The hole crosses the fairway of the 10th, this make the walk to the second shot very dangerous, because the crossing point is on the landing spot of the drive and it is not possible to see the people that are teeing off. During my visit to the club I walked with two golfers trough the first and we waited 3-4 minutes before crossing, running and worried to be hit on our heads. This kind of adventure does not welcome in the best way who is coming to play here for the first time, members seem not to care to those kind of problems, they know that they have to cross a fairway at the first hole and they accept it. The hole is however nice and challenging, especially on the approach, because the green is small and protected by 3 bunkers.

The Course

The course is very short, 5850 yards par 70 from the back tees and does not challenge the golfer with strategy, especially from tee shots, due to the fact that just five holes have fairway bunkers.
The first nine holes have eight par 4 and one par 3, four two shot hole are below 300 yards and do not challenge that much the golfer, especially the 2nd, that is 251 yards long played downhill, without bunkers along the whole hole. The second nine are better, with more variation in the par and length of the holes.

To enhance the course I would suggest radical changes.
The courses is out of market compared with its neighbours Braid Hills, Mortonhall or Prestonfield, it is too short and does not offer any other facilities that can make the difference with the other courses..

In my opinion the best way to create very good golf club in this tiny property is designing nine holes course with all the practice facilities, such as a driving range, a short game practice area and a bunker practice area in the south-east part of the property, building the new clubhouse in this area as well. The rest of the property offers the best views and topography and would not be difficult lay out a great nine hole courses that challenges all level of golfers.
Near Craigmillar there is the Braid Hills driving range, at this facility golfers play from mats, a good idea would be let the golfers playing from grass, at least during spring and summer; it will attract many clients that come just to practice.