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Top Golf Courses in the UK, such as Marriott St Pierre Hotel and Country Club and Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club are listed below.

Marriott St Pierre Hotel and Country Club

Marriott St Pierre Hotel and Country Club, St Pierre Park, Chepstow, Monmouthshire

St Pierre Park, Chepstow

Set in 400 acres of rolling South Wales countryside featuring a 14th century manor house hotel, the old course at St Pierre is a classic parkland with huge trees that encroach even further on the fairways each year, especially over the par-five first... more

Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club

Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club, Borth, Ceredigion

Borth

Rugged Borth & Ynyslas, a founder member of the Welsh Golfing Union, is a traditional links championship course on Cardigan Bay dating from 1885. There are some frightening holes, narrow fairways between the beach and the coast road on a typical out... more

Scotscraig Golf Club

Scotscraig Golf Club, Golf Road, Tayport, Fife

Golf Road, Tayport

Scotscraig is only 15 minutes from the Old Course at St Andrews and displays much the same characteristics. The most memorable hole is the par four fourth. While it is just 366 yards it is well protected by large revetted fairway bunkers and heather... more

Wentworth Club (East)

Wentworth Club (East), Wentworth Drive, Virginia Water, Surrey

Wentworth Drive, Virginia Water

Designed by Harry Colt in 1924, two years before the more famous West, it is an easier, more user-friendly course with exactly the same attractive characteristics, bellowed by members and visitors alike. The first unofficial Ryder Cup-like match took... more

Nairn Golf Club

Nairn Golf Club, Seabank Road, Nairn, Highland

Seabank Road, Nairn

Nairn is one of the most spectacular seaside courses in Scotland. The sea is in play on six of the first seven holes and the fifth is one of the best - a terrific 390-yard par four which requires a straight drive - anything right is on the beach - to... more

Gullane Golf Club (No 3)

Gullane Golf Club (No 3), West Links Road, Gullane, East Lothian

West Links Road, Gullane

Gullane 3 is the shortest of the three courses – 5,252 yards, par 68, and the least expensive, two-thirds the price of Gullane 1. But it has all the characteristics of its big brother – and the No 2 course – although the rough is probably less... more

Trevose Golf & Country Club

Trevose Golf & Country Club, Constantine Bay, Padstow, Cornwall

Constantine Bay, Padstow

Trevose overlooking Constantine Bay in North Cornwall is a majestic links overlooking the North Cornwall coast. Owned by the Gammon family and designed by architect Harry S. Colt in 1925, the championship course holds major Cornwall county and... more

Woburn Golf Club (Marquess)

Woburn Golf Club (Marquess), Little Brickhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Little Brickhill, Milton Keynes

The Marquess course, the most recent addition at Woburn in 1999, is set within 200 acres of mature woodland in the 3,000-acre estate on boundary of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, designed by Ross McMurray, Clive Clark, Peter Allis and Alex Hay.... more

Dundonald Links

Dundonald Links, Ayr Road, Gailes, Ayrshire

Ayr Road, Gailes

Dundonald Links, situated only 40 minutes from Glasgow and 5 minutes from Prestwick Airport, on Scotland’s stunning Ayrshire coast, has quickly become recognised as one of Europe’s “must play” courses. Ranked one of Scotland’s best links, Dundonald... more

Gainsborough Golf Club (Karsten)

Gainsborough Golf Club (Karsten), Belt Road, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Belt Road, Thonock, Gainsborough

THE headquarters for Ping Europe, Gainsborough is a parkland course with many trees and the 6,724 Karsten Lakes course, designed by Neil Coles, and the 6,620 Thonock Park course are both good tests. Six and 17 are the pick of the lay-out on the... more

West Surrey Golf Club

West Surrey Golf Club, Enton Green, Godalming, Surrey

Enton Green, Godalming

West Surrey Golf Club is a friendly private members club blessed with one of the finest courses in the South East of England. Set within enviably tranquil Surrey Hills countryside, the 6482 yard Par 71 course designed by Herbert Fowler in 1910... more

Saunton Golf Club (West)

Saunton Golf Club (West), Braunton, Devon

Braunton

Place Saunton’s West course anywhere else than adjacent to the breathtaking East and it would earn a reputation all its own. Originally laid out in the mid-1930s, it was restored by Frank Pennink in 1975. Shorter than the West at 6,403 yards par 71,... more

Royal North Devon Golf Club

Royal North Devon Golf Club, Golf Links Road, Bideford, Devon

Golf Links Road, Westward Ho!, Bideford

The oldest links course in Britain, designed by Tom Morris and the former home of J H Taylor, Royal North Devon at Westward Ho! is an antiquity, a unique, charming links with undulating fairways and a variety of interesting holes over the par 72... more

The Wisley

The Wisley, Ripley, Woking, Surrey

Ripley, Woking

The connection with the Royal Horticultural Society's gardens is evident on the first UK course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jnr in1991. Three nine-hole loops (Church, Mill and Garden) form the 27-hole American-style quality complex where the River... more

The Berkshire Golf Club (Red)

The Berkshire Golf Club (Red), Swinley Road, Ascot, Berkshire

Swinley Road, Ascot

Some favour the 6,139-yard par 72 Red course that has six par threes, six fours and six fives, but the entire 36-hole complex at The Berkshire is a joy offering great variety where accuracy is rewarded. Set deep in the Bracknell Forest the courses... more

Stoneham Golf Club

Stoneham Golf Club, Monks Wood Close, Southampton, Hampshire

Monks Wood Close, Bassett, Southampton

Designed by Willie Park Junior over 6392-yards, par 72, and opened in 1908 on an historic deer park, the hilly heathland and parkland terrain enabled the creation of a contrasting variety of holes. A number of long par fours add to the difficulty but... more

Seacroft Golf Club

Seacroft Golf Club, Drummond Road, Skegness, Lincolnshire

Drummond Road, Skegness

Seacroft is a superb Links course with a traditional out and back layout with tight rolling fairways, pot bunkers and several blind shots. Those pot bunkers number 75 which helps protect the 6,492 yard lay-out it is a narrow site which means straight... more

Hessle Golf Club

Hessle Golf Club, Westfield Road, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire

Westfield Road, Raywell, Cottingham

Hessle Golf Club is an attractive parkland course, moderately flat, providing an easy walking layout. The 18 hole, par 72 course offers a challenge, a test of skill and a great deal of enjoyment for golfers of all ages and abilities. Boasting... more

Crail Golfing Society

Crail Golfing Society, Balcomie Clubhouse, Crail, Fife

Balcomie Clubhouse, Crail

Crail's Balcomie Links is set along the Fife coastline and several holes run alongside the sea and and rocky outcrops of the Firth foreshore which come into play at the second, fourth and fifth - ominously called Hell's Hole - where you must make up... more

China Fleet

China Fleet, Saltash, Cornwall

Saltash

China Fleet, situated at Saltash within view of the Tamar Bridge, was designed by Martin Hawtree and opened in 1991. Set in 180 acres, the multi-sports facility with a naval background was financed from the £15 million sale of a naval ratings sports... more

Heswall Golf Club

Heswall Golf Club, Cottage Lane, Wirral, Merseyside

Cottage Lane, Gayton, Wirral

Heswall's new layout is due to open in July 2007. Work has included the building of five additional and the course will be played in a different order with the existing 14th being played as the 10th, the 15th becoming the 11th and the 17th becoming... more

Stoke Park

Stoke Park, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire

Park Road, Stoke Poges

Stoke Park, a 27-hole course with three distinct nines, features one of the special clubhouses, a sporting, leisure and hotel facility of quality, and was the backdrop for the James Bond movie Goldfinger. The original 18 holes on the 300-acre estate,... more

Fairmont St Andrews

Fairmont St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife

St Andrews

The best in Scottish resorts; encompassing the finest in local culture with luxury and elegance. The resort boasts two world renowned 18 hole golf courses ‘The Torrance’ and ‘The Kittocks’, both of which have recently been upgraded. The Torrance... more

The Roxburghe Hotel & Golf Course

The Roxburghe Hotel & Golf Course, Heiton, Kelso, Scottish Borders

Heiton, Kelso

At over 7,000 yards, the Roxburghe is a real championship test and has hosted several top events. The Duke of Roxburghe, an avid golfer, commissioned Dave Thomas to build this challenging course and the result bears his distinct hallmark of deep... more

Sherwood Forest Golf Club

Sherwood Forest Golf Club, Eakring Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

Eakring Road, Mansfield

Sherwood Forest's reputation as one of the finest heathland courses in Britain is well deserved - it has staged many top amateur events including the 2006 England Boys Championships as well as being a regional qualifying course for the Open.... more

Marriott Forest of Arden Golf Club

Marriott Forest of Arden Golf Club, Maxstoke Lane, Coventry, Warwickshire

Maxstoke Lane, Coventry

The Arden course has become a regular European Tour venue, a 7,213 yard challenge created by Donald Steel in 1970 and now maturing into a classic parkland course with many feature holes - but it can play long. Perhaps the 18th is the most dramatic, a... more

Prince's Golf Club

Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich Bay, Sandwich, Kent

Sandwich Bay, Sandwich

Gene Sarazen won the Open in 1932 at Princes offering spectacular links golf in the Kent links belt with panoramic views across the course and Pegwell Bay dating from 1906. Operated as three nines, linked by a clubhouse constructed in 1995. The... more

York Golf Club

York Golf Club, Lords Moor Lane, York, North Yorkshire

Lords Moor Lane, Strensall, York

York moved to their current site at Strensall in 1904 and J H Taylor designed the course of around 6,000 yards and it was among the longest and most testing in Yorkshire. Now it measures 6,301 yards with tree-lined fairways but has retained its... more

Hever Castle Golf Club

Hever Castle Golf Club, Hever Road, Edenbridge, Kent

Hever Road, Edenbridge

Hever Castle Golf Club, situated on the famous historic castle estate just 30 miles from London in West Kent, started as a nine-hole private lay out for the Astor family in 1922, became derelict, but was revived 70 years later to become one of the... more

Blackwell Golf Club

Blackwell Golf Club, Agmore Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

Agmore Road, Blackwell, Bromsgrove

Blackwell began in 1893 as a nine hole course on the Lord Windsor's Hewell Estate and was extended to 18 holes in 1923, now measuring 6,260 yards, par 70. A small membership allows plenty of time for visitors to an uncrowded course. One unusual... more

Crieff Golf Club

Crieff Golf Club, Ferntower, Crieff, Perth & Kinross

Ferntower, Perth Road, Crieff

Crieff is only an hours drive from Edinburgh and Glasgow but is surrounded by the breathtaking scenery of rural Perthshire. Built on gently sloping parkland in the grounds of Ferntower House, the 18 hole Ferntower course has hosted the Scottish Boys... more

Bridlington Golf Club

Bridlington Golf Club, Belvedere Road, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire

Belvedere Road, Bridlington

Bridlington Golf Club is an easy walking, 6638 yard course, with some of the finest greens in the area. With thousands of trees screening the fairways, six water features and many well-positioned bunkers, it offers a challenge to the discerning... more

Cavendish Golf Club

Cavendish Golf Club, Gadley Lane, Buxton, Derbyshire

Gadley Lane, Buxton

Alister MacKenzie, one of the finest golf architects, designed Cavendish in the 1920s and much remains the same today on a course that weaves through undulating woodland and dense copses making it a real challenge. The feature hole is probably the... more

Hawkstone Park Golf Club

Hawkstone Park Golf Club, Weston-under-Redcastle, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Weston-under-Redcastle, Shrewsbury

Formerly the Windmill, the Championship course, par 72, 6,763-yards, designed in 1995 by Brian Huggett, favours an American style with rolling fairways, mounds and water features. The notable hole is the dog-leg 517-yard 10th to a fairway that snakes... more

Mar Hall Golf & Spa Resort

Mar Hall Golf & Spa Resort, Earl of Mar Estate, Glasgow, Renfrewshire

Earl of Mar Estate, Bishopton, Glasgow

It is hard to believe that the Earl of Mar course less than half-an-hour from the centre of Glasgow was only constructed in 2010 by Dave Thomas, creator of classic Spanish courses San Roque and La Manga, plus, among others, The Belfry and Bowood in... more

Royal Dornoch Golf Club

Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Golf Road, Dornoch, Highland

Golf Road, Dornoch

Records show that the natural landscape that defines golf in Dornoch has hosted golfers since 1616 and the club, which was formed in 1877, has has now been a Royal club for over 100 years! Tom Watson, 5 times Open Champion, an honorary member said... more

Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club

Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club, Golf Links Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Golf Links Road, Worlington, Bury St Edmunds

Royal Worlington has often been called the best nine hole course in the world and it does have some great holes. After an opening par five, there's a tricky, long par three of 220 yards and the third is one of best short par fours anywhere. The par... more

Turnberry Resort (The Ailsa)

Turnberry Resort (The Ailsa), Maidens Road, Turnberry, Ayrshire

Maidens Road, Turnberry

Turnberry's Ailsa course is one of golf's most recognisable icons. Featuring superb views across to the Isle of Arran and to the Ailsa Craig, Turnberry, with its distinctive and imposing hotel and lighthouse, is a delight. Unusually for a links... more

Welcombe Golf Club

Welcombe Golf Club, Warwick Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

Warwick Road, Stratford-upon-Avon

An 18-hole, par 70 championship course dotted with beautiful lakes and in rolling countryside is what's on offer at the Menzies Welcombe Hotel and Golf Club. The course is a gem as it is set 157 acres in the shadows of the Welcombe Hills. The course... more

Longcliffe Golf Club

Longcliffe Golf Club, Snells Nook Lane, Loughborough, Leicestershire

Snells Nook Lane, Nanpantan, Loughborough

Longcliffe is set on the lower slopes of Charnwood Forest and is covered in silver birch, oak, pine, beech, gorse and broom. An indication of it quality is that it has twice hosted the Curtis Cup team in preparation for their clash with the USA and... more

Hayling Golf Club

Hayling Golf Club, Links Lane, Hayling Island, Hampshire

Links Lane, Hayling Island

A spectacular links considered the best on the south coast although it opens with a 170-yard par three and an ordinary par five before the more memorable holes soon come into play. The sixth, a 434-yard par four bisected by a water hazard that runs... more

St George's Hill Golf Club

St George's Hill Golf Club, Golf Club Road, Weybridge, Surrey

Golf Club Road, St George's Hill, Weybridge

Harry S Colt was called to construct St George’s Hill in 1912 and it has developed onto one of the cherished courses in a rich golfing area in Surrey. Each hole in the three loops of nine is memorable and the Red, Blue and Green nines offer a... more

Saunton Golf Club (East)

Saunton Golf Club (East), Braunton, Devon

Braunton

Saunton, located on the beautiful unspoilt North Devon coast on the edge of Bideford Bay, boasts two classic links courses. The East, laid out in 1897, is the original course and stages major British and English amateur championships. It funnels... more

Royal Blackheath

Royal Blackheath, Court Road, London, London

Court Road, Eltham, London

It’s been argued that Blackheath, established in 1608, is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world and its impressive museum with club trophies dating back to 1789 bear witness to an illustrious past. It’s hard to believe you are only a few miles... more

Worplesdon Golf Club

Worplesdon Golf Club, Heath House Road, Woking, Surrey

Heath House Road, Woking

Worplesdon is another quality Surrey heather-gorse-and fir tree course that makes the area such a golfing paradise. It has changed little since F J Abercromby produced the plans in 1907. The par threes are a feature – the 139-yard tenth demanding a... more

Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club

Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club, The Fairway, Sandown, Hampshire

The Fairway, Lake, Sandown

Shanklin is built on well draining heathland and is reckoned to be playable all year round. The course measures just over 6,000 yards, which is not long, but there are some strong slopes and gradients and with with tree-lined fairways and plenty of... more

La Moye Golf Club

La Moye Golf Club, St Brelade, Jersey

St Brelade, Jersey

Few courses have a better setting than La Moye's 6,664 yard lay-out which boasts sand hills, pot bunkers, gorse and punishing rough with stunning views of St Ouen's Bay and the sister Channel Islands of Guernsey, Sark, Herm and Jethou especially from... more

Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club

Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club, Kirknewton, East Lothian

Kirknewton

Dalmahoy, a James Braid design in the 1920s adjacent to an 18th century manor house, now a Marriott hotel, boasts an East and West course in a parkland and moorland setting of1,000 acres. The East, 6,800 yards par 73, hosted the Solheim Cup won for... more

St Andrews Links (Jubilee)

St Andrews Links (Jubilee), Pilmour House, St Andrews, Fife

Pilmour House, St Andrews

The Jubilee opened in 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, is set on a sliver of land between the New Course and the sea. Has all the exacting and dramatic characteristics of the other St Andrews links, going out alongside the Eden... more

Manor House Golf Club

Manor House Golf Club, Castle Combe, Bath, Wiltshire

Castle Combe, Bath

Manor House golf course is situated in the 13th century Wiltshire village of Castle Combe, famed more for its motor racing circuit! It was created by Peter Alliss and Clive Clark in 1992 and has improved ever since. Stately oak and beech trees line... more

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