Campbell’s Scottish Highlands Golf Course

CAMPBELL’S SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS GOLF COURSE
Salem, N.H.
Terrain: Linksy
Price: $$$
Semi-​Private
Driving Range: Yes
Opened: 1993
Architect: George Sargent
Lodging: No
SCORECARD
Par 71
Blue 6249 Yards, Slope 121 Rating 70.1
White 5746 Yards, Slope 113, Rating 67.6
Red 5056 Yards, Slope 109, Rating 68.1
SNAPSHOTS
Fun course with great variety to the holes
Don’t be deceived by the open front 9; the back tapers considerably
The course conditions are reliably immaculate
A great piece of property put to imaginative use
Tuck your driver back in the bag as you make the turn and concentrate on placement for the first few holes on the back
Clever fairway signal system to alert those on the tee when it’s safe to hit on blind holes
BEYOND THE WHITE STAKES
Brewskies: Granfanally’s, Craft Brews (5 miles)
Sundae Golfer: Hawksie’s Ice Cream Fac-​Torri (3.4 miles)
Post-​round Meal: Jocelyn’s Mediterranean Restaurant & Lounge Vegetarian, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern (2.7 miles)
Worth a Detour: American Independence Museum, Exeter (27.9 miles)
Make a Day of It: Canobie Lake Park (3.9 miles)
Splash! Cobbetts Pond — Windham Town Beach, Windham (7.3 miles)
Native: Sean Stewart, Assistant Director of Marketing for the UNH athletic department

What a great find! I have played several courses in the Merrimack Valley and this one could be the best. The clubhouse is nice and the people all seem very friendly. I have had both breakfast and lunch there before and after my round and it was great. The food and drink prices are very fair. The pro shop itself is decent and the people were very friendly. Again the price is fair. On to the important details though is the course. It was in very good condition! A fun layout with a blend of easy and tough holes. The par 5s are long and not really reachable in 2. A couple of the par 4s are also pretty long. There are a few doglegs which I don’t usually like, but they are OK. The greens are in good shape and very tricky. Stay BELOW the hole! The pace of play is OK, over 4 hours but less than 4.5 hours. A range is out and active and that is a good thing. There is NO water set out on the course which does suck, but there is a beverage cart and at least on the back 9 every three holes puts you back at the clubhouse where you can get water. This is a great course, give it a shot and enjoy yourself!

Course was in great shape. i actually got an eagle today and was very happy about it. Breakfast was good and big enough to split. Beers were priced right. Staff was friendly. I go here when I can (4 – 5 times a year).

Pro shop staff was great, nice course but cart lady was rude and un-​professionalism.

honestly, nothing really stood out to me about this course. 3 star layout, 3.5 star conditions. there was one crazy long par 4 on the front that was super downhill that was kind of wild. i preferred the back to the front (front feels a little compacted… i nearly got drilled by a drive from a neighboring hole). facilities were nice enough. a good course with a couple of standout holes, i guess. nothing to write home about.

I was terribly disappointed in the Scottish Highlands Golf course experience in spite of the glowing reviews I read. Other than the charming, chatty woman, Joan, who checked us in, the starter and the ranger were curt rather than courteous. But mor important was the most glaring problem — that on this beautiful, sunny, warm, dry day there was no water on the course. The lack of available water to drink is more than an annoyance, it’s a health hazard for players and the reason our foursome will not return to play here again.

I have to take a star away as the greens are in poor shape. They are blotchy with apparent diseased grasses, and there are many bare spots to boot. But it looks like they roll them regularly for a relatively true ball roll, albeit a fast ball roll.
I still love playing here as it is a fun course. If they can bring the greens back, they’ll get the 4^th star back as well.

I’m a golf beginner, but I think the the course is lovely and well-​maintained. This seems to be the consensus among the regulars who frequent the course. The driving range is also very nice, and it has both putting and chipping practice areas as well.
I also love the Bar and Grille. It has a wonderful patio overlooking the course, and the food is prepared with fresh ingredients, many of which are grown on the property. It’s picturesque location for personal or business lunches, or even afternoon cocktails.

Golf course is always well maintained. Not an incredibly difficult course, but it’s fun to play since you really don’t get into too much trouble since each fairway isn’t lined with trees.
Shot my lowest score ever at this course, which could be expected because of the lack of trees. Green area always in great shape too!
Also, they always have great deals on golf. Played there on a Monday for $ 49 and got 18 holes of golf, with a cart AND lunch! Not too shabby! Played on a Tuesday 18 holes for $ 32 bucks. And they have weeknight twilight deals after 6pm for $ 15. Plenty of time to get in 9 holes.
Check out Scottish Highlands, it’s a really fun course to play, and you can shoot a pretty low golf score here! :-)

Great course! I was in town for a few days for a training class so i got the chance to play this course 3 times (going again this evening for a 4^th). Each time it was 6pm (twilight rate of $ 15) and the course was still populated with people.
The tee boxes, the fairways, and the greens were all very green, plush, and very well maintained! My only gripe is that the rough is ROUGH! So if you miss the fairway, it may take you a while to find your ball… IF you find it!
Highly recommend this track!

Played this past weekend, the course is in good shape, greens were firm. Only golf course I have ever played where the rangers feel the need to tell our group to speed up the pace of play when we are well ahead of the suggested pace of play according to the scorecard and the group behind us is nowhere to be found. It will be the last round of golf played here.

One of the best public courses I have played. Course was in very good condition and has a good hole layout. The course itself is probably more a 4 star rating but today (monday special) I played 18 holes with a cart plus a free lunch (sandwhich, chips, and drink) for $ 49. You really cant beat that good of a deal.

This course is what I classify as a very «fair» course for the mid-​level handicapper — you are generally rewarded for keeping your ball in the fairway. I noticed one of the reviews from 2009 mentioned little of rough is unplayable — probably depends on the player, but certainly there is deeper rough to be found in Oct/​2011 which is very demanding. Just enough water, doglegs, sand, and undulations on greens to make things interesting, and to keep the driver in the bag on certain holes. I think the more one plays this layout the «easier» it may become. I just played my 4^th round (in 2 years.) and broke 90 for first time on this course (83!!) — the course was a bit soft from all the rain thus the greens played easier than in the past, though they had interesting nuances. A firm putt is required this time of year; I had 4 – 5 putts tail off an inch to either side of the cup which caused me to pull hair out in clumps. Excellent clubhouse and friendly workers — check out some of their specials such as free golf on birthdays (or «half» birthday if it falls in off-​season.).

I like this layout. It is always in good conditon. The greens are smooth but not so fast that you can’t putt them. You can score here but there is trouble if you make a mistake. The clubhouse serves various wraps and sandwiches which are custom made to your liking.

This is a pretty easy, flat course with a few interesting doglegs and huge greens, but not much else to make it seem like a «links style» course, as they call it. Very little of the rough is unplayable, the fairways are really flat, and the course isn’t that long. Fairways and greens were in really good shape.