The Kanto region lies on the east side of Honshu, the largest of the Japanese islands, and it embraces the Greater Tokyo Area, along with seven other prefectures. Over forty-two million people are estimated to live here, accounting for a third of the total population in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The course at Tokyo Golf Club is undoubtedly the best in Kanto, and recent restoration work by Gil Hanse has gone a long way to consolidating the layout’s position within our World Top 100 ranking chart. Both the East and the West courses at Kasumigaseki are fine old tracks from the early 1930s that seem to improve with age, as does the course at Oarai, which was laid out by Seichi Inoue a couple of decades later. Like Tokyo, an American architect has recently upgraded Abiko’s course. This time, the person involved was Brian Silva and his work entailed replacing the old double greens for a single, top spec putting surface on every hole.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
The Kanto region lies on the east side of Honshu, the largest of the Japanese islands, and it embraces the Greater Tokyo Area, along with seven other prefectures. Over forty-two million people are estimated to live here, accounting for a third of the total population in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The course at Tokyo Golf Club is undoubtedly the best in Kanto, and recent restoration work by Gil Hanse has gone a long way to consolidating the layout’s position within our World Top 100 ranking chart. Both the East and the West courses at Kasumigaseki are fine old tracks from the early 1930s that seem to improve with age, as does the course at Oarai, which was laid out by Seichi Inoue a couple of decades later. Like Tokyo, an American architect has recently upgraded Abiko’s course. This time, the person involved was Brian Silva and his work entailed replacing the old double greens for a single, top spec putting surface on every hole.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
The Kanto region lies on the east side of Honshu, the largest of the Japanese islands, and it embraces the Greater Tokyo Area, along with seven other prefectures. Over forty-two million people are estimated to live here, accounting for a third of the total population in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The course at Tokyo Golf Club is undoubtedly the best in Kanto, and recent restoration work by Gil Hanse has gone a long way to consolidating the layout’s position within our World Top 100 ranking chart. Both the East and the West courses at Kasumigaseki are fine old tracks from the early 1930s that seem to improve with age, as does the course at Oarai, which was laid out by Seichi Inoue a couple of decades later. Like Tokyo, an American architect has recently upgraded Abiko’s course. This time, the person involved was Brian Silva and his work entailed replacing the old double greens for a single, top spec putting surface on every hole.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
The Kanto region lies on the east side of Honshu, the largest of the Japanese islands, and it embraces the Greater Tokyo Area, along with seven other prefectures. Over forty-two million people are estimated to live here, accounting for a third of the total population in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The course at Tokyo Golf Club is undoubtedly the best in Kanto, and recent restoration work by Gil Hanse has gone a long way to consolidating the layout’s position within our World Top 100 ranking chart. Both the East and the West courses at Kasumigaseki are fine old tracks from the early 1930s that seem to improve with age, as does the course at Oarai, which was laid out by Seichi Inoue a couple of decades later. Like Tokyo, an American architect has recently upgraded Abiko’s course. This time, the person involved was Brian Silva and his work entailed replacing the old double greens for a single, top spec putting surface on every hole.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
The Kanto region lies on the east side of Honshu, the largest of the Japanese islands, and it embraces the Greater Tokyo Area, along with seven other prefectures. Over forty-two million people are estimated to live here, accounting for a third of the total population in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The course at Tokyo Golf Club is undoubtedly the best in Kanto, and recent restoration work by Gil Hanse has gone a long way to consolidating the layout’s position within our World Top 100 ranking chart. Both the East and the West courses at Kasumigaseki are fine old tracks from the early 1930s that seem to improve with age, as does the course at Oarai, which was laid out by Seichi Inoue a couple of decades later. Like Tokyo, an American architect has recently upgraded Abiko’s course. This time, the person involved was Brian Silva and his work entailed replacing the old double greens for a single, top spec putting surface on every hole.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
The Kanto region lies on the east side of Honshu, the largest of the Japanese islands, and it embraces the Greater Tokyo Area, along with seven other prefectures. Over forty-two million people are estimated to live here, accounting for a third of the total population in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The course at Tokyo Golf Club is undoubtedly the best in Kanto, and recent restoration work by Gil Hanse has gone a long way to consolidating the layout’s position within our World Top 100 ranking chart. Both the East and the West courses at Kasumigaseki are fine old tracks from the early 1930s that seem to improve with age, as does the course at Oarai, which was laid out by Seichi Inoue a couple of decades later. Like Tokyo, an American architect has recently upgraded Abiko’s course. This time, the person involved was Brian Silva and his work entailed replacing the old double greens for a single, top spec putting surface on every hole.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
The Kanto region lies on the east side of Honshu, the largest of the Japanese islands, and it embraces the Greater Tokyo Area, along with seven other prefectures. Over forty-two million people are estimated to live here, accounting for a third of the total population in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The course at Tokyo Golf Club is undoubtedly the best in Kanto, and recent restoration work by Gil Hanse has gone a long way to consolidating the layout’s position within our World Top 100 ranking chart. Both the East and the West courses at Kasumigaseki are fine old tracks from the early 1930s that seem to improve with age, as does the course at Oarai, which was laid out by Seichi Inoue a couple of decades later. Like Tokyo, an American architect has recently upgraded Abiko’s course. This time, the person involved was Brian Silva and his work entailed replacing the old double greens for a single, top spec putting surface on every hole.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
The Kanto region lies on the east side of Honshu, the largest of the Japanese islands, and it embraces the Greater Tokyo Area, along with seven other prefectures. Over forty-two million people are estimated to live here, accounting for a third of the total population in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The course at Tokyo Golf Club is undoubtedly the best in Kanto, and recent restoration work by Gil Hanse has gone a long way to consolidating the layout’s position within our World Top 100 ranking chart. Both the East and the West courses at Kasumigaseki are fine old tracks from the early 1930s that seem to improve with age, as does the course at Oarai, which was laid out by Seichi Inoue a couple of decades later. Like Tokyo, an American architect has recently upgraded Abiko’s course. This time, the person involved was Brian Silva and his work entailed replacing the old double greens for a single, top spec putting surface on every hole.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
The Kanto region lies on the east side of Honshu, the largest of the Japanese islands, and it embraces the Greater Tokyo Area, along with seven other prefectures. Over forty-two million people are estimated to live here, accounting for a third of the total population in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The course at Tokyo Golf Club is undoubtedly the best in Kanto, and recent restoration work by Gil Hanse has gone a long way to consolidating the layout’s position within our World Top 100 ranking chart. Both the East and the West courses at Kasumigaseki are fine old tracks from the early 1930s that seem to improve with age, as does the course at Oarai, which was laid out by Seichi Inoue a couple of decades later. Like Tokyo, an American architect has recently upgraded Abiko’s course. This time, the person involved was Brian Silva and his work entailed replacing the old double greens for a single, top spec putting surface on every hole.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
Located in the south-central part of Japan’s main island, Honshu, the Kinki or Kansai region of Japan is considered to be at the heart of the country’s history and culture. Five UNESCO World Heritage Listings put Kansai at the top of any Japanese region. Kansai, specifically the city of Osaka, is the food centre of Japan with popular dishes that include kitsune udon, takoyaki, okonomiyaki and kushikatsu.
In terms of golf courses, the Kinki region boasts around 350 facilities but, without a shadow of doubt, the premier golf course in Kansai is the venerable Hirono Golf Club which was laid out by Englishman Charles H. Alison in 1932. Hirono has headed most Japanese ranking lists since ratings began and it’s unlikely to be knocked off the top spot any time soon. Naruo Golf Club dates back to 1920 and it too was shaped by the intrepid English architect and has occasionally appeared within the World Top 100 rankings.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
Located in the south-central part of Japan’s main island, Honshu, the Kinki or Kansai region of Japan is considered to be at the heart of the country’s history and culture. Five UNESCO World Heritage Listings put Kansai at the top of any Japanese region. Kansai, specifically the city of Osaka, is the food centre of Japan with popular dishes that include kitsune udon, takoyaki, okonomiyaki and kushikatsu.
In terms of golf courses, the Kinki region boasts around 350 facilities but, without a shadow of doubt, the premier golf course in Kansai is the venerable Hirono Golf Club which was laid out by Englishman Charles H. Alison in 1932. Hirono has headed most Japanese ranking lists since ratings began and it’s unlikely to be knocked off the top spot any time soon. Naruo Golf Club dates back to 1920 and it too was shaped by the intrepid English architect and has occasionally appeared within the World Top 100 rankings.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
Located in the south-central part of Japan’s main island, Honshu, the Kinki or Kansai region of Japan is considered to be at the heart of the country’s history and culture. Five UNESCO World Heritage Listings put Kansai at the top of any Japanese region. Kansai, specifically the city of Osaka, is the food centre of Japan with popular dishes that include kitsune udon, takoyaki, okonomiyaki and kushikatsu.
In terms of golf courses, the Kinki region boasts around 350 facilities but, without a shadow of doubt, the premier golf course in Kansai is the venerable Hirono Golf Club which was laid out by Englishman Charles H. Alison in 1932. Hirono has headed most Japanese ranking lists since ratings began and it’s unlikely to be knocked off the top spot any time soon. Naruo Golf Club dates back to 1920 and it too was shaped by the intrepid English architect and has occasionally appeared within the World Top 100 rankings.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
Located in the south-central part of Japan’s main island, Honshu, the Kinki or Kansai region of Japan is considered to be at the heart of the country’s history and culture. Five UNESCO World Heritage Listings put Kansai at the top of any Japanese region. Kansai, specifically the city of Osaka, is the food centre of Japan with popular dishes that include kitsune udon, takoyaki, okonomiyaki and kushikatsu.
In terms of golf courses, the Kinki region boasts around 350 facilities but, without a shadow of doubt, the premier golf course in Kansai is the venerable Hirono Golf Club which was laid out by Englishman Charles H. Alison in 1932. Hirono has headed most Japanese ranking lists since ratings began and it’s unlikely to be knocked off the top spot any time soon. Naruo Golf Club dates back to 1920 and it too was shaped by the intrepid English architect and has occasionally appeared within the World Top 100 rankings.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
Located in the south-central part of Japan’s main island, Honshu, the Kinki or Kansai region of Japan is considered to be at the heart of the country’s history and culture. Five UNESCO World Heritage Listings put Kansai at the top of any Japanese region. Kansai, specifically the city of Osaka, is the food centre of Japan with popular dishes that include kitsune udon, takoyaki, okonomiyaki and kushikatsu.
In terms of golf courses, the Kinki region boasts around 350 facilities but, without a shadow of doubt, the premier golf course in Kansai is the venerable Hirono Golf Club which was laid out by Englishman Charles H. Alison in 1932. Hirono has headed most Japanese ranking lists since ratings began and it’s unlikely to be knocked off the top spot any time soon. Naruo Golf Club dates back to 1920 and it too was shaped by the intrepid English architect and has occasionally appeared within the World Top 100 rankings.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
Extending to almost 14,000 square miles, Kyushu is Japan’s third largest island and it’s the most southerly of the country’s four main islands. Home to Mount Asa, the most active volcano in Japan, it’s also home to a population of more than thirteen million people, many of whom live in the northwest of the island, in the cities of Fukuoka and Kitakyushu.
Top-flight golf is a little sparse in Kyushu. The course at Koga is recognised as the best in the region and it’s one that has undergone a couple of extensive upgrade programs in the last two decades, resulting in it hosting the Japan Open after each renovation. The Phoenix Country Club course extends to three loops of nine holes and the two longest circuits, Yakachiho and Sumiyoshi, form the championship 18-hole layout which takes it into our Japanese course rankings.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
Extending to almost 14,000 square miles, Kyushu is Japan’s third largest island and it’s the most southerly of the country’s four main islands. Home to Mount Asa, the most active volcano in Japan, it’s also home to a population of more than thirteen million people, many of whom live in the northwest of the island, in the cities of Fukuoka and Kitakyushu.
Top-flight golf is a little sparse in Kyushu. The course at Koga is recognised as the best in the region and it’s one that has undergone a couple of extensive upgrade programs in the last two decades, resulting in it hosting the Japan Open after each renovation. The Phoenix Country Club course extends to three loops of nine holes and the two longest circuits, Yakachiho and Sumiyoshi, form the championship 18-hole layout which takes it into our Japanese course rankings.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
Extending to almost 14,000 square miles, Kyushu is Japan’s third largest island and it’s the most southerly of the country’s four main islands. Home to Mount Asa, the most active volcano in Japan, it’s also home to a population of more than thirteen million people, many of whom live in the northwest of the island, in the cities of Fukuoka and Kitakyushu.
Top-flight golf is a little sparse in Kyushu. The course at Koga is recognised as the best in the region and it’s one that has undergone a couple of extensive upgrade programs in the last two decades, resulting in it hosting the Japan Open after each renovation. The Phoenix Country Club course extends to three loops of nine holes and the two longest circuits, Yakachiho and Sumiyoshi, form the championship 18-hole layout which takes it into our Japanese course rankings.
",65,"2018-09-01 04:49:43",Japan,"Japan is a country of surprises, formality, exemplary manners, reliable cars, sumo wrestling and sushi. The Japanese people are also proud of their four seasons, which can be quite extreme in terms of weather conditions. This is why many Japanese courses have dual greens, one for summer and one for winter.
Japan consists of four main islands, Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the main island, Shikoku and southernmost Kyushu. Additionally, there are many smaller islands, notably Okinawa.
There are more golf courses in Japan than the rest of Asia put together. With nearly 2,500 courses (and many more driving ranges), the Japanese are serious golf lovers and they have built some of the world’s finest courses. The entire tapestry and the full legacy of Japanese golf courses is hard to unravel, but thanks to our contributors from the Land of the Rising Sun, we are able to showcase a selection of the finest courses in the country.
We updated Japan's rankings in March 2018. Full details are here: Top 50 Golf Courses of Japan 2018
Malaysia is divided into two separate parts, separated by the South China Sea: Peninsular Malaysia (or West Malaysia) is where the capital city of Kuala Lumpur is situated on the Malay Peninsula and where most of the Malaysian people live, and East Malaysia (comprising the states of Sabah, Sarawak and the federal territory of Labuan) in the northern reaches of the island of Borneo.
The region shares borders with Indonesia to the south and with the tiny enclave of Brunei to the north. Although East Malaysia is larger in size than West Malaysia, it contains only 20% of the national population. It may not be as well developed as its western counterpart but it does have the distinct advantage of an abundance of more marketable natural resources in its oil and gas reserves.
There are more than two dozen golf clubs in East Malaysia affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association, including a couple of offshore clubs on Labuan Island, in Brunei Bay. The 18-hole course at Labuan International Golf Club is an impressive Parslow & Winter design that opened for play at the end of 2013 and, although it’s not currently ranked in our Malaysian listings, we’re keeping a very close eye on it in relation to its future ranking prospects.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
Malaysia is divided into two separate parts, separated by the South China Sea: Peninsular Malaysia (or West Malaysia) is where the capital city of Kuala Lumpur is situated on the Malay Peninsula and where most of the Malaysian people live, and East Malaysia (comprising the states of Sabah, Sarawak and the federal territory of Labuan) in the northern reaches of the island of Borneo.
The region shares borders with Indonesia to the south and with the tiny enclave of Brunei to the north. Although East Malaysia is larger in size than West Malaysia, it contains only 20% of the national population. It may not be as well developed as its western counterpart but it does have the distinct advantage of an abundance of more marketable natural resources in its oil and gas reserves.
There are more than two dozen golf clubs in East Malaysia affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association, including a couple of offshore clubs on Labuan Island, in Brunei Bay. The 18-hole course at Labuan International Golf Club is an impressive Parslow & Winter design that opened for play at the end of 2013 and, although it’s not currently ranked in our Malaysian listings, we’re keeping a very close eye on it in relation to its future ranking prospects.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
Malaysia is divided into two separate parts, separated by the South China Sea: Peninsular Malaysia (or West Malaysia) is where the capital city of Kuala Lumpur is situated on the Malay Peninsula and where most of the Malaysian people live, and East Malaysia (comprising the states of Sabah, Sarawak and the federal territory of Labuan) in the northern reaches of the island of Borneo.
The region shares borders with Indonesia to the south and with the tiny enclave of Brunei to the north. Although East Malaysia is larger in size than West Malaysia, it contains only 20% of the national population. It may not be as well developed as its western counterpart but it does have the distinct advantage of an abundance of more marketable natural resources in its oil and gas reserves.
There are more than two dozen golf clubs in East Malaysia affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association, including a couple of offshore clubs on Labuan Island, in Brunei Bay. The 18-hole course at Labuan International Golf Club is an impressive Parslow & Winter design that opened for play at the end of 2013 and, although it’s not currently ranked in our Malaysian listings, we’re keeping a very close eye on it in relation to its future ranking prospects.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
Malaysia is divided into two separate parts, separated by the South China Sea: Peninsular Malaysia (or West Malaysia) is where the capital city of Kuala Lumpur is situated on the Malay Peninsula and where most of the Malaysian people live, and East Malaysia (comprising the states of Sabah, Sarawak and the federal territory of Labuan) in the northern reaches of the island of Borneo.
The region shares borders with Indonesia to the south and with the tiny enclave of Brunei to the north. Although East Malaysia is larger in size than West Malaysia, it contains only 20% of the national population. It may not be as well developed as its western counterpart but it does have the distinct advantage of an abundance of more marketable natural resources in its oil and gas reserves.
There are more than two dozen golf clubs in East Malaysia affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association, including a couple of offshore clubs on Labuan Island, in Brunei Bay. The 18-hole course at Labuan International Golf Club is an impressive Parslow & Winter design that opened for play at the end of 2013 and, although it’s not currently ranked in our Malaysian listings, we’re keeping a very close eye on it in relation to its future ranking prospects.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
The South China Sea divides Malaysia’s two distinct geographical regions: East Malaysia on the island of Borneo and West Malaysia, also known as the Malay Peninsula or Peninsula Malaysia. West Malaysia comprises of eleven states and two federal territories in an area covering just over 50,000 square miles. The Thai border forms a boundary to the north and the island of Singapore lies immediately to the south, separated from West Malaysia by the Johore Strait.
Around 25 million people live in this region, a large proportion reside in and around the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, which is one of Southeast Asia’s most progressive metropolitan areas. The thickly wooded Titiwangsa Mountains form the backbone of the Malay Peninsula, running north to south, with the Straits of Malacca off the west coast acknowledged as one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
Almost one hundred and twenty West Malaysian clubs are affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association (more than 80% of its membership) so it will probably come as no surprise to learn that the vast majority of courses featured in our national chart are also from the same geographical location, with 18-hole layouts around the capital claiming most of the highest ranking positions.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
The South China Sea divides Malaysia’s two distinct geographical regions: East Malaysia on the island of Borneo and West Malaysia, also known as the Malay Peninsula or Peninsula Malaysia. West Malaysia comprises of eleven states and two federal territories in an area covering just over 50,000 square miles. The Thai border forms a boundary to the north and the island of Singapore lies immediately to the south, separated from West Malaysia by the Johore Strait.
Around 25 million people live in this region, a large proportion reside in and around the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, which is one of Southeast Asia’s most progressive metropolitan areas. The thickly wooded Titiwangsa Mountains form the backbone of the Malay Peninsula, running north to south, with the Straits of Malacca off the west coast acknowledged as one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
Almost one hundred and twenty West Malaysian clubs are affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association (more than 80% of its membership) so it will probably come as no surprise to learn that the vast majority of courses featured in our national chart are also from the same geographical location, with 18-hole layouts around the capital claiming most of the highest ranking positions.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
The South China Sea divides Malaysia’s two distinct geographical regions: East Malaysia on the island of Borneo and West Malaysia, also known as the Malay Peninsula or Peninsula Malaysia. West Malaysia comprises of eleven states and two federal territories in an area covering just over 50,000 square miles. The Thai border forms a boundary to the north and the island of Singapore lies immediately to the south, separated from West Malaysia by the Johore Strait.
Around 25 million people live in this region, a large proportion reside in and around the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, which is one of Southeast Asia’s most progressive metropolitan areas. The thickly wooded Titiwangsa Mountains form the backbone of the Malay Peninsula, running north to south, with the Straits of Malacca off the west coast acknowledged as one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
Almost one hundred and twenty West Malaysian clubs are affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association (more than 80% of its membership) so it will probably come as no surprise to learn that the vast majority of courses featured in our national chart are also from the same geographical location, with 18-hole layouts around the capital claiming most of the highest ranking positions.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
The South China Sea divides Malaysia’s two distinct geographical regions: East Malaysia on the island of Borneo and West Malaysia, also known as the Malay Peninsula or Peninsula Malaysia. West Malaysia comprises of eleven states and two federal territories in an area covering just over 50,000 square miles. The Thai border forms a boundary to the north and the island of Singapore lies immediately to the south, separated from West Malaysia by the Johore Strait.
Around 25 million people live in this region, a large proportion reside in and around the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, which is one of Southeast Asia’s most progressive metropolitan areas. The thickly wooded Titiwangsa Mountains form the backbone of the Malay Peninsula, running north to south, with the Straits of Malacca off the west coast acknowledged as one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
Almost one hundred and twenty West Malaysian clubs are affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association (more than 80% of its membership) so it will probably come as no surprise to learn that the vast majority of courses featured in our national chart are also from the same geographical location, with 18-hole layouts around the capital claiming most of the highest ranking positions.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
The South China Sea divides Malaysia’s two distinct geographical regions: East Malaysia on the island of Borneo and West Malaysia, also known as the Malay Peninsula or Peninsula Malaysia. West Malaysia comprises of eleven states and two federal territories in an area covering just over 50,000 square miles. The Thai border forms a boundary to the north and the island of Singapore lies immediately to the south, separated from West Malaysia by the Johore Strait.
Around 25 million people live in this region, a large proportion reside in and around the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, which is one of Southeast Asia’s most progressive metropolitan areas. The thickly wooded Titiwangsa Mountains form the backbone of the Malay Peninsula, running north to south, with the Straits of Malacca off the west coast acknowledged as one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
Almost one hundred and twenty West Malaysian clubs are affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association (more than 80% of its membership) so it will probably come as no surprise to learn that the vast majority of courses featured in our national chart are also from the same geographical location, with 18-hole layouts around the capital claiming most of the highest ranking positions.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
The South China Sea divides Malaysia’s two distinct geographical regions: East Malaysia on the island of Borneo and West Malaysia, also known as the Malay Peninsula or Peninsula Malaysia. West Malaysia comprises of eleven states and two federal territories in an area covering just over 50,000 square miles. The Thai border forms a boundary to the north and the island of Singapore lies immediately to the south, separated from West Malaysia by the Johore Strait.
Around 25 million people live in this region, a large proportion reside in and around the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, which is one of Southeast Asia’s most progressive metropolitan areas. The thickly wooded Titiwangsa Mountains form the backbone of the Malay Peninsula, running north to south, with the Straits of Malacca off the west coast acknowledged as one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
Almost one hundred and twenty West Malaysian clubs are affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association (more than 80% of its membership) so it will probably come as no surprise to learn that the vast majority of courses featured in our national chart are also from the same geographical location, with 18-hole layouts around the capital claiming most of the highest ranking positions.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
The South China Sea divides Malaysia’s two distinct geographical regions: East Malaysia on the island of Borneo and West Malaysia, also known as the Malay Peninsula or Peninsula Malaysia. West Malaysia comprises of eleven states and two federal territories in an area covering just over 50,000 square miles. The Thai border forms a boundary to the north and the island of Singapore lies immediately to the south, separated from West Malaysia by the Johore Strait.
Around 25 million people live in this region, a large proportion reside in and around the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, which is one of Southeast Asia’s most progressive metropolitan areas. The thickly wooded Titiwangsa Mountains form the backbone of the Malay Peninsula, running north to south, with the Straits of Malacca off the west coast acknowledged as one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
Almost one hundred and twenty West Malaysian clubs are affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association (more than 80% of its membership) so it will probably come as no surprise to learn that the vast majority of courses featured in our national chart are also from the same geographical location, with 18-hole layouts around the capital claiming most of the highest ranking positions.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
The South China Sea divides Malaysia’s two distinct geographical regions: East Malaysia on the island of Borneo and West Malaysia, also known as the Malay Peninsula or Peninsula Malaysia. West Malaysia comprises of eleven states and two federal territories in an area covering just over 50,000 square miles. The Thai border forms a boundary to the north and the island of Singapore lies immediately to the south, separated from West Malaysia by the Johore Strait.
Around 25 million people live in this region, a large proportion reside in and around the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, which is one of Southeast Asia’s most progressive metropolitan areas. The thickly wooded Titiwangsa Mountains form the backbone of the Malay Peninsula, running north to south, with the Straits of Malacca off the west coast acknowledged as one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
Almost one hundred and twenty West Malaysian clubs are affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association (more than 80% of its membership) so it will probably come as no surprise to learn that the vast majority of courses featured in our national chart are also from the same geographical location, with 18-hole layouts around the capital claiming most of the highest ranking positions.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
The South China Sea divides Malaysia’s two distinct geographical regions: East Malaysia on the island of Borneo and West Malaysia, also known as the Malay Peninsula or Peninsula Malaysia. West Malaysia comprises of eleven states and two federal territories in an area covering just over 50,000 square miles. The Thai border forms a boundary to the north and the island of Singapore lies immediately to the south, separated from West Malaysia by the Johore Strait.
Around 25 million people live in this region, a large proportion reside in and around the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, which is one of Southeast Asia’s most progressive metropolitan areas. The thickly wooded Titiwangsa Mountains form the backbone of the Malay Peninsula, running north to south, with the Straits of Malacca off the west coast acknowledged as one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
Almost one hundred and twenty West Malaysian clubs are affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association (more than 80% of its membership) so it will probably come as no surprise to learn that the vast majority of courses featured in our national chart are also from the same geographical location, with 18-hole layouts around the capital claiming most of the highest ranking positions.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
The South China Sea divides Malaysia’s two distinct geographical regions: East Malaysia on the island of Borneo and West Malaysia, also known as the Malay Peninsula or Peninsula Malaysia. West Malaysia comprises of eleven states and two federal territories in an area covering just over 50,000 square miles. The Thai border forms a boundary to the north and the island of Singapore lies immediately to the south, separated from West Malaysia by the Johore Strait.
Around 25 million people live in this region, a large proportion reside in and around the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, which is one of Southeast Asia’s most progressive metropolitan areas. The thickly wooded Titiwangsa Mountains form the backbone of the Malay Peninsula, running north to south, with the Straits of Malacca off the west coast acknowledged as one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
Almost one hundred and twenty West Malaysian clubs are affiliated to the Malaysian Golf Association (more than 80% of its membership) so it will probably come as no surprise to learn that the vast majority of courses featured in our national chart are also from the same geographical location, with 18-hole layouts around the capital claiming most of the highest ranking positions.
There are two discreet parts to Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea – East Malaysia and West Malaysia. Both territories have similar geographical features, with sweeping coastal plains and densely forested mountain interiors but it’s the country’s multicultural, multi-ethnic and multilingual attributes, along with a broad range of diverse cultural and gastronomic customs, that are most admired around the world.
The Malaysian economy is one of the most vibrant in all of Asia and its GDP has shown steady growth for decades now, with tourism reckoned to be the nation’s third largest source of foreign exchange income. Nevertheless, revenue from oil and gas still underpin the government’s annual budget via the national oil company Petronas, which operates from the tallest twin-tower structure in the world in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Golf Association dates back to 1928 and one of its main annual functions nowadays is to oversee the running of the Malaysian Amateur Open Golf Championship, an event that started out in 1894 as the Straits Championship. The quality of Malaysian courses is high and as we now feature what we consider to be the Top 40 golf courses in the country you’ll be well advised to pack your clubs if you’re planning a visit.
Our Malaysian Top 40 rankings were last updated in February 2018. Click the link to read the story.
The Central Thailand region is where most of the nation’s golf action takes place, whether it’s in or around the capital or a little further south in either the Hua Hin district or in Pattaya, on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Of the sixty Thai courses that we now feature in either our regional or national lists, two thirds of them are found within this very golf-orientated part of the country.
For example, conveniently located less than a 1-hour drive from downtown Bangkok, you’ll comfortably be able to reach the very highly regarded layout of Thomson & Perrett’s Ayodhya Links, Ron Garl’s accomplished course at Alpine Golf Club or the Dennis Griffiths-designed track at Thai Country Club, though getting a game at the first two is problematic as they’re both very private facilities.
There are no access issues to worry about at either of Hua Hin’s top rated venues at Banyan Golf Club or Black Mountain. In Pattaya, all three of Siam Country Club’s layouts (Old, Plantation and Waterside) are all available for visitor play, as are the three Jack Nicklaus-designed nines at nearby Laem Chabang International Country Club, where night time floodlit golf is also available to green fee paying guests.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
The Central Thailand region is where most of the nation’s golf action takes place, whether it’s in or around the capital or a little further south in either the Hua Hin district or in Pattaya, on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Of the sixty Thai courses that we now feature in either our regional or national lists, two thirds of them are found within this very golf-orientated part of the country.
For example, conveniently located less than a 1-hour drive from downtown Bangkok, you’ll comfortably be able to reach the very highly regarded layout of Thomson & Perrett’s Ayodhya Links, Ron Garl’s accomplished course at Alpine Golf Club or the Dennis Griffiths-designed track at Thai Country Club, though getting a game at the first two is problematic as they’re both very private facilities.
There are no access issues to worry about at either of Hua Hin’s top rated venues at Banyan Golf Club or Black Mountain. In Pattaya, all three of Siam Country Club’s layouts (Old, Plantation and Waterside) are all available for visitor play, as are the three Jack Nicklaus-designed nines at nearby Laem Chabang International Country Club, where night time floodlit golf is also available to green fee paying guests.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
The Central Thailand region is where most of the nation’s golf action takes place, whether it’s in or around the capital or a little further south in either the Hua Hin district or in Pattaya, on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Of the sixty Thai courses that we now feature in either our regional or national lists, two thirds of them are found within this very golf-orientated part of the country.
For example, conveniently located less than a 1-hour drive from downtown Bangkok, you’ll comfortably be able to reach the very highly regarded layout of Thomson & Perrett’s Ayodhya Links, Ron Garl’s accomplished course at Alpine Golf Club or the Dennis Griffiths-designed track at Thai Country Club, though getting a game at the first two is problematic as they’re both very private facilities.
There are no access issues to worry about at either of Hua Hin’s top rated venues at Banyan Golf Club or Black Mountain. In Pattaya, all three of Siam Country Club’s layouts (Old, Plantation and Waterside) are all available for visitor play, as are the three Jack Nicklaus-designed nines at nearby Laem Chabang International Country Club, where night time floodlit golf is also available to green fee paying guests.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
The Central Thailand region is where most of the nation’s golf action takes place, whether it’s in or around the capital or a little further south in either the Hua Hin district or in Pattaya, on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Of the sixty Thai courses that we now feature in either our regional or national lists, two thirds of them are found within this very golf-orientated part of the country.
For example, conveniently located less than a 1-hour drive from downtown Bangkok, you’ll comfortably be able to reach the very highly regarded layout of Thomson & Perrett’s Ayodhya Links, Ron Garl’s accomplished course at Alpine Golf Club or the Dennis Griffiths-designed track at Thai Country Club, though getting a game at the first two is problematic as they’re both very private facilities.
There are no access issues to worry about at either of Hua Hin’s top rated venues at Banyan Golf Club or Black Mountain. In Pattaya, all three of Siam Country Club’s layouts (Old, Plantation and Waterside) are all available for visitor play, as are the three Jack Nicklaus-designed nines at nearby Laem Chabang International Country Club, where night time floodlit golf is also available to green fee paying guests.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
The Central Thailand region is where most of the nation’s golf action takes place, whether it’s in or around the capital or a little further south in either the Hua Hin district or in Pattaya, on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Of the sixty Thai courses that we now feature in either our regional or national lists, two thirds of them are found within this very golf-orientated part of the country.
For example, conveniently located less than a 1-hour drive from downtown Bangkok, you’ll comfortably be able to reach the very highly regarded layout of Thomson & Perrett’s Ayodhya Links, Ron Garl’s accomplished course at Alpine Golf Club or the Dennis Griffiths-designed track at Thai Country Club, though getting a game at the first two is problematic as they’re both very private facilities.
There are no access issues to worry about at either of Hua Hin’s top rated venues at Banyan Golf Club or Black Mountain. In Pattaya, all three of Siam Country Club’s layouts (Old, Plantation and Waterside) are all available for visitor play, as are the three Jack Nicklaus-designed nines at nearby Laem Chabang International Country Club, where night time floodlit golf is also available to green fee paying guests.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
The Central Thailand region is where most of the nation’s golf action takes place, whether it’s in or around the capital or a little further south in either the Hua Hin district or in Pattaya, on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Of the sixty Thai courses that we now feature in either our regional or national lists, two thirds of them are found within this very golf-orientated part of the country.
For example, conveniently located less than a 1-hour drive from downtown Bangkok, you’ll comfortably be able to reach the very highly regarded layout of Thomson & Perrett’s Ayodhya Links, Ron Garl’s accomplished course at Alpine Golf Club or the Dennis Griffiths-designed track at Thai Country Club, though getting a game at the first two is problematic as they’re both very private facilities.
There are no access issues to worry about at either of Hua Hin’s top rated venues at Banyan Golf Club or Black Mountain. In Pattaya, all three of Siam Country Club’s layouts (Old, Plantation and Waterside) are all available for visitor play, as are the three Jack Nicklaus-designed nines at nearby Laem Chabang International Country Club, where night time floodlit golf is also available to green fee paying guests.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
The Central Thailand region is where most of the nation’s golf action takes place, whether it’s in or around the capital or a little further south in either the Hua Hin district or in Pattaya, on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Of the sixty Thai courses that we now feature in either our regional or national lists, two thirds of them are found within this very golf-orientated part of the country.
For example, conveniently located less than a 1-hour drive from downtown Bangkok, you’ll comfortably be able to reach the very highly regarded layout of Thomson & Perrett’s Ayodhya Links, Ron Garl’s accomplished course at Alpine Golf Club or the Dennis Griffiths-designed track at Thai Country Club, though getting a game at the first two is problematic as they’re both very private facilities.
There are no access issues to worry about at either of Hua Hin’s top rated venues at Banyan Golf Club or Black Mountain. In Pattaya, all three of Siam Country Club’s layouts (Old, Plantation and Waterside) are all available for visitor play, as are the three Jack Nicklaus-designed nines at nearby Laem Chabang International Country Club, where night time floodlit golf is also available to green fee paying guests.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
The Central Thailand region is where most of the nation’s golf action takes place, whether it’s in or around the capital or a little further south in either the Hua Hin district or in Pattaya, on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Of the sixty Thai courses that we now feature in either our regional or national lists, two thirds of them are found within this very golf-orientated part of the country.
For example, conveniently located less than a 1-hour drive from downtown Bangkok, you’ll comfortably be able to reach the very highly regarded layout of Thomson & Perrett’s Ayodhya Links, Ron Garl’s accomplished course at Alpine Golf Club or the Dennis Griffiths-designed track at Thai Country Club, though getting a game at the first two is problematic as they’re both very private facilities.
There are no access issues to worry about at either of Hua Hin’s top rated venues at Banyan Golf Club or Black Mountain. In Pattaya, all three of Siam Country Club’s layouts (Old, Plantation and Waterside) are all available for visitor play, as are the three Jack Nicklaus-designed nines at nearby Laem Chabang International Country Club, where night time floodlit golf is also available to green fee paying guests.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
The Central Thailand region is where most of the nation’s golf action takes place, whether it’s in or around the capital or a little further south in either the Hua Hin district or in Pattaya, on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Of the sixty Thai courses that we now feature in either our regional or national lists, two thirds of them are found within this very golf-orientated part of the country.
For example, conveniently located less than a 1-hour drive from downtown Bangkok, you’ll comfortably be able to reach the very highly regarded layout of Thomson & Perrett’s Ayodhya Links, Ron Garl’s accomplished course at Alpine Golf Club or the Dennis Griffiths-designed track at Thai Country Club, though getting a game at the first two is problematic as they’re both very private facilities.
There are no access issues to worry about at either of Hua Hin’s top rated venues at Banyan Golf Club or Black Mountain. In Pattaya, all three of Siam Country Club’s layouts (Old, Plantation and Waterside) are all available for visitor play, as are the three Jack Nicklaus-designed nines at nearby Laem Chabang International Country Club, where night time floodlit golf is also available to green fee paying guests.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
The Central Thailand region is where most of the nation’s golf action takes place, whether it’s in or around the capital or a little further south in either the Hua Hin district or in Pattaya, on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Of the sixty Thai courses that we now feature in either our regional or national lists, two thirds of them are found within this very golf-orientated part of the country.
For example, conveniently located less than a 1-hour drive from downtown Bangkok, you’ll comfortably be able to reach the very highly regarded layout of Thomson & Perrett’s Ayodhya Links, Ron Garl’s accomplished course at Alpine Golf Club or the Dennis Griffiths-designed track at Thai Country Club, though getting a game at the first two is problematic as they’re both very private facilities.
There are no access issues to worry about at either of Hua Hin’s top rated venues at Banyan Golf Club or Black Mountain. In Pattaya, all three of Siam Country Club’s layouts (Old, Plantation and Waterside) are all available for visitor play, as are the three Jack Nicklaus-designed nines at nearby Laem Chabang International Country Club, where night time floodlit golf is also available to green fee paying guests.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
More than half the nation’s seventy-six provinces are located in Northern Thailand, where this region shares a border with Myanmar to the northwest and with Laos to the northeast. It’s an expansive area that’s characterised by a landscape of densely forested mountains and a number of indigenous hill tribes still live here, each with its own language and culture.
Golf is quite thin on the ground in this region but the quality is very good so we now feature a Top 10 chart for Northern Thailand. Many of the top-rated tracks are clustered around the ancient cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, close to Myanmar, with the Robert Trent Jones Jnr course at Santiburi Country Club and the Schmidt-Curley design at Chiangmai Highlands acknowledged as the best two in this locality.
Further east, on the other side of the Phetchabun Mountains, lies the Isaan region and its premier layout is Singha Park Khon Kaen, set out on the site of the Singha Beer company’s old wastewater disposal plant. Three hundred kilometres southwest of here, only a 3-hour drive from the capital, Toscana Valley is the best of a small bunch of closely grouped golf facilities in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
More than half the nation’s seventy-six provinces are located in Northern Thailand, where this region shares a border with Myanmar to the northwest and with Laos to the northeast. It’s an expansive area that’s characterised by a landscape of densely forested mountains and a number of indigenous hill tribes still live here, each with its own language and culture.
Golf is quite thin on the ground in this region but the quality is very good so we now feature a Top 10 chart for Northern Thailand. Many of the top-rated tracks are clustered around the ancient cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, close to Myanmar, with the Robert Trent Jones Jnr course at Santiburi Country Club and the Schmidt-Curley design at Chiangmai Highlands acknowledged as the best two in this locality.
Further east, on the other side of the Phetchabun Mountains, lies the Isaan region and its premier layout is Singha Park Khon Kaen, set out on the site of the Singha Beer company’s old wastewater disposal plant. Three hundred kilometres southwest of here, only a 3-hour drive from the capital, Toscana Valley is the best of a small bunch of closely grouped golf facilities in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
More than half the nation’s seventy-six provinces are located in Northern Thailand, where this region shares a border with Myanmar to the northwest and with Laos to the northeast. It’s an expansive area that’s characterised by a landscape of densely forested mountains and a number of indigenous hill tribes still live here, each with its own language and culture.
Golf is quite thin on the ground in this region but the quality is very good so we now feature a Top 10 chart for Northern Thailand. Many of the top-rated tracks are clustered around the ancient cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, close to Myanmar, with the Robert Trent Jones Jnr course at Santiburi Country Club and the Schmidt-Curley design at Chiangmai Highlands acknowledged as the best two in this locality.
Further east, on the other side of the Phetchabun Mountains, lies the Isaan region and its premier layout is Singha Park Khon Kaen, set out on the site of the Singha Beer company’s old wastewater disposal plant. Three hundred kilometres southwest of here, only a 3-hour drive from the capital, Toscana Valley is the best of a small bunch of closely grouped golf facilities in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
Fourteen of Thailand’s 76 provinces are located in Southern Thailand, strung out in a narrow strip down the narrow Isthmus of Kra which connects the country with the Malay Peninsula. To the west lies the Andaman Sea, to the east the Gulf of Thailand, and there’s been talk for some time of building a canal to connect the two, providing an alternative shipping route to the Straits of Malacca.
The main golfing centre of excellence in this region is found off the west coast, on the island of Phuket in the Andaman Sea, which is one of Thailand’s most popular tourist destinations. Here, half a dozen international standard resort courses are dotted around the island, with the Blue Canyon Country Club near the international airport recognised as one of the nation’s best 36-hole golf facilities.
Off the opposite coast to the east, the island of Samui is home to a fabulous 18-hole layout at Santiburi Samui Country Club whilst, back on the mainland, the course at Southern Hills Country Golf & Country Club is a well-regarded Perry Dye design which is set out in a narrow river valley in the deep south of the country, close to the Malaysian border.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
Fourteen of Thailand’s 76 provinces are located in Southern Thailand, strung out in a narrow strip down the narrow Isthmus of Kra which connects the country with the Malay Peninsula. To the west lies the Andaman Sea, to the east the Gulf of Thailand, and there’s been talk for some time of building a canal to connect the two, providing an alternative shipping route to the Straits of Malacca.
The main golfing centre of excellence in this region is found off the west coast, on the island of Phuket in the Andaman Sea, which is one of Thailand’s most popular tourist destinations. Here, half a dozen international standard resort courses are dotted around the island, with the Blue Canyon Country Club near the international airport recognised as one of the nation’s best 36-hole golf facilities.
Off the opposite coast to the east, the island of Samui is home to a fabulous 18-hole layout at Santiburi Samui Country Club whilst, back on the mainland, the course at Southern Hills Country Golf & Country Club is a well-regarded Perry Dye design which is set out in a narrow river valley in the deep south of the country, close to the Malaysian border.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
Fourteen of Thailand’s 76 provinces are located in Southern Thailand, strung out in a narrow strip down the narrow Isthmus of Kra which connects the country with the Malay Peninsula. To the west lies the Andaman Sea, to the east the Gulf of Thailand, and there’s been talk for some time of building a canal to connect the two, providing an alternative shipping route to the Straits of Malacca.
The main golfing centre of excellence in this region is found off the west coast, on the island of Phuket in the Andaman Sea, which is one of Thailand’s most popular tourist destinations. Here, half a dozen international standard resort courses are dotted around the island, with the Blue Canyon Country Club near the international airport recognised as one of the nation’s best 36-hole golf facilities.
Off the opposite coast to the east, the island of Samui is home to a fabulous 18-hole layout at Santiburi Samui Country Club whilst, back on the mainland, the course at Southern Hills Country Golf & Country Club is a well-regarded Perry Dye design which is set out in a narrow river valley in the deep south of the country, close to the Malaysian border.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
Fourteen of Thailand’s 76 provinces are located in Southern Thailand, strung out in a narrow strip down the narrow Isthmus of Kra which connects the country with the Malay Peninsula. To the west lies the Andaman Sea, to the east the Gulf of Thailand, and there’s been talk for some time of building a canal to connect the two, providing an alternative shipping route to the Straits of Malacca.
The main golfing centre of excellence in this region is found off the west coast, on the island of Phuket in the Andaman Sea, which is one of Thailand’s most popular tourist destinations. Here, half a dozen international standard resort courses are dotted around the island, with the Blue Canyon Country Club near the international airport recognised as one of the nation’s best 36-hole golf facilities.
Off the opposite coast to the east, the island of Samui is home to a fabulous 18-hole layout at Santiburi Samui Country Club whilst, back on the mainland, the course at Southern Hills Country Golf & Country Club is a well-regarded Perry Dye design which is set out in a narrow river valley in the deep south of the country, close to the Malaysian border.
The exotic Kingdom of Thailand lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and for many visitors Thailand is closer to a life-changing experience than a vacation. Nothing prepares you for the cultural phenomenon of the capital city, Bangkok. There’s something for everyone in the steamy, cosmopolitan metropolis, from ancient temples, Thai massages, tuk-tuks, kickboxing, nightlife and eclectic markets that stimulate all the senses. You'll also find around 60 golf courses in close proximity to the capital.
The country is divided into four natural regions; the mountainous area of the Thai Highlands to the north, the Khorat Plateau to the northeast, the mainly flat Chao Phraya river valley in the middle of the country and the narrow Kra Isthmus to the south, which widens into the Malay Peninsula. Such is the geographical diversity of Thailand, it can be truly said that each and every course – from Santiburi in the north to Red Mountain in the south – is uniquely designed.
Thailand’s golfing heritage dates back to 1923 when King Vajiravudh The Great became interested in golf and agreed to the construction of Royal Hua Hin Golf Course. The Thailand Golf Association dates back to 1964 and it set about organising the Thailand Open for professional golfers the following year. It took twenty-seven editions of the flagship competition before a native golfer, Suthep Meesawat, claimed the national title in 1991. Extraordinarily, his winning performance was matched the following year by another Thai pro, Boonchu Ruangkit, who would go on to win the event again in 2004.
There are reckoned to be over two hundred and fifty golf courses in Thailand and it’s our intention to showcase the very best of these. We inaugurated a Thai Top 10 in 2009 and since then we’ve continued to add more courses, creating a Top 30 chart in 2012, a Top 40 listing in 2015 and now a Top 50 at the start of 2017. We’ve also split the country into three regions, maintaining separate ranking lists for each one, which allows us to feature a total of sixty Thai tracks.
Our Thailand Top 50 rankings were last updated in January 2017. Click the link to read the story.
With only 24 affiliated golf clubs, the Bedfordshire County Golf Union is one of the smallest counties in the English Golf Union but its foundation dates back to 1923. Bedfordshire, Dunstable Downs, South Beds and Mid Beds (now Bedford & County) were the four founding Bedfordshire clubs and each of these golf courses feature prominently in our Best in County rankings.
Bedfordshire Ladies’ County Golf Association has 19 clubs affiliated to the association and its main objectives are to a) uphold the rules of England Golf, b) further the interests of girls’ and ladies’ golf, c) give support and advice on the running of ladies’ sections, and d) organise county matches and competitions.
The Bedfordshire Golf Club is now 120 years old and it’s the oldest club in the county but its course is one of the county’s newest – opening for play in 2000. The renowned British golf writer, Henry Longhurst, was an active member of the Bedfordshire Golf Club in the 1930s.
According to Wikipedia, the traditional nickname for the people from Bedfordshire is “Clangers”. The name is not derived from the cult BBC children’s TV series of the same name, but a local dish comprising a suet crust dumpling filled with meat or jam or both. Sounds Yummy?
Our Bedfordshire golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",239,"2018-09-02 22:31:28","John O'Gaunt (John O'Gaunt)",4.6,"Sutton Park, Sandy, Bedfordshire,",,http://www.johnogauntgolfclub.co.uk,"2 miles N of Biggleswade","Contact in advance","Simon Davis",F.W.Hawtree,"Lee Scarbrow","John O’Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and fourth son of King Edward III, held the manor of nearby Sutton during the 14th century and the golf club was founded in his honour in 1948. Situated between Bedford and Cambridge, the club boasts a pair of beguiling" 150,32,"2018-09-01 04:47:56",Bedfordshire,"With only 24 affiliated golf clubs, the Bedfordshire County Golf Union is one of the smallest counties in the English Golf Union but its foundation dates back to 1923. Bedfordshire, Dunstable Downs, South Beds and Mid Beds (now Bedford & County) were the four founding Bedfordshire clubs and each of these golf courses feature prominently in our Best in County rankings.
Bedfordshire Ladies’ County Golf Association has 19 clubs affiliated to the association and its main objectives are to a) uphold the rules of England Golf, b) further the interests of girls’ and ladies’ golf, c) give support and advice on the running of ladies’ sections, and d) organise county matches and competitions.
The Bedfordshire Golf Club is now 120 years old and it’s the oldest club in the county but its course is one of the county’s newest – opening for play in 2000. The renowned British golf writer, Henry Longhurst, was an active member of the Bedfordshire Golf Club in the 1930s.
According to Wikipedia, the traditional nickname for the people from Bedfordshire is “Clangers”. The name is not derived from the cult BBC children’s TV series of the same name, but a local dish comprising a suet crust dumpling filled with meat or jam or both. Sounds Yummy?
Our Bedfordshire golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",240,"2018-09-02 22:31:37","Dunstable Downs",4,"Whipsnade Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire,",,http://www.dunstabledownsgolf.co.uk,"6 miles W of Luton",Welcome,"Stephen Bryan","James Braid","Darren Charlton","The course at Dunstable Downs sits at an elevation of nearly eight hundred feet above sea level and it occupies a spectacular setting in the Chiltern Hills with commanding vistas across several counties, from Surrey in the south to Northamptonshire in the" 151,32,"2018-09-01 04:47:56",Bedfordshire,"With only 24 affiliated golf clubs, the Bedfordshire County Golf Union is one of the smallest counties in the English Golf Union but its foundation dates back to 1923. Bedfordshire, Dunstable Downs, South Beds and Mid Beds (now Bedford & County) were the four founding Bedfordshire clubs and each of these golf courses feature prominently in our Best in County rankings.
Bedfordshire Ladies’ County Golf Association has 19 clubs affiliated to the association and its main objectives are to a) uphold the rules of England Golf, b) further the interests of girls’ and ladies’ golf, c) give support and advice on the running of ladies’ sections, and d) organise county matches and competitions.
The Bedfordshire Golf Club is now 120 years old and it’s the oldest club in the county but its course is one of the county’s newest – opening for play in 2000. The renowned British golf writer, Henry Longhurst, was an active member of the Bedfordshire Golf Club in the 1930s.
According to Wikipedia, the traditional nickname for the people from Bedfordshire is “Clangers”. The name is not derived from the cult BBC children’s TV series of the same name, but a local dish comprising a suet crust dumpling filled with meat or jam or both. Sounds Yummy?
Our Bedfordshire golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",241,"2018-09-02 22:31:49","Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands",4.5,"West Hill, Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes,",,http://www.aspleyguisegolfclub.co.uk,"7 miles SE of Milton Keynes town centre",Welcome,"Karen Evans","Sandy Herd, Robert Sandow","Colin Clingan","Sandy Herd, the 1902 Open Champion at Hoylake, designed the original 9-hole layout for Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands Golf Club and the holes were constructed by Charles Willmott, who remained as club professional for over forty years. When more land became " 152,32,"2018-09-01 04:47:56",Bedfordshire,"With only 24 affiliated golf clubs, the Bedfordshire County Golf Union is one of the smallest counties in the English Golf Union but its foundation dates back to 1923. Bedfordshire, Dunstable Downs, South Beds and Mid Beds (now Bedford & County) were the four founding Bedfordshire clubs and each of these golf courses feature prominently in our Best in County rankings.
Bedfordshire Ladies’ County Golf Association has 19 clubs affiliated to the association and its main objectives are to a) uphold the rules of England Golf, b) further the interests of girls’ and ladies’ golf, c) give support and advice on the running of ladies’ sections, and d) organise county matches and competitions.
The Bedfordshire Golf Club is now 120 years old and it’s the oldest club in the county but its course is one of the county’s newest – opening for play in 2000. The renowned British golf writer, Henry Longhurst, was an active member of the Bedfordshire Golf Club in the 1930s.
According to Wikipedia, the traditional nickname for the people from Bedfordshire is “Clangers”. The name is not derived from the cult BBC children’s TV series of the same name, but a local dish comprising a suet crust dumpling filled with meat or jam or both. Sounds Yummy?
Our Bedfordshire golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",242,"2018-09-02 22:31:58","Bedford & County",4.3,"Green Lane, Clapham, Bedford, Beds,",,http://www.bedfordandcountygolfclub.co.uk,"2 miles NW of Bedford","Welcome weekdays only","John Olds",Unknown,"Steve Vinnicombe", 153,32,"2018-09-01 04:47:56",Bedfordshire,"With only 24 affiliated golf clubs, the Bedfordshire County Golf Union is one of the smallest counties in the English Golf Union but its foundation dates back to 1923. Bedfordshire, Dunstable Downs, South Beds and Mid Beds (now Bedford & County) were the four founding Bedfordshire clubs and each of these golf courses feature prominently in our Best in County rankings.
Bedfordshire Ladies’ County Golf Association has 19 clubs affiliated to the association and its main objectives are to a) uphold the rules of England Golf, b) further the interests of girls’ and ladies’ golf, c) give support and advice on the running of ladies’ sections, and d) organise county matches and competitions.
The Bedfordshire Golf Club is now 120 years old and it’s the oldest club in the county but its course is one of the county’s newest – opening for play in 2000. The renowned British golf writer, Henry Longhurst, was an active member of the Bedfordshire Golf Club in the 1930s.
According to Wikipedia, the traditional nickname for the people from Bedfordshire is “Clangers”. The name is not derived from the cult BBC children’s TV series of the same name, but a local dish comprising a suet crust dumpling filled with meat or jam or both. Sounds Yummy?
Our Bedfordshire golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",243,"2018-09-02 22:32:03","Millbrook Golf Club",3.5,"Millbrook, Ampthill, Bedfordshire,",,http://www.themillbrook.com,"13 miles E of Milton Keynes town centre",Welcome,"Rob Brightman","Will Sutherland","Andrew Coleman","The sleepy little village of Millbrook lies in a lovely part of Bedfordshire, close to the historic market town of Ampthill, where it occupies a portion of an escarpment known as the Greensand Ridge. In this idyllic rural setting, it’s hard to imagine the" 154,33,"2018-09-01 04:48:11",Berkshire,"The Royal County of Berkshire is home to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and it’s the Queen’s favourite weekend home. From a golfing perspective – largely due to its heathland – Berkshire is also a favourite county for thousands of golfers.
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs have administered golf in Berkshire since 1924 and this is the only golf union in England comprising of three counties. Newbury & Crookham Golf Club is one of the oldest golf clubs in England and is Berkshire’s eldest, founded in 1873 – although the club’s current course opened fifty years after its formation.
In total, there are 44 golf clubs in the Royal County and the Berkshire Golf Club is one of only three clubs that can boast about having two heathland courses positioned in the Britain & Ireland Top 100. Many will wonder why Sunningdale is not featured in our Berkshire county rankings. The reason is that despite Sunningdale Golf Club having a Berkshire postal address, the club is affiliated to the Surrey County Golf Union.
The Berkshire County Ladies’ Golf Association was established in 1922, when Sonning, East Berks, Maidenhead and Temple formed what was then called the Berkshire Ladies' County Golf Club. The name change to the present title occurred eight years later, when “Club” was dropped for “Association”. Lady Mary Crichton was the first President of the fledgling association, becoming the first of twenty-three women to hold the position since its foundation.
Our Berkshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",245,"2018-09-02 22:32:22","Swinley Forest",5.3409090909091,"Coronation Road, Ascot, Berkshire,",,http://swinley.cvdev.co.uk,"2 miles S of Ascot","Contact in advance","George Ritchie","Harry Colt","Stuart Hill","Swinley Forest is a charming golf course set on the famous Surrey/Berkshire sand belt. A few decades ago it was a club frozen in time, exclusive, unusual and totally eccentric. One commentator went as far as to say: “The inescapable impression is that the" 155,33,"2018-09-01 04:48:11",Berkshire,"The Royal County of Berkshire is home to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and it’s the Queen’s favourite weekend home. From a golfing perspective – largely due to its heathland – Berkshire is also a favourite county for thousands of golfers.
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs have administered golf in Berkshire since 1924 and this is the only golf union in England comprising of three counties. Newbury & Crookham Golf Club is one of the oldest golf clubs in England and is Berkshire’s eldest, founded in 1873 – although the club’s current course opened fifty years after its formation.
In total, there are 44 golf clubs in the Royal County and the Berkshire Golf Club is one of only three clubs that can boast about having two heathland courses positioned in the Britain & Ireland Top 100. Many will wonder why Sunningdale is not featured in our Berkshire county rankings. The reason is that despite Sunningdale Golf Club having a Berkshire postal address, the club is affiliated to the Surrey County Golf Union.
The Berkshire County Ladies’ Golf Association was established in 1922, when Sonning, East Berks, Maidenhead and Temple formed what was then called the Berkshire Ladies' County Golf Club. The name change to the present title occurred eight years later, when “Club” was dropped for “Association”. Lady Mary Crichton was the first President of the fledgling association, becoming the first of twenty-three women to hold the position since its foundation.
Our Berkshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",246,"2018-09-02 22:32:27","Berkshire (Red)",5.2380952380952,"Swinley Road, Ascot, Berkshire,",,http://www.theberkshire.co.uk,"Between Bagshot and Ascot","By prior arrangement","Michael Newland","Herbert Fowler","Paul Anderson","Many people say that there is nothing better than a day’s golf amongst the forest, heather and springy turf of the Berkshire Golf Club. Both the Red and the Blue courses are charming. The Red course is considered to be the more senior of the two, but fran" 156,33,"2018-09-01 04:48:11",Berkshire,"The Royal County of Berkshire is home to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and it’s the Queen’s favourite weekend home. From a golfing perspective – largely due to its heathland – Berkshire is also a favourite county for thousands of golfers.
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs have administered golf in Berkshire since 1924 and this is the only golf union in England comprising of three counties. Newbury & Crookham Golf Club is one of the oldest golf clubs in England and is Berkshire’s eldest, founded in 1873 – although the club’s current course opened fifty years after its formation.
In total, there are 44 golf clubs in the Royal County and the Berkshire Golf Club is one of only three clubs that can boast about having two heathland courses positioned in the Britain & Ireland Top 100. Many will wonder why Sunningdale is not featured in our Berkshire county rankings. The reason is that despite Sunningdale Golf Club having a Berkshire postal address, the club is affiliated to the Surrey County Golf Union.
The Berkshire County Ladies’ Golf Association was established in 1922, when Sonning, East Berks, Maidenhead and Temple formed what was then called the Berkshire Ladies' County Golf Club. The name change to the present title occurred eight years later, when “Club” was dropped for “Association”. Lady Mary Crichton was the first President of the fledgling association, becoming the first of twenty-three women to hold the position since its foundation.
Our Berkshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",247,"2018-09-02 22:32:40","Berkshire (Blue)",5,"Swinley Road, Ascot, Berkshire,",,http://www.theberkshire.co.uk,"Between Bagshot and Ascot","By prior arrangement","Michael Newland","Herbert Fowler","Paul Anderson","Sunningdale, Wentworth and Walton Heath are the only clubs in the whole of the British Isles other than the Berkshire Golf Club that can boast about having two heathland golf courses positioned in the British Top 100. It’s an amazing surprise that so few " 157,33,"2018-09-01 04:48:11",Berkshire,"The Royal County of Berkshire is home to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and it’s the Queen’s favourite weekend home. From a golfing perspective – largely due to its heathland – Berkshire is also a favourite county for thousands of golfers.
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs have administered golf in Berkshire since 1924 and this is the only golf union in England comprising of three counties. Newbury & Crookham Golf Club is one of the oldest golf clubs in England and is Berkshire’s eldest, founded in 1873 – although the club’s current course opened fifty years after its formation.
In total, there are 44 golf clubs in the Royal County and the Berkshire Golf Club is one of only three clubs that can boast about having two heathland courses positioned in the Britain & Ireland Top 100. Many will wonder why Sunningdale is not featured in our Berkshire county rankings. The reason is that despite Sunningdale Golf Club having a Berkshire postal address, the club is affiliated to the Surrey County Golf Union.
The Berkshire County Ladies’ Golf Association was established in 1922, when Sonning, East Berks, Maidenhead and Temple formed what was then called the Berkshire Ladies' County Golf Club. The name change to the present title occurred eight years later, when “Club” was dropped for “Association”. Lady Mary Crichton was the first President of the fledgling association, becoming the first of twenty-three women to hold the position since its foundation.
Our Berkshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",248,"2018-09-02 22:32:48","Bearwood Lakes",5.2542372881356,"Bearwood Road, Sindlesham, Nr. Wokingham, Berkshire,",,http://www.bearwoodlakes.co.uk,"M3 J3, towards Reading","Members and their guests only","Carl Rutherford","Martin Hawtree","Jon Dry","The beautiful Jacobean-style mansion in the Bearwood Estate reminds us what it must have been like to be a wealthy 19th century English aristocrat. The fabulous Victorian house was built for the man behind The Times newspaper, John Walter. The course at B" 158,33,"2018-09-01 04:48:11",Berkshire,"The Royal County of Berkshire is home to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and it’s the Queen’s favourite weekend home. From a golfing perspective – largely due to its heathland – Berkshire is also a favourite county for thousands of golfers.
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs have administered golf in Berkshire since 1924 and this is the only golf union in England comprising of three counties. Newbury & Crookham Golf Club is one of the oldest golf clubs in England and is Berkshire’s eldest, founded in 1873 – although the club’s current course opened fifty years after its formation.
In total, there are 44 golf clubs in the Royal County and the Berkshire Golf Club is one of only three clubs that can boast about having two heathland courses positioned in the Britain & Ireland Top 100. Many will wonder why Sunningdale is not featured in our Berkshire county rankings. The reason is that despite Sunningdale Golf Club having a Berkshire postal address, the club is affiliated to the Surrey County Golf Union.
The Berkshire County Ladies’ Golf Association was established in 1922, when Sonning, East Berks, Maidenhead and Temple formed what was then called the Berkshire Ladies' County Golf Club. The name change to the present title occurred eight years later, when “Club” was dropped for “Association”. Lady Mary Crichton was the first President of the fledgling association, becoming the first of twenty-three women to hold the position since its foundation.
Our Berkshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",249,"2018-09-02 22:32:54","East Berkshire",4.85,"Ravenswood Avenue, Crowthorne, Berkshire,",,http://www.eastberkshiregolfclub.com,"4 miles from Wokingham","Welcome, contact in advance","Brad Chard","Peter Paxton","Jason Brant","East Berkshire Golf Club was founded in 1903 and Peter Paxton originally designed the course. Peter was born in Musselburgh, known locally as the “honest toune” on the east coast of Scotland. Paxton became famous as a club maker who supplied the Royal Fam" 159,33,"2018-09-01 04:48:11",Berkshire,"The Royal County of Berkshire is home to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and it’s the Queen’s favourite weekend home. From a golfing perspective – largely due to its heathland – Berkshire is also a favourite county for thousands of golfers.
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs have administered golf in Berkshire since 1924 and this is the only golf union in England comprising of three counties. Newbury & Crookham Golf Club is one of the oldest golf clubs in England and is Berkshire’s eldest, founded in 1873 – although the club’s current course opened fifty years after its formation.
In total, there are 44 golf clubs in the Royal County and the Berkshire Golf Club is one of only three clubs that can boast about having two heathland courses positioned in the Britain & Ireland Top 100. Many will wonder why Sunningdale is not featured in our Berkshire county rankings. The reason is that despite Sunningdale Golf Club having a Berkshire postal address, the club is affiliated to the Surrey County Golf Union.
The Berkshire County Ladies’ Golf Association was established in 1922, when Sonning, East Berks, Maidenhead and Temple formed what was then called the Berkshire Ladies' County Golf Club. The name change to the present title occurred eight years later, when “Club” was dropped for “Association”. Lady Mary Crichton was the first President of the fledgling association, becoming the first of twenty-three women to hold the position since its foundation.
Our Berkshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",250,"2018-09-02 22:32:58","Mill Ride",4.0833333333333,"Mill Ride, Ascot, Berkshire,",,http://www.mill-ride.com,"2 miles W of Ascot","Welcome, contact in advance","Robin Greenwood","Donald Steel","Terry Wild","A number of people have recently extolled the virtues of Mill Ride Golf & Country Club. After being too long away we lately went back. Although Mill Ride has a relatively short history, which dates back to 1990, we expect the golf club to have a very brig" 160,33,"2018-09-01 04:48:11",Berkshire,"The Royal County of Berkshire is home to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and it’s the Queen’s favourite weekend home. From a golfing perspective – largely due to its heathland – Berkshire is also a favourite county for thousands of golfers.
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs have administered golf in Berkshire since 1924 and this is the only golf union in England comprising of three counties. Newbury & Crookham Golf Club is one of the oldest golf clubs in England and is Berkshire’s eldest, founded in 1873 – although the club’s current course opened fifty years after its formation.
In total, there are 44 golf clubs in the Royal County and the Berkshire Golf Club is one of only three clubs that can boast about having two heathland courses positioned in the Britain & Ireland Top 100. Many will wonder why Sunningdale is not featured in our Berkshire county rankings. The reason is that despite Sunningdale Golf Club having a Berkshire postal address, the club is affiliated to the Surrey County Golf Union.
The Berkshire County Ladies’ Golf Association was established in 1922, when Sonning, East Berks, Maidenhead and Temple formed what was then called the Berkshire Ladies' County Golf Club. The name change to the present title occurred eight years later, when “Club” was dropped for “Association”. Lady Mary Crichton was the first President of the fledgling association, becoming the first of twenty-three women to hold the position since its foundation.
Our Berkshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",251,"2018-09-02 22:33:05","Newbury & Crookham",4.1666666666667,"Bury's Bank Road, Greenham, Thatcham, Berkshire,",,http://www.newburygolf.co.uk,"2 miles SE of Newbury town centre","Welcome, Monday to Friday","Gareth Williams","J.H.Turner, Howard Swan","Barry Newman","Newbury & Crookham Golf Club is one of the oldest in England and J.H.Turner, the professional at Frilford Heath between 1914 and 1952, laid out their present course at Greenham, fifty years after the club’s 1873 formation. During World War II, only seven " 161,34,"2018-09-01 04:48:21",Buckinghamshire,"The county of Buckinghamshire in south east England is one of the more affluent counties in England and its proximity to the capital is such that Eton College’s Dorney Lake, in the South Bucks district, was used as the rowing venue for London’s 2012 Summer Olympics.
The forty golf clubs in Buckinghamshire are affiliated to the Berks Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs and this body was founded in 1924, comprising 11 clubs from Berkshire, 12 from Buckinghamshire and 7 from Oxfordshire. Today, the total number of clubs in membership of the Union has more than quadrupled from the original 30 to 122.
The Bucks County Ladies’ Golf Association was founded in 1923, with Lady Astor becoming its first President. As was the case with many associations back then, the Presidential position was automatically renewed on an annual basis and so Lady Astor remained in post until handing over the reins to her successor in 1965. Today, the association looks after the interests of female golfers in 42 member clubs, organising a number of annual competitions throughout the county.
The three championship courses at Woburn are far and away the best in the county. The Marquess was the newest layout to open at this wonderful golf facility in 1999 and it’s also the highest rated, featuring regularly in our rankings of the Top 100 Golf Courses in Britain & Ireland. The Duke’s course debuted in 1974, five years before the Duchess appeared, and both courses complement the Marquess at Woburn’s very classy 54-hole complex.
Our Buckinghamshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",252,"2018-09-02 22:33:15","Woburn (Marquess)",4.9333333333333,"Little Brickhill, Milton Keynes, Bucks,",,http://www.woburngolf.co.uk,"M1 J13, S of Milton Keynes","Contact in advance – midweek only","Jason O'Malley","Ross McMurray, Clive Clark, Peter Alliss and Alex Hay","Luther Blacklock","Woburn Golf Club is in an enviable position. It's the only club in England that can claim to have had all three courses continually placed in the Top 100 since we became the first publication to rank England’s Top 100 Golf Courses back in 2006. The Marque" 162,34,"2018-09-01 04:48:21",Buckinghamshire,"The county of Buckinghamshire in south east England is one of the more affluent counties in England and its proximity to the capital is such that Eton College’s Dorney Lake, in the South Bucks district, was used as the rowing venue for London’s 2012 Summer Olympics.
The forty golf clubs in Buckinghamshire are affiliated to the Berks Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs and this body was founded in 1924, comprising 11 clubs from Berkshire, 12 from Buckinghamshire and 7 from Oxfordshire. Today, the total number of clubs in membership of the Union has more than quadrupled from the original 30 to 122.
The Bucks County Ladies’ Golf Association was founded in 1923, with Lady Astor becoming its first President. As was the case with many associations back then, the Presidential position was automatically renewed on an annual basis and so Lady Astor remained in post until handing over the reins to her successor in 1965. Today, the association looks after the interests of female golfers in 42 member clubs, organising a number of annual competitions throughout the county.
The three championship courses at Woburn are far and away the best in the county. The Marquess was the newest layout to open at this wonderful golf facility in 1999 and it’s also the highest rated, featuring regularly in our rankings of the Top 100 Golf Courses in Britain & Ireland. The Duke’s course debuted in 1974, five years before the Duchess appeared, and both courses complement the Marquess at Woburn’s very classy 54-hole complex.
Our Buckinghamshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",253,"2018-09-02 22:33:20","Woburn (Duke's)",4.95,"Little Brickhill, Milton Keynes, Bucks,","+44 (0) 1908 370756 ‹ Previous › Next Golf Club Website M1 J13, south of Milton Keynes Contact in advance – midweek only Jason O'Malley",http://www.woburngolf.co.uk,"M1 J13, south of Milton Keynes","Contact in advance – midweek only","Jason O'Malley","Charles Lawrie","Luther Blacklock","It was Lord Tavistock’s brilliant idea to bring golf to Woburn. He commissioned Charles Lawrie of Cotton & Pennink, to design the Duke’s course. After two years, and much tree-felling, the first course at Woburn Golf Club opened for play. It didn’t take l" 163,34,"2018-09-01 04:48:21",Buckinghamshire,"The county of Buckinghamshire in south east England is one of the more affluent counties in England and its proximity to the capital is such that Eton College’s Dorney Lake, in the South Bucks district, was used as the rowing venue for London’s 2012 Summer Olympics.
The forty golf clubs in Buckinghamshire are affiliated to the Berks Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs and this body was founded in 1924, comprising 11 clubs from Berkshire, 12 from Buckinghamshire and 7 from Oxfordshire. Today, the total number of clubs in membership of the Union has more than quadrupled from the original 30 to 122.
The Bucks County Ladies’ Golf Association was founded in 1923, with Lady Astor becoming its first President. As was the case with many associations back then, the Presidential position was automatically renewed on an annual basis and so Lady Astor remained in post until handing over the reins to her successor in 1965. Today, the association looks after the interests of female golfers in 42 member clubs, organising a number of annual competitions throughout the county.
The three championship courses at Woburn are far and away the best in the county. The Marquess was the newest layout to open at this wonderful golf facility in 1999 and it’s also the highest rated, featuring regularly in our rankings of the Top 100 Golf Courses in Britain & Ireland. The Duke’s course debuted in 1974, five years before the Duchess appeared, and both courses complement the Marquess at Woburn’s very classy 54-hole complex.
Our Buckinghamshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",254,"2018-09-02 22:33:24","Stoke Park (Colt & Alison)",4.4166666666667,"Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire,",,http://www.stokeparkclub.com,"M4 J6, towards Slough","Contact in advance","Stuart Collier","Harry Colt","Stuart Rank","The Stoke Park Club is located at Stoke Poges, a charming leafy town situated on the fringe of the Chiltern Hundreds. A Hundred is a traditional name for the division of an English county and the wooded Chiltern Hills (which separate Buckinghamshire from " 164,34,"2018-09-01 04:48:21",Buckinghamshire,"The county of Buckinghamshire in south east England is one of the more affluent counties in England and its proximity to the capital is such that Eton College’s Dorney Lake, in the South Bucks district, was used as the rowing venue for London’s 2012 Summer Olympics.
The forty golf clubs in Buckinghamshire are affiliated to the Berks Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs and this body was founded in 1924, comprising 11 clubs from Berkshire, 12 from Buckinghamshire and 7 from Oxfordshire. Today, the total number of clubs in membership of the Union has more than quadrupled from the original 30 to 122.
The Bucks County Ladies’ Golf Association was founded in 1923, with Lady Astor becoming its first President. As was the case with many associations back then, the Presidential position was automatically renewed on an annual basis and so Lady Astor remained in post until handing over the reins to her successor in 1965. Today, the association looks after the interests of female golfers in 42 member clubs, organising a number of annual competitions throughout the county.
The three championship courses at Woburn are far and away the best in the county. The Marquess was the newest layout to open at this wonderful golf facility in 1999 and it’s also the highest rated, featuring regularly in our rankings of the Top 100 Golf Courses in Britain & Ireland. The Duke’s course debuted in 1974, five years before the Duchess appeared, and both courses complement the Marquess at Woburn’s very classy 54-hole complex.
Our Buckinghamshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",255,"2018-09-02 22:33:31","Woburn (Duchess)",4.8947368421053,"Little Brickhill, Milton Keynes, Bucks,",,http://www.woburngolf.co.uk,"M1 J13, S of Milton Keynes","Contact in advance – midweek only","Jason O'Malley","Charles Lawrie","Luther Blacklock","The Duchess is the shortest and prettiest of the three courses at Woburn Golf Club. Major competitions, accolades and honours are usually heaped on the Duke's, and more recently, the Marquess courses. Nevertheless, the Duchess is delightful in its own rig" 165,34,"2018-09-01 04:48:21",Buckinghamshire,"The county of Buckinghamshire in south east England is one of the more affluent counties in England and its proximity to the capital is such that Eton College’s Dorney Lake, in the South Bucks district, was used as the rowing venue for London’s 2012 Summer Olympics.
The forty golf clubs in Buckinghamshire are affiliated to the Berks Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs and this body was founded in 1924, comprising 11 clubs from Berkshire, 12 from Buckinghamshire and 7 from Oxfordshire. Today, the total number of clubs in membership of the Union has more than quadrupled from the original 30 to 122.
The Bucks County Ladies’ Golf Association was founded in 1923, with Lady Astor becoming its first President. As was the case with many associations back then, the Presidential position was automatically renewed on an annual basis and so Lady Astor remained in post until handing over the reins to her successor in 1965. Today, the association looks after the interests of female golfers in 42 member clubs, organising a number of annual competitions throughout the county.
The three championship courses at Woburn are far and away the best in the county. The Marquess was the newest layout to open at this wonderful golf facility in 1999 and it’s also the highest rated, featuring regularly in our rankings of the Top 100 Golf Courses in Britain & Ireland. The Duke’s course debuted in 1974, five years before the Duchess appeared, and both courses complement the Marquess at Woburn’s very classy 54-hole complex.
Our Buckinghamshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",256,"2018-09-02 22:33:42",Buckinghamshire,4.1666666666667,"Denham Court Drive, Denham, Buckinghamshire,",,http://www.buckinghamshiregc.com,"M25 J16, then M40 J1","Contact in advance","Dubravka Griffiths","John Jacobs","Dusan Gavrilovic","The Buckinghamshire Golf Club is situated close to the charming and historic town of Denham and it's a big golf course, designed by a big golfer – former Ryder Cup Captain, John Jacobs. The Buckinghamshire stretches out more than 6,800 yards against a par" 166,34,"2018-09-01 04:48:21",Buckinghamshire,"The county of Buckinghamshire in south east England is one of the more affluent counties in England and its proximity to the capital is such that Eton College’s Dorney Lake, in the South Bucks district, was used as the rowing venue for London’s 2012 Summer Olympics.
The forty golf clubs in Buckinghamshire are affiliated to the Berks Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs and this body was founded in 1924, comprising 11 clubs from Berkshire, 12 from Buckinghamshire and 7 from Oxfordshire. Today, the total number of clubs in membership of the Union has more than quadrupled from the original 30 to 122.
The Bucks County Ladies’ Golf Association was founded in 1923, with Lady Astor becoming its first President. As was the case with many associations back then, the Presidential position was automatically renewed on an annual basis and so Lady Astor remained in post until handing over the reins to her successor in 1965. Today, the association looks after the interests of female golfers in 42 member clubs, organising a number of annual competitions throughout the county.
The three championship courses at Woburn are far and away the best in the county. The Marquess was the newest layout to open at this wonderful golf facility in 1999 and it’s also the highest rated, featuring regularly in our rankings of the Top 100 Golf Courses in Britain & Ireland. The Duke’s course debuted in 1974, five years before the Duchess appeared, and both courses complement the Marquess at Woburn’s very classy 54-hole complex.
Our Buckinghamshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",257,"2018-09-02 22:33:47",Beaconsfield,4.6,"Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire,",,http://www.beaconsfieldgolfclub.co.uk,"1 mile E of Beaconsfield","Welcome midweek","Chris Gotla","Harry Colt","Chris Dodds","Harry Colt, perhaps the best golf architect of all time, designed the course at Beaconsfield Golf Club and the clubhouse is architecturally special too." 167,34,"2018-09-01 04:48:21",Buckinghamshire,"The county of Buckinghamshire in south east England is one of the more affluent counties in England and its proximity to the capital is such that Eton College’s Dorney Lake, in the South Bucks district, was used as the rowing venue for London’s 2012 Summer Olympics.
The forty golf clubs in Buckinghamshire are affiliated to the Berks Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs and this body was founded in 1924, comprising 11 clubs from Berkshire, 12 from Buckinghamshire and 7 from Oxfordshire. Today, the total number of clubs in membership of the Union has more than quadrupled from the original 30 to 122.
The Bucks County Ladies’ Golf Association was founded in 1923, with Lady Astor becoming its first President. As was the case with many associations back then, the Presidential position was automatically renewed on an annual basis and so Lady Astor remained in post until handing over the reins to her successor in 1965. Today, the association looks after the interests of female golfers in 42 member clubs, organising a number of annual competitions throughout the county.
The three championship courses at Woburn are far and away the best in the county. The Marquess was the newest layout to open at this wonderful golf facility in 1999 and it’s also the highest rated, featuring regularly in our rankings of the Top 100 Golf Courses in Britain & Ireland. The Duke’s course debuted in 1974, five years before the Duchess appeared, and both courses complement the Marquess at Woburn’s very classy 54-hole complex.
Our Buckinghamshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",258,"2018-09-02 22:33:59","Burnham Beeches",5.25,"Green Lane, Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire,",,http://www.bbgc.co.uk,"2 miles NW of Slough","Welcome Monday – Friday only excluding bank Hols","Patrick Dawson","J H Taylor","Ronnie Bolton","Burnham Beeches is located in the Thames Valley to the south of the county of Buckinghamshire, some 25 miles to the west of London. The area, extending to 540 acres, is now a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest and also a National Nature Reserv" 168,34,"2018-09-01 04:48:21",Buckinghamshire,"The county of Buckinghamshire in south east England is one of the more affluent counties in England and its proximity to the capital is such that Eton College’s Dorney Lake, in the South Bucks district, was used as the rowing venue for London’s 2012 Summer Olympics.
The forty golf clubs in Buckinghamshire are affiliated to the Berks Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs and this body was founded in 1924, comprising 11 clubs from Berkshire, 12 from Buckinghamshire and 7 from Oxfordshire. Today, the total number of clubs in membership of the Union has more than quadrupled from the original 30 to 122.
The Bucks County Ladies’ Golf Association was founded in 1923, with Lady Astor becoming its first President. As was the case with many associations back then, the Presidential position was automatically renewed on an annual basis and so Lady Astor remained in post until handing over the reins to her successor in 1965. Today, the association looks after the interests of female golfers in 42 member clubs, organising a number of annual competitions throughout the county.
The three championship courses at Woburn are far and away the best in the county. The Marquess was the newest layout to open at this wonderful golf facility in 1999 and it’s also the highest rated, featuring regularly in our rankings of the Top 100 Golf Courses in Britain & Ireland. The Duke’s course debuted in 1974, five years before the Duchess appeared, and both courses complement the Marquess at Woburn’s very classy 54-hole complex.
Our Buckinghamshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",259,"2018-09-02 22:34:06",Denham,4,"Tilehouse Lane, Denham, Buckinghamshire,",,http://www.denhamgolfclub.co.uk,"25 miles NW of London city centre","Welcome Mon-Thu, handicap certificate required","David Cromie","Harry Colt","Stuart Campbell","Established in 1910, Denham Golf Club enlisted the services of Harry Colt to lay out a course for members and these 18 holes opened for play the following year. Unusually, the clubhouse was fashioned from a 16th century tithe barn and farmhouse and this r" 169,34,"2018-09-01 04:48:21",Buckinghamshire,"The county of Buckinghamshire in south east England is one of the more affluent counties in England and its proximity to the capital is such that Eton College’s Dorney Lake, in the South Bucks district, was used as the rowing venue for London’s 2012 Summer Olympics.
The forty golf clubs in Buckinghamshire are affiliated to the Berks Bucks & Oxon Union of Golf Clubs and this body was founded in 1924, comprising 11 clubs from Berkshire, 12 from Buckinghamshire and 7 from Oxfordshire. Today, the total number of clubs in membership of the Union has more than quadrupled from the original 30 to 122.
The Bucks County Ladies’ Golf Association was founded in 1923, with Lady Astor becoming its first President. As was the case with many associations back then, the Presidential position was automatically renewed on an annual basis and so Lady Astor remained in post until handing over the reins to her successor in 1965. Today, the association looks after the interests of female golfers in 42 member clubs, organising a number of annual competitions throughout the county.
The three championship courses at Woburn are far and away the best in the county. The Marquess was the newest layout to open at this wonderful golf facility in 1999 and it’s also the highest rated, featuring regularly in our rankings of the Top 100 Golf Courses in Britain & Ireland. The Duke’s course debuted in 1974, five years before the Duchess appeared, and both courses complement the Marquess at Woburn’s very classy 54-hole complex.
Our Buckinghamshire Best in County rankings were updated in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",260,"2018-09-02 22:34:10",Harleyford,4,"Harleyford Estate, Henley Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire,",,http://www.harleyfordgolf.co.uk,"2 miles SW of Marlow",Welcome,"Jack Slade","Tom Mackenzie when with Donald Steel","Jon Jones","Set within the beautiful private Harleyford country estate, which dates back to the 12th century, Harleyford Golf Club enjoys a magnificent setting on the north bank of the River Thames, where the fairways nestle in a generous 160-acre tract, close to the" 170,35,"2018-09-01 04:48:38",Cambridgeshire,"Noted as one of the lowest lying areas in England (Holme Fen lies 9 feet below sea level), Cambridgeshire is divided into six administrative districts, with the university town of Cambridge as its administrative centre.
The Cambridgeshire Area Golf Union is the governing body for the approximately 10,000 male golfers in the county who are members of 29 affiliated clubs. The Union is one of ten that form the Midland Golf Union – a body established in 1897 – and CAGU was the last to join in 1950.
The Cambs and Hunts Ladies County Golf Association looks after the interests of female golfers who are in membership of one the 20 clubs affiliated to the association. It has four stated main aims: to run county teams, to organize a county championship, to organize competitions between clubs and to carry out tasks such as handicapping on behalf of England Golf and the LGU.
The region doesn’t exactly bristle with world-class golf courses but the 36-hole complex at Gog Magog, the delightful parkland course at Saffron Walden and the unique Links Newmarket, stand head and shoulders above the crowd. Gog Magog's Old and Wandlebury courses are both challenging and the Old is a genuine centurion that has hosted the Lagonda Trophy since 1975 with Lee Westwood and Luke Donald among the previous winners.
Our Cambridgeshire golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",262,"2018-09-02 22:34:22","Gog Magog (Old)",4,"Shelford Bottom, Cambridge,",,http://www.gogmagog.co.uk,"4 miles S of Cambridge","Welcome, contact in advance","James Fuller",W.Duncan,"Simon Harrison","Gog Magog isn't the biblical final opponent of Israel, nor is it located in the heart of Wales, it's Cambridgeshire's favourite golf club, which is sited a couple of miles to the south of Cambridge, on the legendary Gog Magog Hills. It’s unclear when golf" 171,35,"2018-09-01 04:48:38",Cambridgeshire,"Noted as one of the lowest lying areas in England (Holme Fen lies 9 feet below sea level), Cambridgeshire is divided into six administrative districts, with the university town of Cambridge as its administrative centre.
The Cambridgeshire Area Golf Union is the governing body for the approximately 10,000 male golfers in the county who are members of 29 affiliated clubs. The Union is one of ten that form the Midland Golf Union – a body established in 1897 – and CAGU was the last to join in 1950.
The Cambs and Hunts Ladies County Golf Association looks after the interests of female golfers who are in membership of one the 20 clubs affiliated to the association. It has four stated main aims: to run county teams, to organize a county championship, to organize competitions between clubs and to carry out tasks such as handicapping on behalf of England Golf and the LGU.
The region doesn’t exactly bristle with world-class golf courses but the 36-hole complex at Gog Magog, the delightful parkland course at Saffron Walden and the unique Links Newmarket, stand head and shoulders above the crowd. Gog Magog's Old and Wandlebury courses are both challenging and the Old is a genuine centurion that has hosted the Lagonda Trophy since 1975 with Lee Westwood and Luke Donald among the previous winners.
Our Cambridgeshire golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",263,"2018-09-02 22:34:25","Saffron Walden",5.3333333333333,"Windmill Hill, Saffron Walden,",,http://www.swgc.com,"15 miles S of Cambridge","Welcome, contact in advance","Jonathan Dove","Harry Vardon and Reg Cox","Rob McNicholas","Saffron Walden Golf Club was established in September 1919 and its Windmill Hill address conjures up an evocative image. The club is physically located in north Essex, within a short walk of the market town that changed its name in the 17th century from C" 172,35,"2018-09-01 04:48:38",Cambridgeshire,"Noted as one of the lowest lying areas in England (Holme Fen lies 9 feet below sea level), Cambridgeshire is divided into six administrative districts, with the university town of Cambridge as its administrative centre.
The Cambridgeshire Area Golf Union is the governing body for the approximately 10,000 male golfers in the county who are members of 29 affiliated clubs. The Union is one of ten that form the Midland Golf Union – a body established in 1897 – and CAGU was the last to join in 1950.
The Cambs and Hunts Ladies County Golf Association looks after the interests of female golfers who are in membership of one the 20 clubs affiliated to the association. It has four stated main aims: to run county teams, to organize a county championship, to organize competitions between clubs and to carry out tasks such as handicapping on behalf of England Golf and the LGU.
The region doesn’t exactly bristle with world-class golf courses but the 36-hole complex at Gog Magog, the delightful parkland course at Saffron Walden and the unique Links Newmarket, stand head and shoulders above the crowd. Gog Magog's Old and Wandlebury courses are both challenging and the Old is a genuine centurion that has hosted the Lagonda Trophy since 1975 with Lee Westwood and Luke Donald among the previous winners.
Our Cambridgeshire golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",264,"2018-09-02 22:34:34","Gog Magog (Wandlebury)",,"Shelford Bottom, Cambridge,",,http://www.gogmagog.co.uk,"4 miles S of Cambridge","Welcome, contact in advance","James Fuller","Hawtree Limited","Simon Harrison","Founded in 1901, Gog Magog is Cambridge’s premier golf club. In 1969, the club commissioned Messrs Hawtree & Son to construct a new 9-hole course to complement their existing 18-hole Old course. Two years later, to mark the opening of the new nine, a “hig" 173,35,"2018-09-01 04:48:38",Cambridgeshire,"Noted as one of the lowest lying areas in England (Holme Fen lies 9 feet below sea level), Cambridgeshire is divided into six administrative districts, with the university town of Cambridge as its administrative centre.
The Cambridgeshire Area Golf Union is the governing body for the approximately 10,000 male golfers in the county who are members of 29 affiliated clubs. The Union is one of ten that form the Midland Golf Union – a body established in 1897 – and CAGU was the last to join in 1950.
The Cambs and Hunts Ladies County Golf Association looks after the interests of female golfers who are in membership of one the 20 clubs affiliated to the association. It has four stated main aims: to run county teams, to organize a county championship, to organize competitions between clubs and to carry out tasks such as handicapping on behalf of England Golf and the LGU.
The region doesn’t exactly bristle with world-class golf courses but the 36-hole complex at Gog Magog, the delightful parkland course at Saffron Walden and the unique Links Newmarket, stand head and shoulders above the crowd. Gog Magog's Old and Wandlebury courses are both challenging and the Old is a genuine centurion that has hosted the Lagonda Trophy since 1975 with Lee Westwood and Luke Donald among the previous winners.
Our Cambridgeshire golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",265,"2018-09-02 22:34:43","Ely City",4,"107 Cambridge Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire,",,http://www.elygolf.co.uk,"15 miles N of Cambridge",Welcome,"Matthew Bowman","Henry Cotton","Andrew George","The origins of Ely City Golf Club go back to the late 1950s when a group of local businessmen bought a 36-acre parcel of land (formerly the site of an old prisoner of war camp at Barton Field) located just off the Cambridge Road on the southern outskirts " 174,36,"2018-09-01 04:48:50",Cheshire,"Covering an area of just under a thousand square miles, and with a population of around one million people, Cheshire is a largely rural county that sits between the hills of North Wales and the Peak District of Derbyshire. Due to the proximity of Liverpool and Manchester, a sizeable number of Cheshire residents commute to these big cities from affluent areas in the county.
Over 100 golf clubs are members of the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs, which itself is affiliated to the Northern Counties Group, a body comprising the six most northerly golf unions in England, along with the Isle of Man. The Cheshire Union does a fine job organizing annual competitions for boys, men and senior men within the county and its representative men’s team has won the Northern Counties league on four occasions since 1990.
The Cheshire County Ladies’ Golf Association came into being in 1949, some twenty-nine years after male golfers in the county formed their golf union. Today, the association organises a number of competitions throughout the season for members of its 99 affiliated clubs. It also selects representative teams for inter county matches as well as running a busy Junior section which is geared to developing young female talent in the county.
There are many fine inland courses to be found in Cheshire – including Delamere Forest and Sandiway – but the Royal Liverpool links at Hoylake on The Wirral is far and away the top track in the county. One of only nine courses currently on the Open rota, it first hosted the famed championship back in 1897. Following a 39-year absence, the event returned to Hoylake for the 11th time in 2006 and it was held over the links again in 2014.
Our Cheshire Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",269,"2018-09-02 22:36:22","Royal Liverpool",4.8421052631579,"Meols Drive, Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside,",,http://www.royal-liverpool-golf.com,"10 miles SW of Liverpool on Wirral Peninsula","Not Thu am or weekends - contact in advance","Simon Newland","George Morris, Harry Colt, Donald Steel, Martin Hawtree","John Heggarty","Royal Liverpool was the second English course to host the Open Championship and is the fifth most used Open venue after St Andrews, Prestwick, Muirfield and Royal St George’s. Date Winner Country 1897 Harold Hilton England 1902 Sandy Herd Scotland 1907 Ar" 175,36,"2018-09-01 04:48:50",Cheshire,"Covering an area of just under a thousand square miles, and with a population of around one million people, Cheshire is a largely rural county that sits between the hills of North Wales and the Peak District of Derbyshire. Due to the proximity of Liverpool and Manchester, a sizeable number of Cheshire residents commute to these big cities from affluent areas in the county.
Over 100 golf clubs are members of the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs, which itself is affiliated to the Northern Counties Group, a body comprising the six most northerly golf unions in England, along with the Isle of Man. The Cheshire Union does a fine job organizing annual competitions for boys, men and senior men within the county and its representative men’s team has won the Northern Counties league on four occasions since 1990.
The Cheshire County Ladies’ Golf Association came into being in 1949, some twenty-nine years after male golfers in the county formed their golf union. Today, the association organises a number of competitions throughout the season for members of its 99 affiliated clubs. It also selects representative teams for inter county matches as well as running a busy Junior section which is geared to developing young female talent in the county.
There are many fine inland courses to be found in Cheshire – including Delamere Forest and Sandiway – but the Royal Liverpool links at Hoylake on The Wirral is far and away the top track in the county. One of only nine courses currently on the Open rota, it first hosted the famed championship back in 1897. Following a 39-year absence, the event returned to Hoylake for the 11th time in 2006 and it was held over the links again in 2014.
Our Cheshire Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",270,"2018-09-02 22:36:25","Delamere Forest",5.5625,"Station Road, Delamere, Cheshire,",,http://www.delameregolf.co.uk,"M6 J19, towards Chester","Contact in advance","Michael Towers","Herbert Fowler","Martin Brown","The Delamere Forest Golf Club originated in 1910 when eleven local business men got together informally and agreed on forming a golf club in the ancient hunting grounds known as Delamere Forest. The land was underwater during prehistoric times, making for" 176,36,"2018-09-01 04:48:50",Cheshire,"Covering an area of just under a thousand square miles, and with a population of around one million people, Cheshire is a largely rural county that sits between the hills of North Wales and the Peak District of Derbyshire. Due to the proximity of Liverpool and Manchester, a sizeable number of Cheshire residents commute to these big cities from affluent areas in the county.
Over 100 golf clubs are members of the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs, which itself is affiliated to the Northern Counties Group, a body comprising the six most northerly golf unions in England, along with the Isle of Man. The Cheshire Union does a fine job organizing annual competitions for boys, men and senior men within the county and its representative men’s team has won the Northern Counties league on four occasions since 1990.
The Cheshire County Ladies’ Golf Association came into being in 1949, some twenty-nine years after male golfers in the county formed their golf union. Today, the association organises a number of competitions throughout the season for members of its 99 affiliated clubs. It also selects representative teams for inter county matches as well as running a busy Junior section which is geared to developing young female talent in the county.
There are many fine inland courses to be found in Cheshire – including Delamere Forest and Sandiway – but the Royal Liverpool links at Hoylake on The Wirral is far and away the top track in the county. One of only nine courses currently on the Open rota, it first hosted the famed championship back in 1897. Following a 39-year absence, the event returned to Hoylake for the 11th time in 2006 and it was held over the links again in 2014.
Our Cheshire Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",271,"2018-09-02 22:36:38",Wallasey,5.1739130434783,"Bayswater Road, Wallasey, Merseyside,",,http://www.wallaseygolfclub.com,"Leave M53 at J1 and follow signs to New Brighton","Welcome, contact in advance","John K Mort","Old Tom Morris","Mike Adams","""Wallasey,"" wrote Bernard Darwin in The Golf Courses of the British Isles, ""is another course of mighty hills: indeed I do not think I have ever seen a course on which the contour of the hills and valleys was so infinitely picturesque."" It's certainly tru" 177,36,"2018-09-01 04:48:50",Cheshire,"Covering an area of just under a thousand square miles, and with a population of around one million people, Cheshire is a largely rural county that sits between the hills of North Wales and the Peak District of Derbyshire. Due to the proximity of Liverpool and Manchester, a sizeable number of Cheshire residents commute to these big cities from affluent areas in the county.
Over 100 golf clubs are members of the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs, which itself is affiliated to the Northern Counties Group, a body comprising the six most northerly golf unions in England, along with the Isle of Man. The Cheshire Union does a fine job organizing annual competitions for boys, men and senior men within the county and its representative men’s team has won the Northern Counties league on four occasions since 1990.
The Cheshire County Ladies’ Golf Association came into being in 1949, some twenty-nine years after male golfers in the county formed their golf union. Today, the association organises a number of competitions throughout the season for members of its 99 affiliated clubs. It also selects representative teams for inter county matches as well as running a busy Junior section which is geared to developing young female talent in the county.
There are many fine inland courses to be found in Cheshire – including Delamere Forest and Sandiway – but the Royal Liverpool links at Hoylake on The Wirral is far and away the top track in the county. One of only nine courses currently on the Open rota, it first hosted the famed championship back in 1897. Following a 39-year absence, the event returned to Hoylake for the 11th time in 2006 and it was held over the links again in 2014.
Our Cheshire Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",272,"2018-09-02 22:36:46",Sandiway,5.1739130434783,"Chester Road, Sandiway, Northwich,",,http://www.sandiwaygolf.co.uk,"15 miles W of Chester","Welcome, contact in advance","Peter Lowery","Ted Ray and Harry Colt","Gareth Jones","Cheshire could easily be known as the “Surrey of the North” because there are a number of high-class heathland courses in the county. Sandiway Golf Club dates back to 1920, when Ted Ray, the 1912 Open Champion, was given the task of designing a course tha" 178,36,"2018-09-01 04:48:50",Cheshire,"Covering an area of just under a thousand square miles, and with a population of around one million people, Cheshire is a largely rural county that sits between the hills of North Wales and the Peak District of Derbyshire. Due to the proximity of Liverpool and Manchester, a sizeable number of Cheshire residents commute to these big cities from affluent areas in the county.
Over 100 golf clubs are members of the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs, which itself is affiliated to the Northern Counties Group, a body comprising the six most northerly golf unions in England, along with the Isle of Man. The Cheshire Union does a fine job organizing annual competitions for boys, men and senior men within the county and its representative men’s team has won the Northern Counties league on four occasions since 1990.
The Cheshire County Ladies’ Golf Association came into being in 1949, some twenty-nine years after male golfers in the county formed their golf union. Today, the association organises a number of competitions throughout the season for members of its 99 affiliated clubs. It also selects representative teams for inter county matches as well as running a busy Junior section which is geared to developing young female talent in the county.
There are many fine inland courses to be found in Cheshire – including Delamere Forest and Sandiway – but the Royal Liverpool links at Hoylake on The Wirral is far and away the top track in the county. One of only nine courses currently on the Open rota, it first hosted the famed championship back in 1897. Following a 39-year absence, the event returned to Hoylake for the 11th time in 2006 and it was held over the links again in 2014.
Our Cheshire Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",273,"2018-09-02 22:36:51",Prestbury,4.75,"Prestbury, Nr. Macclesfield, Cheshire,",,http://www.prestburygolfclub.com,"4 miles NW of Macclesfield, off the A538","Welcome, contact in advance","David Holmes","Harry Colt","Nick Summerfield","Harry Colt was involved in the design of a select number of golf courses all over the British Isles – including two Royal Open venues in the northwest at Liverpool and Lytham St Annes – and Prestbury Golf Club is proud to be one of those to bear his archi" 179,36,"2018-09-01 04:48:50",Cheshire,"Covering an area of just under a thousand square miles, and with a population of around one million people, Cheshire is a largely rural county that sits between the hills of North Wales and the Peak District of Derbyshire. Due to the proximity of Liverpool and Manchester, a sizeable number of Cheshire residents commute to these big cities from affluent areas in the county.
Over 100 golf clubs are members of the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs, which itself is affiliated to the Northern Counties Group, a body comprising the six most northerly golf unions in England, along with the Isle of Man. The Cheshire Union does a fine job organizing annual competitions for boys, men and senior men within the county and its representative men’s team has won the Northern Counties league on four occasions since 1990.
The Cheshire County Ladies’ Golf Association came into being in 1949, some twenty-nine years after male golfers in the county formed their golf union. Today, the association organises a number of competitions throughout the season for members of its 99 affiliated clubs. It also selects representative teams for inter county matches as well as running a busy Junior section which is geared to developing young female talent in the county.
There are many fine inland courses to be found in Cheshire – including Delamere Forest and Sandiway – but the Royal Liverpool links at Hoylake on The Wirral is far and away the top track in the county. One of only nine courses currently on the Open rota, it first hosted the famed championship back in 1897. Following a 39-year absence, the event returned to Hoylake for the 11th time in 2006 and it was held over the links again in 2014.
Our Cheshire Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",274,"2018-09-02 22:36:55",Stockport,4,"Offerton Road, Offerton, Stockport,",,http://www.stockportgolf.co.uk,"3 miles SE of Stockport","Welcome – contact in advance","Mr J.O.Bolt","Sandy Herd","Gary Norcott","Stockport Golf Club was founded in 1905 and was designed by former Open Champion, Sandy Herd, the 6,400-yard par course represents a fine golfing test and has been regularly used as an Open Championship Regional Qualifying course." 180,36,"2018-09-01 04:48:50",Cheshire,"Covering an area of just under a thousand square miles, and with a population of around one million people, Cheshire is a largely rural county that sits between the hills of North Wales and the Peak District of Derbyshire. Due to the proximity of Liverpool and Manchester, a sizeable number of Cheshire residents commute to these big cities from affluent areas in the county.
Over 100 golf clubs are members of the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs, which itself is affiliated to the Northern Counties Group, a body comprising the six most northerly golf unions in England, along with the Isle of Man. The Cheshire Union does a fine job organizing annual competitions for boys, men and senior men within the county and its representative men’s team has won the Northern Counties league on four occasions since 1990.
The Cheshire County Ladies’ Golf Association came into being in 1949, some twenty-nine years after male golfers in the county formed their golf union. Today, the association organises a number of competitions throughout the season for members of its 99 affiliated clubs. It also selects representative teams for inter county matches as well as running a busy Junior section which is geared to developing young female talent in the county.
There are many fine inland courses to be found in Cheshire – including Delamere Forest and Sandiway – but the Royal Liverpool links at Hoylake on The Wirral is far and away the top track in the county. One of only nine courses currently on the Open rota, it first hosted the famed championship back in 1897. Following a 39-year absence, the event returned to Hoylake for the 11th time in 2006 and it was held over the links again in 2014.
Our Cheshire Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",275,"2018-09-02 22:37:13",Wilmslow,4,"Great Warford, Mobberley, Knutsford, Cheshire,",,http://www.wilmslowgolfclub.co.uk,"12 miles SE of Manchester city centre",Welcome,"Gerard Heaslip",Various,"Matthew Gillingham","The founding members of Wilmslow Golf Club played for fifteen years on a course designed by George Lowe, the first Royal Lytham & St Annes professional, before moving a couple of miles to what was then called Pownall Brow Farm in 1903. It’s not known who " 181,36,"2018-09-01 04:48:50",Cheshire,"Covering an area of just under a thousand square miles, and with a population of around one million people, Cheshire is a largely rural county that sits between the hills of North Wales and the Peak District of Derbyshire. Due to the proximity of Liverpool and Manchester, a sizeable number of Cheshire residents commute to these big cities from affluent areas in the county.
Over 100 golf clubs are members of the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs, which itself is affiliated to the Northern Counties Group, a body comprising the six most northerly golf unions in England, along with the Isle of Man. The Cheshire Union does a fine job organizing annual competitions for boys, men and senior men within the county and its representative men’s team has won the Northern Counties league on four occasions since 1990.
The Cheshire County Ladies’ Golf Association came into being in 1949, some twenty-nine years after male golfers in the county formed their golf union. Today, the association organises a number of competitions throughout the season for members of its 99 affiliated clubs. It also selects representative teams for inter county matches as well as running a busy Junior section which is geared to developing young female talent in the county.
There are many fine inland courses to be found in Cheshire – including Delamere Forest and Sandiway – but the Royal Liverpool links at Hoylake on The Wirral is far and away the top track in the county. One of only nine courses currently on the Open rota, it first hosted the famed championship back in 1897. Following a 39-year absence, the event returned to Hoylake for the 11th time in 2006 and it was held over the links again in 2014.
Our Cheshire Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",276,"2018-09-02 22:37:21","The Mere",3.1666666666667,"Chester Road, Mere, Knutsford, Cheshire,",,http://themereresort.co.uk,"1 mile E of M6 J 19","Welcome Monday, Tuesday and Thursday","Max Sullivan","James Braid","Joe Gates","Timperley Golf Club, formed in 1893, ran into difficulties when the club owner died in the early 1930s. The club was bought by Altrincham Urban District Council and became Altrincham Municipal Golf Club, resulting in a number of the members moving to Whit" 182,36,"2018-09-01 04:48:50",Cheshire,"Covering an area of just under a thousand square miles, and with a population of around one million people, Cheshire is a largely rural county that sits between the hills of North Wales and the Peak District of Derbyshire. Due to the proximity of Liverpool and Manchester, a sizeable number of Cheshire residents commute to these big cities from affluent areas in the county.
Over 100 golf clubs are members of the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs, which itself is affiliated to the Northern Counties Group, a body comprising the six most northerly golf unions in England, along with the Isle of Man. The Cheshire Union does a fine job organizing annual competitions for boys, men and senior men within the county and its representative men’s team has won the Northern Counties league on four occasions since 1990.
The Cheshire County Ladies’ Golf Association came into being in 1949, some twenty-nine years after male golfers in the county formed their golf union. Today, the association organises a number of competitions throughout the season for members of its 99 affiliated clubs. It also selects representative teams for inter county matches as well as running a busy Junior section which is geared to developing young female talent in the county.
There are many fine inland courses to be found in Cheshire – including Delamere Forest and Sandiway – but the Royal Liverpool links at Hoylake on The Wirral is far and away the top track in the county. One of only nine courses currently on the Open rota, it first hosted the famed championship back in 1897. Following a 39-year absence, the event returned to Hoylake for the 11th time in 2006 and it was held over the links again in 2014.
Our Cheshire Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",277,"2018-09-02 22:37:24",Caldy,3.9,"Links Hey Road, Caldy, Wirral,",,http://www.caldygolfclub.co.uk,"2 miles S of Hoylake","Welcome - some restrictions, contact in advance","Gail Copple","Jack Morris, James Braid","Alan Gibbons","The golfing spotlight returned to the Wirral in 2006 when the Open was staged at Hoylake. But the Wirral peninsula has something for everyone, from the award winning village of Port Sunlight to Tranmere Rovers Football Club. On the edge of the River Dee e" 183,37,"2018-09-01 04:49:01",Cornwall,"There are 33 golf clubs affiliated to the Cornwall Golf Union, which was founded in 1901. The oldest golf club in the county is West Cornwall at Lelant, dating back to 1889. St Enodoc, Newquay and Bude and North Cornwall were all inaugurated soon after.
The Cornwall Ladies' Golf Championship dates back to 1896, though we don’t know who organised the annual event up until the Ladies’ Cornwall Golf Union was established in 1912. A rival group called the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1928 then, a couple of years later, the two organisations merged to form the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association and this governing body continues to provide golf administration and development services to female golfers in Cornwall today.
Although there are relatively few golf courses on the Cornish peninsula, the quality of golf on offer is excellent. The glorious costal settings of many Cornwall courses coupled with fresh, local cuisine – popularised by Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow – combine to make Cornwall a glorious golfing destination.
The best golf courses can be found strung out along the northern coast from Bude in the north to Lelant in the south. But for those wanting to play golf at the extremities of England, Cape Cornwall (England’s most westerly course) and Mullion (England’s most southerly course) will fit the bill. Cape Cornwall narrowly missed our biennial Cornish Best In County rankings but it’s a course that once played will never be forgotten.
Our Cornwall Best in County golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",283,"2018-09-02 22:38:06","St Enodoc (Church)",5.265625,"Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall,",,http://www.st-enodoc.co.uk,"4 miles NW of Wadebridge","Contact in advance – handicap certificate required","Simon Greatorex","James Braid","Nick Williams","<span id=""selection-marker-1"" class=""redactor-selection-marker"" data-verified=""redactor""></span> Some Cornish people regard Cornwall not as a count" 184,37,"2018-09-01 04:49:01",Cornwall,"There are 33 golf clubs affiliated to the Cornwall Golf Union, which was founded in 1901. The oldest golf club in the county is West Cornwall at Lelant, dating back to 1889. St Enodoc, Newquay and Bude and North Cornwall were all inaugurated soon after.
The Cornwall Ladies' Golf Championship dates back to 1896, though we don’t know who organised the annual event up until the Ladies’ Cornwall Golf Union was established in 1912. A rival group called the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1928 then, a couple of years later, the two organisations merged to form the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association and this governing body continues to provide golf administration and development services to female golfers in Cornwall today.
Although there are relatively few golf courses on the Cornish peninsula, the quality of golf on offer is excellent. The glorious costal settings of many Cornwall courses coupled with fresh, local cuisine – popularised by Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow – combine to make Cornwall a glorious golfing destination.
The best golf courses can be found strung out along the northern coast from Bude in the north to Lelant in the south. But for those wanting to play golf at the extremities of England, Cape Cornwall (England’s most westerly course) and Mullion (England’s most southerly course) will fit the bill. Cape Cornwall narrowly missed our biennial Cornish Best In County rankings but it’s a course that once played will never be forgotten.
Our Cornwall Best in County golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",284,"2018-09-02 22:38:14","Trevose (Championship)",4.7619047619048,"Constantine Bay, Padstow, Cornwall,",,http://www.trevose-gc.co.uk,"3 miles W of Padstow","Contact in advance","David Cowan","Harry Colt, Sir Guy Campbell","Gary Lenaghan","On the north Cornwall coast lies the olde worlde fishing village of Padstow and Rick Stein’s famous seafood restaurant. There’s plenty of action going on in this neck of the woods, including offshore shark fishing. And, there’s also plenty of excitement a" 185,37,"2018-09-01 04:49:01",Cornwall,"There are 33 golf clubs affiliated to the Cornwall Golf Union, which was founded in 1901. The oldest golf club in the county is West Cornwall at Lelant, dating back to 1889. St Enodoc, Newquay and Bude and North Cornwall were all inaugurated soon after.
The Cornwall Ladies' Golf Championship dates back to 1896, though we don’t know who organised the annual event up until the Ladies’ Cornwall Golf Union was established in 1912. A rival group called the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1928 then, a couple of years later, the two organisations merged to form the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association and this governing body continues to provide golf administration and development services to female golfers in Cornwall today.
Although there are relatively few golf courses on the Cornish peninsula, the quality of golf on offer is excellent. The glorious costal settings of many Cornwall courses coupled with fresh, local cuisine – popularised by Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow – combine to make Cornwall a glorious golfing destination.
The best golf courses can be found strung out along the northern coast from Bude in the north to Lelant in the south. But for those wanting to play golf at the extremities of England, Cape Cornwall (England’s most westerly course) and Mullion (England’s most southerly course) will fit the bill. Cape Cornwall narrowly missed our biennial Cornish Best In County rankings but it’s a course that once played will never be forgotten.
Our Cornwall Best in County golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",285,"2018-09-02 22:38:27","St Mellion (Nicklaus)",4.9666666666667,"Saltash, Cornwall,",,http://www.st-mellion.co.uk,"5 miles NW of Saltash","Telephone in advance","Stephen Towers","Jack Nicklaus (1988)","David Moon","It will come as no surprise to note that the Nicklaus golf course at St Mellion Golf & Country Club is the course that Jack built, his first European course design. This is the place to come if you really want to test your game. The recently refurbished (" 186,37,"2018-09-01 04:49:01",Cornwall,"There are 33 golf clubs affiliated to the Cornwall Golf Union, which was founded in 1901. The oldest golf club in the county is West Cornwall at Lelant, dating back to 1889. St Enodoc, Newquay and Bude and North Cornwall were all inaugurated soon after.
The Cornwall Ladies' Golf Championship dates back to 1896, though we don’t know who organised the annual event up until the Ladies’ Cornwall Golf Union was established in 1912. A rival group called the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1928 then, a couple of years later, the two organisations merged to form the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association and this governing body continues to provide golf administration and development services to female golfers in Cornwall today.
Although there are relatively few golf courses on the Cornish peninsula, the quality of golf on offer is excellent. The glorious costal settings of many Cornwall courses coupled with fresh, local cuisine – popularised by Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow – combine to make Cornwall a glorious golfing destination.
The best golf courses can be found strung out along the northern coast from Bude in the north to Lelant in the south. But for those wanting to play golf at the extremities of England, Cape Cornwall (England’s most westerly course) and Mullion (England’s most southerly course) will fit the bill. Cape Cornwall narrowly missed our biennial Cornish Best In County rankings but it’s a course that once played will never be forgotten.
Our Cornwall Best in County golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",286,"2018-09-02 22:38:29",Perranporth,5.1282051282051,"Budnic Hill, Perranporth, Cornwall,",,http://www.perranporthgolfclub.co.uk,"0.5 mile NW of Perranporth","Welcome - contact in advance","David Mugford","James Braid","Derek Michell","Perranporth Golf Club is heading upwards in the Top 100 rankings. It's highly regarded by you and it's no surprise. Located in Poldark country, on North Cornwall's dramatic Atlantic coastline, this natural links course is sited on high ground, ensuring en" 187,37,"2018-09-01 04:49:01",Cornwall,"There are 33 golf clubs affiliated to the Cornwall Golf Union, which was founded in 1901. The oldest golf club in the county is West Cornwall at Lelant, dating back to 1889. St Enodoc, Newquay and Bude and North Cornwall were all inaugurated soon after.
The Cornwall Ladies' Golf Championship dates back to 1896, though we don’t know who organised the annual event up until the Ladies’ Cornwall Golf Union was established in 1912. A rival group called the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1928 then, a couple of years later, the two organisations merged to form the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association and this governing body continues to provide golf administration and development services to female golfers in Cornwall today.
Although there are relatively few golf courses on the Cornish peninsula, the quality of golf on offer is excellent. The glorious costal settings of many Cornwall courses coupled with fresh, local cuisine – popularised by Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow – combine to make Cornwall a glorious golfing destination.
The best golf courses can be found strung out along the northern coast from Bude in the north to Lelant in the south. But for those wanting to play golf at the extremities of England, Cape Cornwall (England’s most westerly course) and Mullion (England’s most southerly course) will fit the bill. Cape Cornwall narrowly missed our biennial Cornish Best In County rankings but it’s a course that once played will never be forgotten.
Our Cornwall Best in County golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",287,"2018-09-02 22:38:32","Bude & North Cornwall",3.9166666666667,"Burn View, Bude, Cornwall,",,http://www.budegolf.co.uk,"15 miles SW of Bideford","Welcome, only in the afternoon at weekends","Tony Blatchford","Tom Dunn","Nick Cook","Founding members formed North Cornwall Golf Club in 1891, playing on common land in Bude known as Summerleaze Downs and their pioneering spirit lives on in the form of a small 9-hole pitch and putt course that stands beside the modern day 18-hole layout. " 188,37,"2018-09-01 04:49:01",Cornwall,"There are 33 golf clubs affiliated to the Cornwall Golf Union, which was founded in 1901. The oldest golf club in the county is West Cornwall at Lelant, dating back to 1889. St Enodoc, Newquay and Bude and North Cornwall were all inaugurated soon after.
The Cornwall Ladies' Golf Championship dates back to 1896, though we don’t know who organised the annual event up until the Ladies’ Cornwall Golf Union was established in 1912. A rival group called the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1928 then, a couple of years later, the two organisations merged to form the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association and this governing body continues to provide golf administration and development services to female golfers in Cornwall today.
Although there are relatively few golf courses on the Cornish peninsula, the quality of golf on offer is excellent. The glorious costal settings of many Cornwall courses coupled with fresh, local cuisine – popularised by Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow – combine to make Cornwall a glorious golfing destination.
The best golf courses can be found strung out along the northern coast from Bude in the north to Lelant in the south. But for those wanting to play golf at the extremities of England, Cape Cornwall (England’s most westerly course) and Mullion (England’s most southerly course) will fit the bill. Cape Cornwall narrowly missed our biennial Cornish Best In County rankings but it’s a course that once played will never be forgotten.
Our Cornwall Best in County golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",288,"2018-09-02 22:38:37","West Cornwall",4.4166666666667,"Church Lane, Lelant, St Ives, Cornwall,",,http://www.westcornwallgolfclub.co.uk,"1 mile SE of St Ives","Welcome - contact in advance","Gareth Evans",Unknown,"Jason Broadway","“Golf was started at Lelant by a cleric, the Rev. R.F. Tyacke, who probably learned his golf at Westward Ho!” Wrote Henry Cotton in his guide to Golf in the British Isles. “He saw that there was some fine golfing country at Lelant and, aided by some local" 189,37,"2018-09-01 04:49:01",Cornwall,"There are 33 golf clubs affiliated to the Cornwall Golf Union, which was founded in 1901. The oldest golf club in the county is West Cornwall at Lelant, dating back to 1889. St Enodoc, Newquay and Bude and North Cornwall were all inaugurated soon after.
The Cornwall Ladies' Golf Championship dates back to 1896, though we don’t know who organised the annual event up until the Ladies’ Cornwall Golf Union was established in 1912. A rival group called the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1928 then, a couple of years later, the two organisations merged to form the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association and this governing body continues to provide golf administration and development services to female golfers in Cornwall today.
Although there are relatively few golf courses on the Cornish peninsula, the quality of golf on offer is excellent. The glorious costal settings of many Cornwall courses coupled with fresh, local cuisine – popularised by Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow – combine to make Cornwall a glorious golfing destination.
The best golf courses can be found strung out along the northern coast from Bude in the north to Lelant in the south. But for those wanting to play golf at the extremities of England, Cape Cornwall (England’s most westerly course) and Mullion (England’s most southerly course) will fit the bill. Cape Cornwall narrowly missed our biennial Cornish Best In County rankings but it’s a course that once played will never be forgotten.
Our Cornwall Best in County golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",289,"2018-09-02 22:38:45",Mullion,4.4,"Cury Cross Lane, Helston, Cornwall,",,http://www.mulliongolfclub.co.uk,"2 miles N of Mullion","Welcome but contact in advance","Ray Griffiths","William Sich","Ian Harris","Mullion Golf Club is set spectacularly on the cliff tops of the Lizard Peninsula in one of the most beautiful and most exposed locations in England. Originally founded in 1895, Mullion Golf Club came close to extinction on a number of occasions and, like " 190,37,"2018-09-01 04:49:01",Cornwall,"There are 33 golf clubs affiliated to the Cornwall Golf Union, which was founded in 1901. The oldest golf club in the county is West Cornwall at Lelant, dating back to 1889. St Enodoc, Newquay and Bude and North Cornwall were all inaugurated soon after.
The Cornwall Ladies' Golf Championship dates back to 1896, though we don’t know who organised the annual event up until the Ladies’ Cornwall Golf Union was established in 1912. A rival group called the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1928 then, a couple of years later, the two organisations merged to form the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association and this governing body continues to provide golf administration and development services to female golfers in Cornwall today.
Although there are relatively few golf courses on the Cornish peninsula, the quality of golf on offer is excellent. The glorious costal settings of many Cornwall courses coupled with fresh, local cuisine – popularised by Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow – combine to make Cornwall a glorious golfing destination.
The best golf courses can be found strung out along the northern coast from Bude in the north to Lelant in the south. But for those wanting to play golf at the extremities of England, Cape Cornwall (England’s most westerly course) and Mullion (England’s most southerly course) will fit the bill. Cape Cornwall narrowly missed our biennial Cornish Best In County rankings but it’s a course that once played will never be forgotten.
Our Cornwall Best in County golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",290,"2018-09-02 22:38:57",Newquay,4,"Tower Road, Newquay, Cornwall,",,http://www.newquaygolfclub.co.uk,"½ W of Newquay railway station","Welcome – contact in advance","Peter Batty","Harry Colt","Chris Gill","With glorious views across the headland and the famous surfing beach of Fistral, Newquay Golf Club was formed in 1890 when a 4,325-yard links was laid out for the founding members. Newquay Golf Club survives today due to rioting by farmers and fisherman w" 191,37,"2018-09-01 04:49:01",Cornwall,"There are 33 golf clubs affiliated to the Cornwall Golf Union, which was founded in 1901. The oldest golf club in the county is West Cornwall at Lelant, dating back to 1889. St Enodoc, Newquay and Bude and North Cornwall were all inaugurated soon after.
The Cornwall Ladies' Golf Championship dates back to 1896, though we don’t know who organised the annual event up until the Ladies’ Cornwall Golf Union was established in 1912. A rival group called the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1928 then, a couple of years later, the two organisations merged to form the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association and this governing body continues to provide golf administration and development services to female golfers in Cornwall today.
Although there are relatively few golf courses on the Cornish peninsula, the quality of golf on offer is excellent. The glorious costal settings of many Cornwall courses coupled with fresh, local cuisine – popularised by Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow – combine to make Cornwall a glorious golfing destination.
The best golf courses can be found strung out along the northern coast from Bude in the north to Lelant in the south. But for those wanting to play golf at the extremities of England, Cape Cornwall (England’s most westerly course) and Mullion (England’s most southerly course) will fit the bill. Cape Cornwall narrowly missed our biennial Cornish Best In County rankings but it’s a course that once played will never be forgotten.
Our Cornwall Best in County golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",291,"2018-09-02 22:39:02","Bowood Park",4,"Valley Truckle, Lanteglos, Camelford, Cornwall,",,http://www.bowoodpark.com,"27 miles NE of Newquay","Welcome, generous twilight green fees are available in the summer","Max Stockwell","Brian Huggett","Chris Kaminski","The course at Bowood Park Golf Club is laid out within two hundred and thirty acres of the 14th century hunting estate that belonged to Edward of Woodstock, Duke of Cornwall and Prince of Wales (better known nowadays as The Black Prince) and it first open" 192,37,"2018-09-01 04:49:01",Cornwall,"There are 33 golf clubs affiliated to the Cornwall Golf Union, which was founded in 1901. The oldest golf club in the county is West Cornwall at Lelant, dating back to 1889. St Enodoc, Newquay and Bude and North Cornwall were all inaugurated soon after.
The Cornwall Ladies' Golf Championship dates back to 1896, though we don’t know who organised the annual event up until the Ladies’ Cornwall Golf Union was established in 1912. A rival group called the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1928 then, a couple of years later, the two organisations merged to form the Cornwall Ladies’ County Golf Association and this governing body continues to provide golf administration and development services to female golfers in Cornwall today.
Although there are relatively few golf courses on the Cornish peninsula, the quality of golf on offer is excellent. The glorious costal settings of many Cornwall courses coupled with fresh, local cuisine – popularised by Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow – combine to make Cornwall a glorious golfing destination.
The best golf courses can be found strung out along the northern coast from Bude in the north to Lelant in the south. But for those wanting to play golf at the extremities of England, Cape Cornwall (England’s most westerly course) and Mullion (England’s most southerly course) will fit the bill. Cape Cornwall narrowly missed our biennial Cornish Best In County rankings but it’s a course that once played will never be forgotten.
Our Cornwall Best in County golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",292,"2018-09-02 22:39:13","Point at Polzeath",4,"St Minver, Near Polzeath, Cornwall,",,http://www.thepointatpolzeath.co.uk,"5 miles NW of Wadebridge","Welcome - contact in advance","Jeremy Davies","David Feherty, Tim Lobb","Phil Brooks","Few golfers will have heard of The Point at Polzeath. It’s a new name on the golfing scene, which originally started out in life in the mid 1990s as Roserrow Golf & Country Club, designed by former Ryder Cupper turned broadcaster, Dave Feherty. Located tw" 193,38,"2018-09-01 04:49:31",Cumbria,"Cumbria lies to the north west of England and its main tourist attraction, the Lake District National Park, covers a sizeable acreage of this region. One of the most sparsely populated counties in England, Cumbria is predominantly mountainous with towering peaks and sparkling lakes that draw millions of visitors to the county every year.
The Cumbria Union of Golf Clubs was formed in 1910 so it has provided golf administration to local clubs for over a century now. Currently, there are 34 such clubs affiliated to the Union and, to switch to some boxing parlance, it has to be said that the county team has punched way above its weight in recent years.
Cumbria Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1925 and there are currently 27 clubs affiliated to the association. Its stated aims are to further the interests of ladies’ golf, maintain the CONGU handicap system, comply with EWGA rules governing county golf administration and administer a county championship along with other associated competitions.
In a Northern Counties League consisting of seven districts – including such heavyweights as Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire – Cumbria has won the annual round robin matchplay competition between these teams twice (2002 and 2009) during the last decade.
Our Cumbria Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",303,"2018-09-02 22:40:25","Silloth on Solway",5.265306122449,"The Club House, Station Road, Silloth, Cumbria,",,http://www.sillothgolfclub.co.uk,"20 miles W of Carlisle","Contact in advance","Alan Oliver","Davy Grant, Willie Park Jnr","Simon Williamson","At last, Silloth on Solway Golf Club’s reputation is becoming recognised more widely, thoroughly deserving its position in the Top 100 and one of England's best links courses.Founded in 1892, with the help of Railway Company money, it was originally desig" 194,38,"2018-09-01 04:49:31",Cumbria,"Cumbria lies to the north west of England and its main tourist attraction, the Lake District National Park, covers a sizeable acreage of this region. One of the most sparsely populated counties in England, Cumbria is predominantly mountainous with towering peaks and sparkling lakes that draw millions of visitors to the county every year.
The Cumbria Union of Golf Clubs was formed in 1910 so it has provided golf administration to local clubs for over a century now. Currently, there are 34 such clubs affiliated to the Union and, to switch to some boxing parlance, it has to be said that the county team has punched way above its weight in recent years.
Cumbria Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1925 and there are currently 27 clubs affiliated to the association. Its stated aims are to further the interests of ladies’ golf, maintain the CONGU handicap system, comply with EWGA rules governing county golf administration and administer a county championship along with other associated competitions.
In a Northern Counties League consisting of seven districts – including such heavyweights as Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire – Cumbria has won the annual round robin matchplay competition between these teams twice (2002 and 2009) during the last decade.
Our Cumbria Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",304,"2018-09-02 22:40:27",Carlisle,4.3333333333333,"Aglionby, Carlisle,",,http://www.carlislegolfclub.org,"1 mile E of J43 of the M6","Welcome, contact in advance","Roger Johnson","Theodore Moone","Graeme Lisle","Carlisle Golf Club was founded in 1908, though we’re not sure whether, as one reputable source suggests, Tom Simpson had a hand in the design of the course. It’s believed that Philip Mackenzie Ross subsequently remodelled the layout but we’re still awaiti" 195,38,"2018-09-01 04:49:31",Cumbria,"Cumbria lies to the north west of England and its main tourist attraction, the Lake District National Park, covers a sizeable acreage of this region. One of the most sparsely populated counties in England, Cumbria is predominantly mountainous with towering peaks and sparkling lakes that draw millions of visitors to the county every year.
The Cumbria Union of Golf Clubs was formed in 1910 so it has provided golf administration to local clubs for over a century now. Currently, there are 34 such clubs affiliated to the Union and, to switch to some boxing parlance, it has to be said that the county team has punched way above its weight in recent years.
Cumbria Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1925 and there are currently 27 clubs affiliated to the association. Its stated aims are to further the interests of ladies’ golf, maintain the CONGU handicap system, comply with EWGA rules governing county golf administration and administer a county championship along with other associated competitions.
In a Northern Counties League consisting of seven districts – including such heavyweights as Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire – Cumbria has won the annual round robin matchplay competition between these teams twice (2002 and 2009) during the last decade.
Our Cumbria Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",305,"2018-09-02 22:40:41",Seascale,5.1428571428571,"The Banks, Seascale, Cumbria,",,http://www.seascalegolfclub.co.uk,"15 miles S of Whitehaven","Welcome, contact in advance.","Adam Lamb","Willie Campbell and George Lowe","Bev New","Seascale Golf Club, five miles south of Whitehaven, fits neatly into a small area, overlooked by the Sellafield Power Station, but providing views of the Isle of Man and the Lakeland Hills in keeping with the popular perception of the beautiful county tha" 196,38,"2018-09-01 04:49:31",Cumbria,"Cumbria lies to the north west of England and its main tourist attraction, the Lake District National Park, covers a sizeable acreage of this region. One of the most sparsely populated counties in England, Cumbria is predominantly mountainous with towering peaks and sparkling lakes that draw millions of visitors to the county every year.
The Cumbria Union of Golf Clubs was formed in 1910 so it has provided golf administration to local clubs for over a century now. Currently, there are 34 such clubs affiliated to the Union and, to switch to some boxing parlance, it has to be said that the county team has punched way above its weight in recent years.
Cumbria Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1925 and there are currently 27 clubs affiliated to the association. Its stated aims are to further the interests of ladies’ golf, maintain the CONGU handicap system, comply with EWGA rules governing county golf administration and administer a county championship along with other associated competitions.
In a Northern Counties League consisting of seven districts – including such heavyweights as Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire – Cumbria has won the annual round robin matchplay competition between these teams twice (2002 and 2009) during the last decade.
Our Cumbria Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",306,"2018-09-02 22:40:51",Penrith,4,"Salkeld Road, Penrith, Cumbria,",,http://www.penrithgolfclub.co.uk,"2 miles N of Penrith, via the M6 exit 40/41",Welcome,"Dennis Wright",Unknown,"Andrew Sowerby","Situated above the picturesque Lake District town of Penrith, this wonderful old moorland layout dates back to 1890 when members of Penrith Golf Club set out the original nine holes around an oval racecourse. Traces of the old race track can still be made" 197,38,"2018-09-01 04:49:31",Cumbria,"Cumbria lies to the north west of England and its main tourist attraction, the Lake District National Park, covers a sizeable acreage of this region. One of the most sparsely populated counties in England, Cumbria is predominantly mountainous with towering peaks and sparkling lakes that draw millions of visitors to the county every year.
The Cumbria Union of Golf Clubs was formed in 1910 so it has provided golf administration to local clubs for over a century now. Currently, there are 34 such clubs affiliated to the Union and, to switch to some boxing parlance, it has to be said that the county team has punched way above its weight in recent years.
Cumbria Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1925 and there are currently 27 clubs affiliated to the association. Its stated aims are to further the interests of ladies’ golf, maintain the CONGU handicap system, comply with EWGA rules governing county golf administration and administer a county championship along with other associated competitions.
In a Northern Counties League consisting of seven districts – including such heavyweights as Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire – Cumbria has won the annual round robin matchplay competition between these teams twice (2002 and 2009) during the last decade.
Our Cumbria Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",307,"2018-09-02 22:41:02",Brampton,3.4,"Talkin, Brampton, Cumbria,",,http://www.bramptongolfclub.com,"1 mile SE of Brampton","Welcome, contact in advance","Diana Banks","James Braid","Philip Waugh","The course at Brampton Golf Club was designed by James Braid and opened for play in 1909. Braid had an excellent undulating piece of land to play with and he laid the course out in his usual fastidious way. Perched some 1,000 feet above sea level, you are" 198,38,"2018-09-01 04:49:31",Cumbria,"Cumbria lies to the north west of England and its main tourist attraction, the Lake District National Park, covers a sizeable acreage of this region. One of the most sparsely populated counties in England, Cumbria is predominantly mountainous with towering peaks and sparkling lakes that draw millions of visitors to the county every year.
The Cumbria Union of Golf Clubs was formed in 1910 so it has provided golf administration to local clubs for over a century now. Currently, there are 34 such clubs affiliated to the Union and, to switch to some boxing parlance, it has to be said that the county team has punched way above its weight in recent years.
Cumbria Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1925 and there are currently 27 clubs affiliated to the association. Its stated aims are to further the interests of ladies’ golf, maintain the CONGU handicap system, comply with EWGA rules governing county golf administration and administer a county championship along with other associated competitions.
In a Northern Counties League consisting of seven districts – including such heavyweights as Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire – Cumbria has won the annual round robin matchplay competition between these teams twice (2002 and 2009) during the last decade.
Our Cumbria Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",308,"2018-09-02 22:41:07","Kirkby Lonsdale",,"Scaleber Lane, Barbon, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2LJ,",,http://www.kirkbylonsdalegolfclub.com,"3.5 miles N of Kirkby Lonsdale via the A683",Welcome,"David Towers","Bill Squires","None currently", 199,38,"2018-09-01 04:49:31",Cumbria,"Cumbria lies to the north west of England and its main tourist attraction, the Lake District National Park, covers a sizeable acreage of this region. One of the most sparsely populated counties in England, Cumbria is predominantly mountainous with towering peaks and sparkling lakes that draw millions of visitors to the county every year.
The Cumbria Union of Golf Clubs was formed in 1910 so it has provided golf administration to local clubs for over a century now. Currently, there are 34 such clubs affiliated to the Union and, to switch to some boxing parlance, it has to be said that the county team has punched way above its weight in recent years.
Cumbria Ladies’ County Golf Association was formed in 1925 and there are currently 27 clubs affiliated to the association. Its stated aims are to further the interests of ladies’ golf, maintain the CONGU handicap system, comply with EWGA rules governing county golf administration and administer a county championship along with other associated competitions.
In a Northern Counties League consisting of seven districts – including such heavyweights as Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire – Cumbria has won the annual round robin matchplay competition between these teams twice (2002 and 2009) during the last decade.
Our Cumbria Best in County rankings were updated in August 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",309,"2018-09-02 22:41:20","Windermere - Cumbria",4.5,"Cleabarrow Cottage, Cleabarrow, Windermere, Cumbria,",,http://www.windermeregolfclub.co.uk,"½ mile SE of Bowness-on-Windermere","Welcome, contact in advance","John Gregory","George Lowe","Steve Rooke","Windermere Golf Club is spectacularly situated on high ground in the heart of the Lake District – England’s largest National Park and World Heritage site. “Whoever first coined that atrocious phrase, ‘Golf is a good walk spoiled’ was more than likely an i" 200,39,"2018-09-01 04:49:35",Derbyshire,"The county of Derbyshire is situated in the East Midlands – it has Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, Staffordshire and Cheshire to the west – and a sizeable portion of the Peak District National Park lies within its boundaries. The remote landscape around three large reservoirs at Howden, Derwent and Ladybower provides plenty of opportunities to pursue au natural leisure options for those who want to get away from it all.
Established in 1913, the Derbyshire Union of Golf Clubs organises Junior, Gents and Senior competitions that are open to around 10,000 members of 31 affiliated golf clubs. The Union itself is one of ten regional governing bodies that comprise the Midland Golf Union. In 1999, the Derbyshire team qualified as the Midlands representatives for the EGU County Championships at Rothley Park.
Derbyshire may not spring to mind as an English golfing hotspot, but there are some good golf courses to savour and a few charming little 9-hole courses to be discovered at slightly off the beaten track locations, such as: Alfreton, Pastures and Stanedge, where golfers just might rediscover what a fun game golf really is.
Our Derbyshire golf course rankings were updated in 2017. Click here to read the story.
",87,"2018-09-01 04:53:00",England,"When the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I of England died in 1603, James VI of Scotland moved court to London, taking up residence at the Royal Palace in Greenwich becoming James I of England. His royal entourage is thought to have contained a number of golfers and they found the perfect ground at Blackheath on which to play their beloved game. In 1608 Blackheath Golf Club was instituted, but documentary evidence has yet to be discovered.
Today there are approximately 700,000 golfers affiliated to England’s 1,900 or so golf clubs. There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. The topographical variation of England’s golf courses is perhaps totally unique the world over but the vast majority of overseas visitors head to Scotland and Ireland rather than choosing to play golf in England. We think the English Tourist Board are missing an opportunity. To see our latest Top 100 Golf Courses of England, simply scroll down this page.
We last updated our England Top 100 rankings in November 2017. Click the link to read the story.
",3,"2018-03-21 04:56:38","Britain & Ireland",337,"2018-09-02 22:42:38",Cavendish,4.5555555555556,"Gadley Lane, Buxton, Derbyshire,","+44 (0) 1298 79708 ‹ Previous › Next Golf Club Website 25 miles SE of Manchester, off the A6/A5004",http://www.cavendishgolfcourse.com,"25 miles SE of Manchester, off the A6/A5004","Welcome, contact in advance","J. Rushden","Alister MacKenzie","Simon Townend","Dr Alister MacKenzie, the celebrated course designer, was commissioned by the Duke of Devonshire in 1923 to lay out a new 18-hole course, replacing a 9-hole course in nearby Buxton. The course at Cavendish Golf Club was ready for play two years later and "