Top Links Golf Courses in the UK
Links golf courses are usually situated on the coast and are often characterised by sandy soil, dunes, few water hazards and trees. Set out below are links golf courses in the UK including Trump International Golf Links, Scotland.
Top Links Golf Courses in the UK
Links golf courses are usually situated on the coast and are often characterised by sandy soil, dunes, few water hazards and trees. Set out below are links golf courses in the UK including Trump International Golf Links, Scotland.
Trump International Golf Links, Scotland
Menie Park Lodge, Menie Estate, Balmedie, Aberdeen
Trump International Golf Links sits on the stunning Aberdeenshire coastline, offering an exceptional level of golf for players of all abilities. With stunning natural beauty and incredible hospitality, this is very much a destination course.... 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
Scotscraig Golf Club
Golf Road, Tayport
Scotscraig Golf Club is the 13th oldest golf club in the world. It was established in 1817, and has been an Open Qualifier venue six times, most recently in 2010. With a mix of heathland and links holes, and superb hospitality, this is a memorable course that wins admirers easily.... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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'Links Golf Courses' by County: England: South West England: Cornwall | Northern England: Durham | South East England: Kent | East Anglia: North Norfolk | Northern England: North 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 | Central, East & North East Scotland: Fife | Highlands & Islands of Scotland: Highland | Wales: South Wales: Carmarthenshire
