Royal Musselburgh Golf Club

Was impressed by the layout of the course, greens and fairways excellent, tees and surroundings okay, lack of sand boxes due to Covid and folk not replacing divots spoiling a course otherwise excellent. Pro was very helpful, even got an earlier tee time as the course was fairly quiet. We went round in 3 hrs off the white tees. We will return and certainly recommend.

I’ve played here a number of times now and have to say never been disappointed with the condition of the course. The ground staff really do take good care of every part. There are also some new tee off areas which once finished will add new challenges to what is a challenging course but a really enjoyable one to play.

Fantastic course friendly staff conditions of the course brilliant will definitely visit again

Considering the weather up to Saturday 24th Oct was very heavy rain, the greens were spiked and in good condition as was the rest of the course. Losing a ball in amongst a lot of leaves was annoying but hey, it's nature.
Recommend this course! Will be back.

Very enjoyable course to play was shocked how dry the course was due to the rain this week
The staff were very helpful
Would recommend it to all levels of players

Really warm welcome from the pro, set us up for the round. Weather gods against us but still played through it! Course was in great condition, very open and forgiving with a wayward drive! Couple of birdies and pars quickly forgot the elements! Good course will definitely return in warmer dryer weather

I chose Royal Musselbrugh as a course en route to Fife where I was staying for a few days. The course was easy walking, a nice layout and in good contidion. Lift , clean and place was only needed a few time as the drainage was good on the day. If I was in the area again I would play it.

Course was in lovely condition, and play was at a good pace, we didnt feel rushed at any time. Parkland and challenging approaches to some greens. A lovely setting. Id recommend it.

Played on a busy day through Golf Now. Pro Shop staff very friendly and helpful. Shop is well stocked.
Course was in excellent condition. Although I was playing alone the pace of play ahead of me from groups of 2,3 and 4 was very acceptable. Greens were very good. I did not use the catering but the clubhouse is stunning. A grand mansion house.
Overall a very enjoyable day. Highly recommended

The course was presented in first class condition with a lovely texture to the greens. The exception being the 9th green. A course I would recommend highly made even better as the value for money was first class.

The welcome at the pro shop was very friendly. One of our group had arranged to hire a set of clubs and they were all great quality clubs in a good quality carry bag.
The course was short, but with some dog leg holes it wasn’t any easier for the big hitter.
Pace of play was very good.

This was a fairly easy, wide open course, and no problems walking the course. The pace of play was great, greens were good, bunkers were hard sand/dirt. This is not really a links course if that is what you are looking for but was nice none the less.

A fantastic little course. Some challenging holes in lovely parkland surroundings.
We got a great welcome from the pro on arrival.
One of our group was from out of town and needed to hire clubs for his round. At £25 I thought it was a little steep but they were top quality clubs.
We will definitely play here again.

The course is well maintained, reasonable layout with trees creating most of the challenge. The bunker sand is a bit hard, making it difficult to get under the ball. The greens and the tees are a bit tool closer together, we were stuck behind a 4 ball and had to be wait on them teeing off to play onto the green whilst worrying about getting hit by their stray tee shots. A 10 years gap between the tees and greens would be a good improvement.

Excellent first impressions - parking in the club car park; no weed infested swamp for visitors, and a comprehensive welcome from the young professional - he actually used the word ‘welcome ‘!
Course lush and well maintained. Greens decently paced and true. We speculated a society had been through earlier; the number of unrepaired pitch marks was staggering and the greenkeeper must have been tearing his or her hair out in frustration.
Great welcome in the comfortable, historic and reasonably priced bar.

Decided to play this course after reading reviews but although the course was in pretty good condition the greens were not running quite true and there is clearly an issue with players not repairing their pitch marks. Some of the bunkers were a bit devoid of depth of sand.
But of greater concern is the course layout, having almost been hit with balls on two occasions we were seriously concerned by the proximity of tees and greens, and some hole layouts in our view unsafe. To sandwich a tee between two smallish greens in our view was an accident waiting to happen. There is also another location where the next tee is directly adjacent to a small green with an approach over a gully. Players avoiding the gully will be aiming virtually at the back of the tee which is unprotected., You need to have 4 sets of eyes playing this course and this was on a virtually windless day. With a wind I would be wearing a hard hat!
The pace of play was horrendously slow. The course is only 5880 of the yellows and it may be that is part of the problem as some par 4s just around the 320 yards are in reach of us with a long drive. Thus waiting backed up at par 4s and 3s. 4 hours and 20minutes was a long time.
Overall nice walk in the sunshine but won't be back owing to the safety issues.