 7 through 9, 1,223 yards back to back.
Greens average 27 yd front to back, about average — pin position is worth a club here.

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Updated 2026-10-01. Measured to the mapped green, so a number can differ from a printed card by a few yards. Course data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). How we measure · Report a wrong number