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Set out below are links golf courses in Gainsborough, including Seacroft Golf Club. Links golf courses are usually situated on the coast and are often characterised by sandy soil, dunes, few water hazards and trees.
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Seacroft Golf Club
Drummond Road, Skegness 49.4 miles away
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
Ganton Golf Club
Ganton, Scarborough 55.9 miles away
Golf was first played at Ganton, in the Vale of Pickering between York and Scarborough, in 1891 on a former inlet from the North Sea and the natural sandy subsoil was an ideal place to develop a course. Ganton has hosted a succession of major amateur... more
Hunstanton Golf Club
Golf Course Road, Old Hunstanton 61.1 miles away
Founded in 1891 with the original lay out revised and extended to 18 holes by James Braid, the River Hun and the Wash frame a narrow strip of links land of the out and back course situated on either side of a dune ridge. Measuring 6,760 yards from... more
Royal West Norfolk Golf Club
Brancaster, King's Lynn 65.2 miles away
Royal West Norfolk or Brancaster as it's also known is, like nearby Hunstanton, a genuine links course. Brancaster has amazing dark-faced sleeper bunkers and salt marshes and is often cut off by tidal flooding. The third, at 407 yards, is a classic... more
Sheringham Golf Club
Sweet Briar Lane, Sheringham 87.2 miles away
One of Norfolk’s finest cliff-top courses, a gorse-clad challenge between the historic North Norfolk Railway running alongside the 16th and 17th holes and the North Sea. Outstanding views, notably on the third, fifth and seventh that stretch along... more
Seaton Carew Golf Club
Tees Road, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool 88.5 miles away
There are 22 holes at Seaton Carew, a lovely course in the Teesside region with a number of playing options. The Old course, an out and back layout, is the original design by Dr Alister MacKenzie. The Brabazon course incorporates 14 of the original... more
Royal Cromer Golf Club
145 Overstrand Road, Cromer 92.3 miles away
Cliff-top course laid out by Tom Morris in 1888, with outstanding sea views. After starting over parkland Royal Cromer unfolds to become a memorable experience over the closing holes amid colourful gorse and bracken. The par three ninth green is... more
Hesketh Golf Club
Cockle Dick's Lane, Southport 92.6 miles away
Hesketh, created in 1885, is the oldest club in the prolific Southport area, on a nature reserve that attracts seabirds and other wildlife to the half-links, half-parkland track set amid Victorian villas. Holes run through high sand dunes and then... more
West Lancashire Golf Club
Hall Road West, Blundellsands, Liverpool 94.1 miles away
West Lancashire is the oldest golf club in Lancashire, founded in 1873, a perfect example of seaside golf. This great links course measures 6,768 yards, and is set in natural seaside terrain with immaculate greens. Eleven of the holes measure over... more
Hillside Golf Club
The Clubhouse, Hastings Road, Hillside, Southport 94.1 miles away
There are many similarities between Hillside, covering 6,800 yards, and the adjoining Royal Birkdale on the sandhills of Southport. Exposed to the wind from the Irish Sea, it is a qualifying venue when the Open is staged next door. The opening nine... more
Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club
Bradshaws Lane, Ainsdale, Southport 94.2 miles away
Southport and Ainsdale, tucked among the dunes on the North West Lancashire coast, hosted the Ryder Cup in 1933 and 1937. Designed by James Braid and opened in 1906, the traditional feel of a championship links has been retained over the 6,687 yards.... more
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Waterloo Road, Birkdale, Southport 94.3 miles away
A permanent fixture on The Open rota and host to the Walker Cup, the Curtis Cup and the Ryder Cup, undoubtedly one of the finest links courses in England. Became Royal Birkdale in 1951. A plaque on the 16th hole commemorates Arnold Palmer's great... more
Wallasey Golf Club
Bayswater Road, Wallasey 94.8 miles away
Wallasey, originally designed by Tom Morris Senior in 1891,
is a traditional links of 6,607 yards situated in the
Wirral peninsula overlooking Liverpool Bay and the Irish Sea
with undulating fairways, sand dunes and almost inevitably a stiff... more
Formby Golf Club
Golf Road, Formby 95.4 miles away
Formby has developed over the years in to a truly great links. The original 18 hole course was redesigned by Willie Park and James Braid also had a hand in more changes in the 1920s while minor changes were introduced by Hawtree and Taylor in 1933,... more
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Links Gate, St Annes-on-Sea 95.6 miles away
Avoiding the 200 bunkers is the essential requirement to play well at Royal Lytham and St Annes, created by the club’s first professional George Lowe in 1886 and modified by Harry Colt. Surrounded by housing and flanked by a railway line, it is not... more
Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Meols Drive, Hoylake, Wirral 99.3 miles away
Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake has staged major tournaments throughout its long history including eleven Open Championships and many amateur events. The Club is proud that The Open Championship made a successful return to Hoylake in 2006 when... more
The Shire London
St Albans Road, Barnet 121.4 miles away
Seve Ballesteros has left a lasting golf design legacy in constructing The Masters at The Shire, his only course in Britain. He even put a signature 'S' depicting his name in the form of a lake snaking around the 18th hole. The course features six... more
Conwy (Caernarvonshire) Golf Club
Beacons Way, Conwy 126.6 miles away
Come and enjoy the welcome, the challenge and the wonderful scenery at Conwy Golf Club, voted the Welsh Golf Club of the Year 2007 and venue for the Wales Seniors Open in 2007, 2008 and 2012 when the likes of Ian Woosnam, Barry Lane and Tony... more
Royal St David's Golf Club
Harlech 142.5 miles away
Formed in 1894, the Royal St. David's championship links, situated in the dunes between Harlech Castle and the sea, has become one of the great British challenges. The 6,629 yards from the championship tees feature a series of long demanding par four... more
Aberdovey Golf Club
Station Road, Aberdovey 147.6 miles away
Aberdovey is a traditional nine-out, nine-in links course. The real defence of the 6,710 yard course that wends through sand dunes is the wind which is often a gentle zephyr but can also be ferocious. Many national championships are regularly held... more
Silloth On Solway Golf Club
Silloth 147.9 miles away
Silloth sets a premium on being able to drive the ball well and with heather, whins and broom and some strong bunkering, the fairways seem narrower than they are. The course has stunning views of the Galloway Hills, Lakeland fells and the distant... more
Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club
Borth 148.8 miles away
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
Powfoot Golf Club
Cummertrees, Annan 152.0 miles away
At the end of the Solway Firth is Powfoot, one of the area's best but least well-known courses. Laid out by James Braid in 1903, it weaves its way along the Firth on undulating links before the last four holes which are almost parkland in feel.... more
Southerness Golf Club
Southerness, Dumfries 154.6 miles away
Southerness is set on the remote Solway Firth with panoramic views of Criffel Peak and across to the Lake District of Cumbria. Philip Mackenzie Ross laid out the course and it is considered to be his best creation. A little over 6,500 yards with a... more
Bamburgh Castle Golf Club
Bamburgh Castle Golf Club, The Wynding, Bamburgh 158.1 miles away
Bamburgh Castle is one of Northumberland’s finest golf courses in the village of Bamburgh overlooking the ancient fortress from which it takes its name. It is a regular venue for county and regional events. Just 5,600 yards off the back markers, with... more
Nefyn & District Golf Club
Lon Golff, Morfa Nefyn, Pwllheli 159.1 miles away
A dramatic cliff top course overlooking the Irish Sea that is visible from every spectacular hole. Extended from nine to 18 holes in 1912, then J H Taylor and James Braid added nine more in 1933, although only 26 holes are now in play, featuring 10... more
Castletown Golf Links
Fort Island, Derbyhaven, Castletown 166.1 miles away
Bounded by the sea on three sides with spectacular views from every tee, the 432 yard 17th at Castletown with the tee on the cliff edge and a gully running across the fairway was rated by Henry Longhurst as one of the best holes in golf. There is... more
Berwick-upon-Tweed Golf Club (Goswick)
Berwick-upon-Tweed 166.3 miles away
Berwick-upon-Tweed Golf Club, known as Goswick, designed by James Braid in 1890 and later modified by Frank Pennick, is the most northerly course in England. It is a classic links stretching to 6800 yards and is relatively flat with areas of dunes... more
North Foreland Golf Club
The Clubhouse, Convent Road, Broadstairs 166.8 miles away
North Foreland has views of the sea from every tee and every green. A free running chalk-based course, it's playable all year round course and at 6,436 yards there is mix of short and tough par 4 holes. On the front nine, holes three and four are... more
Prince's Golf Club
Sandwich Bay, Sandwich 170.9 miles away
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
The Royal St George's Golf Club
Sandwich 171.4 miles away
Royal St George's is one of the historic venues, an Open course, amid a stretch of rich Kent coastal golfing land, full of atmosphere and tradition without being stuffy. Sandhills, pot bunkers, lightning, invariably true and large greens and the wind... more
Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club
Golf Road, Deal 174.0 miles away
One of the classic links, once on the Open rota, the wind plays its role and, on a fierce day, the tough back nine into the elements make it a frightening experience. The opening holes provide the best scoring chances but avoid the massive bunkers... more
Burnham & Berrow Golf Club
St Christopher’s Way, Burnham-on-Sea 174.5 miles away
Burnham and Berrow, a great links on the Somerset coast created by Alister Mackenzie and Harry Colt, has hosted almost every major amateur championship. In 2011, Burnham has the unique distinction of hosting the Brobazon and the R&A British Boys in... more
Southerndown Golf Club
Ogmore by Sea, Bridgend 176.8 miles away
Southerndown, a combination of links, downland and heathland perched high overlooking Porthcawl, the Bristol Channel and a beautiful Welsh landscape, is invariably open to winds of varying strengths. Rolling tree-less slopes, yielding soft... more
Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club
Waun-y-Mer, Kenfig, Bridgend 178.3 miles away
Pyle and Kenfig, 6,728 yards, par 71 off the back tees, is a course of two distinct halves with the back nine set amongst towering dunes with stunning views of Welsh mountains, the bay and the Bristol Channel. Mackenzie Ross used traditional... more
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
Rest Bay, Porthcawl 179.4 miles away
Royal Porthcawl, founded in 1891, ranks firmly among the world's top golf courses, a reputation sustained by the many prestigious professional and amateur events held there. The first four holes and the last six are true links, but the holes in the... more
Hayling Golf Club
Links Lane, Hayling Island 180.8 miles away
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
Rye Golf Club (Old)
New Lydd Road, Camber, Rye 181.5 miles away
Harry Colt’s first design in 1894, later modified by Tom Simpson and Sir Guy Campbell, Rye is a fiendishly difficult course. The unpredictable and fierce winds and a fascinating variety of stances necessary for shot-making create difficulty, despite... more
Littlestone Golf Club
St. Andrews Road, Littlestone, New Romney 181.6 miles away
Make your score going out as the opening nine are played with the prevailing South West wind at your back. Concludes with three tough holes. The 470-yard 16th is followed by one of the best par threes in the country played from an elevated tee to a... more
Pennard Golf Club
2 Southgate Road, Southgate 186.1 miles away
Pennard’s cliff-top links, founded in 1908 on the dramatic landscape of the Gower Peninsula, boasts arresting views across to the beautiful sandy beaches. Parts of the course are well above sea level but it is a James Braid-designed links of quality,... more
Ashburnham Golf Club
Cliffe Terrace, Burry Port 186.3 miles away
Ashburnham’s lay-out is virtually the same today as it was when the reknown J H Taylor’s designing skills were employed in 1910 to alter a course that was created 14 years earlier. It has always been one of the toughest links courses in Wales,... more
Dunbar Golf Club
East Links, Dunbar 193.1 miles away
Dunbar East Links is situated on the estuary of the Firth of Forthc – a mixture inland turf and links on a slither
of land along the coast. The Old Deer Park wall spans the course, the ninth features the Barns Ness lighthouse and a ruined building... more
Isle of Purbeck Golf Club
6 Studland, Swanage 197.3 miles away
One of the most scenic courses in the South West, set in the Purbeck Hills high above Poole Harbour, Old Harry Rock and Sandbanks, the views over the water are stunning and distracting. The panorama from the downhill par four fifth green is the... more
Luffness New Golf Club
Aberlady 199.8 miles away
Luffness New is located on the A198 just past Aberlady heading east. The course, originally designed by Old Tom Morris, dates from 1894 despite the 'new' in the title. Luffness is a challenging traditional links course measuring 6,502 yds with a par... more
Glen Golf Club
East Links, Tantallon Terrace, North Berwick 200.1 miles away
The sounds of the sea and birds follow you as the course snakes around a spectacular coastline overlooking the Firth of Forth and Bass Rock, one of the world's largest bird sanctuaries, on the Edinburgh Golf Coast, at North Berwick. The sea borders... more
North Berwick Golf Club
New Club House, Beach Road, North Berwick 200.6 miles away
North Berwick dominates the town, stretching above the beach on the Firth of Forth offering exquisite sea views across to Craigleith Island and Bass Rock. The 13th oldest golf club and the second oldest course in the world still playing over its... more
Gullane Golf Club (No 1)
West Links Road, Gullane 200.9 miles away
No 1, the prime course of the three at Gullane, spanning 6,466 yards, par71, was designed by Willie Park in 1884, although golf was played over the spectacular stretch of the rugged East Lothian coast alongside the Firth of Forth from 1650. The views... more
Gullane Golf Club (No 3)
West Links Road, Gullane 200.9 miles away
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
Gullane Golf Club (No 2)
West Links Road, Gullane 200.9 miles away
Gullane Hill is home to three outstanding courses built in 1898 and constructed on and around the mini-mountain. Gullane No 2 runs alongside No 1 - the acknowledged championship and Open qualifying course - for the first seven holes and also borders... more
Muirfield - The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers
Duncur Road, Muirfield, Gullane 201.0 miles away
Muirfield, home to The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, on the East Lothian coast is a regular Open venue and one of the toughest links in Britain. Old Tom Morris, Harry Colt and Tom Simpson all had an input into the lay-out of the world’s... more
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