Top Links Golf Courses in the UK
Set out below are links golf courses in the UK including Murcar Links Golf Club. Links golf courses are usually situated on the coast and are often characterised by sandy soil, dunes, few water hazards and trees.
Top Links Golf Courses in the UK
Set out below are links golf courses in the UK including Murcar Links Golf Club. Links golf courses are usually situated on the coast and are often characterised by sandy soil, dunes, few water hazards and trees.
Murcar Links Golf Club
Bridge of Don, Aberdeen
Murcar Links has undergone alterations recently which has stretched the layout to 6,560 yards. Originally designed by Archie Simpson and revised by James Braid, it is located on a classic stretch of links land with massive sand dunes, undulating fairways, and is covered in whins and heather with... more
Ganton Golf Club
Ganton Golf Club, Station Road, Ganton, Scarborough
One of the world's top 100 courses. Firm fast greens & deep bunkers typify this inland links. Nestled between the North York Moors & the Yorkshire Wolds in stunning scenery. Host to the Ryder, Walker & Curtis Cups in addition to numerous other top professional & amateur tournaments.... more
Trump International Golf Links, Scotland
Menie Park Lodge, Menie Estate, Balmedie, Aberdeen
Set amidst The Great Dunes of Scotland, Trump International Golf Links embraces mile after mile of spectacular Aberdeenshire coastline and offers an unparalleled test of golf. Experience the unrivalled beauty, atmosphere and Scottish hospitality of Trump International Golf Links – the ultimate... more
Scotscraig Golf Club
Golf Road, Tayport
Welcome to Scotscraig Golf Club - the 13th oldest golf club in the world. Established in 1817 and a six-time former Open Qualifier venue 1984,1990,1995,2000,2005,& 2010, Scotscraig Golf Club combines the exhilaration of playing a traditional loop of heathland and links holes with a memorable welcome... more
West Cornwall Golf Club
Church Lane, Lelant, St Ives
West Cornwall dates from 1889 as the oldest in Cornwall and started as a nine-hole course on natural land beside the sea at Lelant, overlooking the Atlantic and St Ives Bay. The present site was developed in 1921. A true seaside course with fine turf and numerous natural qualities only 5,884 yards,... more
Perranporth Golf Club
The Clubhouse, Budnic Hill, Perranporth
A rugged, classic James Braid design links that demands precise distance judgement and control with spectacular views over Perranporth beach. A profusion of blind shots can make life difficult for first-timers despite marker posts and boards perched on the dunes. Beautiful fairways, superb, big,... more
Leven Links Golf Course
The Promenade, Leven
Golf on this former Open Qualifying course has been played dating back to 1846 on parts of these links with the current configuration coming into being in 1909 with input from Tom Morris. Leven Links is steeped in history not least because it is the archetypal links course. With its fine bents... more
Halifax Golf Club
Union Lane, Ogden, Halifax
Halifax Golf Club is located in the heart of the beautiful Ogden Moors it's the premier golf club in Halifax and one of the finest in West Yorkshire. Originally designed by 5 times Open Champion, James Braid and later altered by Dr. Alister MacKenzie, designer of Augusta National, home of The... more
Tain Golf Club
Chapel Road, Tain
With views across the Dornoch Firth, Tain's setting is dramatic with the estuary on one side and the mountains of Easter Ross on the other. John Sutherland revised the layout, but there are still 11 of Old Tom Morris's greens in use on the 6,404 yard lay-out. It's a links course with heather and... more
Seaton Carew Golf Club
Tees Road, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool
Seaton Carew Golf Club is the 10th oldest in England and was founded in 1874. Located on a stretch of windswept land to the north of the River Tees the course is renowned for its quick draining sandy soil and tightly mown fairways.... more
Ashburnham Golf Club
Cliffe Terrace, Burry Port
One of the finest Championship Links courses in Britain and currently ranked 5th best course in Wales, Ashburnham has hosted prestigious professional and amateur Championships, including two British PGA Championships and the 1976 Martini International Tournament. Chosen as a qualifying venue for... more
Powfoot Golf Club
Cummertrees, Annan
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. Measuring 6,255 yards, it's not long but five holes are... more
Carnoustie Golf Links
CGLMC Ltd, 20 Links Parade, Carnoustie
Arguably the toughest links course in Britain. The Open Championship has been held here on 7 occasions, most recently in 2007. The present golf course was fashioned in 1850 by Alan Robertson of St Andrews. Gorse, broom, open ditches, pot bunkers on almost every fairway and tricky, speedy greens ruin... more
Glen Golf Club
East Links, Tantallon Terrace, North Berwick
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 ten holes from the eighth on a there-and-back lay... more
Prince's Golf Club
Sandwich Bay, Sandwich
Prince’ Golf Club boast three loops of 9 holes; The Shore, The Dunes and The Himalayas, each of which have their own unique characteristics and have seen substantial investment and redevelopment over the past three years, including the mammoth challenge of revetting all 97 bunkers across the... more
Castletown Golf Links
Fort Island Road, Derbyhaven
Bounded by the sea on three sides with spectacular views from every tee, Castletown Links in the Isle of Man is a golfer's paradise. Highlights include the 432-yard 17th with the tee on the cliff edge and a gully running across the fairway - it was rated by Henry Longhurst as one of the best holes... more
St Andrews Links, Old Course
Old Course, St Andrews
The oldest and most iconic golf course in the world. The Swilcan Bridge and Hell Bunker are recognised across the globe, yet the greatest feature of the Old Course is that despite its grand status it remains a public golf course, open to all.... more
Shiskine Golf & Tennis Club
Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran
Shiskine Golf and Tennis Club is a 12 Hole Links Course nestled next to Blackwaterfoot beach on the beautiful Isle of Arran. There is also Tennis Courts and Bowling Green.... more
Heacham Manor Golf Course
Heacham Manor Hotel, Hunstanton Road, Heacham, King's Lynn
Heacham Manor Hotel is the first golf hotel in the West Norfolk area, and the Championship length 18-hole golf course is a challenging course with some of the best greens in the area. The Course is designed in a links style and will challenge all levels of golfers. The natural features of the... more
Crail Golfing Society
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 your mind whether to carry the beach or take the... more
Formby Golf Club
Golf Road, Formby
One of the World's Great Links Courses, the course borders the Irish Sea, yet is surrounded by Pine Trees making it a unique golfing experience like no other.... more
Monifieth Golf Links
Medal Starters Box, Princes Street, Monifieth
Monifieth Medal is the major of the two courses - the lesser is the 5,100 yard Ashludie, while 6,650 yard Medal course is used as an Open Championship qualifying venue. It is the most westerly of three renowned links on the Angus coastline, the others being Panmure and Carnoustie. The course is... more
Lundin Golf Club
Golf Road, Lundin Links, Leven
Lundin Golf Club, near to St Andrews the ‘Home of Golf’, is well known throughout the golfing world as a course of rare quality. Founded in 1868, on a Tom Morris course it was extensively redesigned by five times Open Champion James Braid in 1909. ... more
Western Gailes Golf Club
Gailes, Irvine
Western Gailes is unusual layout in that the clubhouse is centrally located. The first four holes head north, the next nine holes head straight back along the coastline passing the clubhouse and the closing five holes head north again along the railway line. The fairways undulate and there are three... more
President’s Golf Course
Trelyon Avenue, St Ives
Open all year to non-residents and guests. You can pay and play at our spectacular 18 hole par 3 golf course, voted as one of the most scenic in the country. A round costs just £15 and a loyalty card is available to reduce the cost to £10 per round. Club hire and trolley hire is also available, so... more
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'Links Golf Courses' by County: England: South West England: Cornwall | Northern England: Durham | South East England: Kent | Northern England: Merseyside | East Anglia: North Norfolk | Northern England: North Yorkshire | West Yorkshire | Isle of Man: Isle of Man: Isle of Man | Scotland: Central, East & North East Scotland: Aberdeenshire | Angus | Edinburgh, Glasgow & Southern Scotland: Ayrshire | Dumfries & Galloway | East Lothian | Central, East & North East Scotland: Fife | Highlands & Islands of Scotland: Highland | Wales: South Wales: Carmarthenshire
