Swailend Golf Course is another Dave Thomas design, part of the excellent facilities at Newmachar Golf Club. The golf club, located on the outskirts of Aberdeen, Scotland, and near its international airport, has played host to European tour and international events.

While Swailend may not be as challenging as the Hawkshill Course, it provides a test all its own, with some well-positioned bunkering and testing greens. The golf course was built on rolling countryside, where some 26,000 trees have been planted to give added character to the layout.

Hawkshill, a championship golf course at Newmachar Golf Club, opened for play in September of 1990. Designed by Dave Thomas, the golf course has been endorsed by Peter Alliss and is known as the toughest of all the courses in the area.
With water hazards coming into play on no fewer than seven holes, mature silver birch and Scots pine trees lining the strategically bunkered fairways and greens, Hawksbill is already acknowledged as one of the true tests of golf in Scotland. Although some commentators have likened it to an American layout, the real character of the course is firmly Scottish, with a similarity to the Kings Course at Gleneagles or Rosemount.