Best Golf Resort Stays in Carnoustie

Having played Carnoustie several times over the years, we chose Sma' Hame specifically for the remoteness this time, and the longer drive each morning felt like a fair trade for evenings so quiet we could hear almost nothing but wind, a genuinely different kind of golf trip from any we had taken before, and one we would happily repeat given the chance.

My partner and I chose Morven for a quiet three-night stay between two rounds each, and the size of the place turned out to be exactly the appeal: breakfast without a queue, a genuinely quiet room, and a short walk to Gather Kitchen Deli on our rest morning that felt like a proper change of pace from the golf itself.

We stayed at Five Gables House for the seclusion near Arbroath Abbey, and walking the abbey ruins on our one rest morning gave the trip a character beyond just golf, before driving back out to Carnoustie that same afternoon for a windy, genuinely testing round on the exposed links course together, one of the toughest we played all week, and easily the most memorable.

My partner and I chose The Old Boathouse for the riverside setting, and walking to the Tay Rail Bridge each morning before driving out to Carnoustie became our favourite ritual of the whole trip, a quiet start to a day that would later turn genuinely windy on the exposed links course itself, a contrast we grew to appreciate more with each passing morning.

We chose Woodlands Caravan Park purely for the savings on a family golf trip, and redirecting what we saved on accommodation into an extra round at Carnoustie for the adults, while the kids enjoyed the outdoor setting each afternoon, made the whole week feel like far better value than any hotel in the wider Carnoustie or Dundee area could have offered us.

We chose Riverview Caravan Park for the beach access on a family golf trip, and having a kitchen in our unit meant we could self-cater most breakfasts, saving enough across the week to fund an extra round at Carnoustie for the adults while the kids enjoyed the beach nearby each afternoon of that particular, genuinely memorable family trip together, sand and all.

Our group of four booked a week here specifically for the extra space, and cooking two dinners in our own kitchen partway through the trip genuinely saved both money and restaurant fatigue, leaving more of the budget free for green fees at Carnoustie and Drumoig across the rest of that memorable week away together as a group of four good friends.

My partner and I chose The Newport Inn for the river views alone, and watching the Tay from our window each evening after a day on Carnoustie's windy links course gave the whole trip a quieter, more reflective character than a busier Dundee hotel ever would have offered us that particular week away from home, comparing scorecards over the water each night.

We chose Fisherman's Tavern for the authentic pub atmosphere over a generic chain hotel, and the Scottish breakfast each morning before driving out to Carnoustie set us up properly for a long day on the exposed links, the regulars downstairs each evening making it feel like a genuinely local trip rather than a tourist stay booked through an app on a phone.

We chose The Townhouse Hotel to pair our Carnoustie golf trip with a proper look at Arbroath itself, and walking to the abbey ruins on our one rest morning before the cosy bistro's dinner that evening gave the whole week a character beyond just the windy, demanding rounds we played on the exposed links course each day of that memorable trip.

Four of us based here for a five-night trip, playing Carnoustie twice and Drumoig once from a fifteen-minute drive each morning, and still had a different restaurant every evening without the golf ever feeling like the only thing on the itinerary. The bell tower view from our room became something of a running joke by the end of the week.

Our group of four used this as a straightforward Dundee base for a week-long trip, and the free breakfast every morning genuinely added up across seven nights, letting us put the savings toward an extra round we had not originally budgeted for at the start of the week away together as a group, which felt like a genuinely small but satisfying win by the end.

We built our whole trip around two rounds at Carnoustie and one at Drumoig itself, and having a proper parkland course on site here meant no transfer was needed on our rest day, just a short walk from our room to the first tee for a completely different style of golf that week, a welcome contrast to the coastal wind at Carnoustie.

We picked the Station Hotel for a simple three-night trip and appreciated exactly what it promised: no fuss, a proper pub downstairs, and a short walk into town each evening. Watching the football with a pint after our second round, still in golf shoes, summed up the whole stay better than any amenity list could have described in advance, right down to the free parking we barely used.

Our group chose Forbes of Kingennie specifically for the change of pace from a typical hotel, and walking past the fish ponds each evening on the way to dinner became a genuinely calming ritual after a windy round on the exposed Carnoustie links earlier that same day of golf, better than a hotel corridor ever could have managed on its own.

We stayed four nights entirely for the golf, and the walk to the first tee each morning still felt like a small privilege by the last round. The hot tub after our windiest afternoon on the closing holes did more for the next day's game than anything else we tried, and watching other groups finish at the Barry Burn from the terrace became our favourite pre-dinner ritual.

We used this as a city base for a five-night trip, driving out to Carnoustie most mornings and spending evenings walking to restaurants near RRS Discovery, and the central location meant we never once felt like the golf was the only thing worth doing on this particular trip together, week after week, evening after evening, restaurant after restaurant near the water.

We stayed here for a quiet three-night break between two rounds each, and the farm setting turned out to be exactly the change of pace we wanted, walking to the on-site restaurant each evening after a day spent on Carnoustie's exposed and genuinely windy links course nearby that whole memorable week away from home together, tired legs and all after a demanding round.

We treated ourselves to Malmaison Dundee for the last two nights of a longer golf trip, and the cocktail bar became the perfect way to mark the end of a demanding week on Carnoustie's exposed links, the plush Victorian rooms feeling like a genuine reward after several days of coastal wind and long rounds played across the whole trip together.

We chose this Holiday Inn Express for a week-long Dundee-based trip, and the bar's river view became our favourite spot each evening after golf finished, watching the water while comparing scorecards from that day's round on the exposed and often windy Carnoustie links course nearby, a genuinely good way to end each evening before an early tee time the next morning.

Six of us chose Jolly's Hotel specifically for the bar scene after a friend's recommendation, and the contemporary rooms and hip restaurant downstairs gave our long weekend an energy that a quieter, more traditional Dundee property near the same Broughty Castle area simply would not have matched for a group our particular size on that specific weekend away together in early autumn.

We chose this Best Western specifically for the period character after seeing photos of the 19th-century building, and the genuine history throughout gave our week-long Dundee-based trip a distinct identity that a newer, more generic chain hotel near the same central Contemporary Arts quarter simply would not have offered us at any point during that particular week away together as a group.