Prestonfield Golf Club is set in beautiful parkland within the heart of Scotland's capital city, and is located a mere one and a half miles from the bustle of Princes Street.
It lies in the lee of the volcanic mass of Arthur's Seat amidst spectacular scenery of historical significance. It is bound by Holyrood Park and the bird sanctuary of Duddingston Loch to the north, the Braid Burn and Peffermill Mansion House to the east and the grounds of Prestonfield House to the south.
Priestfield as Prestonfield was once known was first recorded in a Royal charter of 1153, but the present Mansion House only dates back to 1687 when it was built by Sir James Dick, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh to replace an earlier building destroyed by fire. The club was established in 1920 as the Edinburgh Civil Service Golf Club and the course was extended in both 1928 and 1933 by acquisition of additional land.

James Braid, one of the most famous names in golf, created the present layout. The course is a testing par 70 of 6207 yards whose two par 5s are very long but its par 3's quite short by today's standards. The character lies in the amount of long testing par 4's that can vary greatly depending on wind direction and strength. The undulating ground at the top end of the course adds another dimension in shot making, whilst the mature trees in the middle section of the course contrast dramatically with the more open aspects of the lower part.