- 18Holes
- 8Par
- 3Rated tees
- 25Greens mapped
- 259Contours
- 13.5%Steepest slope
About Swanston
Swanston is an 18-hole golf course playing to par 8 in Edinburgh, Scotland. GolfCore has mapped 25 greens here with contour lines and fall-line arrows. The card below lists 3 rated tees with yardages for all 18 holes. GPS yardages and scoring are free in the GolfCore app.
Plan your visit
Swanston, Edinburgh
+44 131 445 2239
How the greens break
GolfCore traced 25 greens at Swanston from 1-meter national lidar elevation data, with 259 elevation contours at a 8-centimeter interval. The steepest measured slope is 13.5 percent, and the largest rise across a single green is 1.68 m.
In the app the same map sits under your ball on every green, with the fall line drawn to the hole and the wind modeled at your position. At clubs that run GolfCore, the pins the shop sets each morning show up there too.
The card
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | – | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yards | – | – | – | 387 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hcp | 13 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 5 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yards | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hcp | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 6 |
Total– Yards–
| Hole | Par | Yards | Hcp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | – | 13 |
| 2 | – | – | 3 |
| 3 | 4 | – | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 387 | 9 |
| 5 | – | – | 1 |
| 6 | – | – | 7 |
| 7 | – | – | 15 |
| 8 | – | – | 17 |
| 9 | – | – | 5 |
| Out | – | – | |
| 10 | – | – | 8 |
| 11 | – | – | 4 |
| 12 | – | – | 10 |
| 13 | – | – | 14 |
| 14 | – | – | 12 |
| 15 | – | – | 2 |
| 16 | – | – | 18 |
| 17 | – | – | 16 |
| 18 | – | – | 6 |
| In | – | – | |
| Total | – | – |
Course rating and slope
| Tee | Yards | Par | Rating / Slope |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 5,696 | 69 | 68.3 / 115 |
| Yellow | 5,401 | 67 | 66.8 / 113 |
| Red | 5,209 | 72 | 71.0 / 115 (W) |
Hole data is what GolfCore holds for the course's layout. Spot a wrong par, yardage or stroke index? Report it from Map Settings in the app, or send us a correction.
Course details
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Address
- Swanston, Edinburgh
- Phone
- +44 131 445 2239
- Website
- swanstongolf.co.uk
- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 8
- Tees on the card
- 3, 3 USGA-rated
- Greens mapped
- 25
- Elevation contours
- 259
- Contour interval
- 8-centimeter
- Largest green elevation span
- 1.68 m
- Steepest measured slope
- 13.5%
- Course map
- Traced hole by hole
- Wind modeling
- Live wind grid, 16 directions
- Tree canopy
- 1-meter canopy height model
- Course data updated
- 2026-10-26
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Staff at Swanston can claim this course by signing in with an email address at the club's own domain, then edit its address, phone, website and crest at no charge. Read how a club keeps its course right. The same system runs a club's tee sheet and caddie yard; read how caddie management on GolfCore works.