The history of Walton Heath is exceptional, opened in 1904, these two world class championship courses have hosted nearly ninety significant amateur and professional championships and events, including 5 European Opens, The Ryder Cup, the U.S. Open Qualifying and the 2011 Senior Open Championship . The world’s top players have taken on and enjoyed the…
Opened in 1923, Sunningdale New is perhaps a bit more rugged than the Old, a bit more masculine, if you will…… This is rich and handsome and challenging golf, Harry Colt in top form. The opening drive has to be up the left side in order not to sacrifice length, since balls on any other…
It is pure enchantment that characterizes Sunningdale Old. Opened in 1901, Sunningdale Old was laid out by Willie Park Jr. When the club was founded at the end of the century, the whole area of Chobham Common and beyond was a barren, treeless wilderness. Sunningdale Old has become more or less enclosed, virtually every hole is…
Designed by Harry Colt in 1912 and carved out of heather and pine woodland, St George’s Hill comprises three very individual 9 hole loops, all starting and finishing by the clubhouse. The three Nines that make up the St George’s Hill Courses are the Red, the Blue & the Green. Most Club Championship and major…
Royal St. Georges is one of the most famous of all English clubs. Founded in 1887, it has hosted the British Open fourteen times, last in 2021. The course largely retains the structure of the original circuit, but almost all the holes have been lengthened and the greens transferred from the then fashionable dells to…
This seaside links course was designed by Tom Dunn and Guy Campbell and the club was founded in 1892. The front 9 enjoys some short par 4’s where the opportunity to score low exists. The back 9 is much longer with long par 4’s (one over 450 yards) and you will need to come up…
Royal Ashdown Forest offers not one, but two Royal courses, designed by nature and famous for having no bunkers. The shorter West Course became only the second Royal ladies’ course in Great Britain when it received the title in 1932. Now both offer a stern test to men and women alike with the flatter West…
The three nines: the Shore, Dunes and Himalayas are each tremendously testing and being relatively exposed links, the golfer is at the mercy of the elements. A regular host of Local Final Qualifying for The Open Championship, Prince’s also co-hosted The Amateur Championship in 2013. Shore (Back Tees 3,630 Yards / Par 36) Dunes (Back Tees 3,598…
Designed by Kyle Phillips, who also designed the famous Kingsbarns in St. Andrews, Scotland, this parkland course located just outside London city center is another classic. The course was designed around the natural features of the land and is very similar to the classic English courses designed back in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s….
The Brabazon Course Designed by Dave Thomas and Peter Alliss, the majestic fairways and carpet-smooth greens of The Brabazon form a world-famous stage on which some of golf’s most exhilarating dramas have played out. Legendary in the world of golf, and the spiritual home of the Ryder Cup, The Brabazon’s perilous bunkers and lakes have tested…
The oldest established golf course in Wales (1888), Tenby regularly hosts Welsh Amateur Championships and is a fine test for players of all ability. From the first hole to the last, you will never forget the layout of this renowned links course. With stunning ocean views it maximizes all the natural features of this beautiful…
Overlooked by the ancient castle of Harlech and the splendor of the Snowdonian Mountains, no championship course in Britain has a more spectacular setting. The course is a rather flat, though difficult, golfing challenge. The Club hosts National and International Tournaments, including the Ladies European Tour and the European Seniors Tour. In 2013 the Club welcomed…
Real Club de Golf de Sotogrande Another member of Andalucia’s Royal Family of golf, designed by Robert Trent Jones and one of the most exclusive private clubs on the coast. Visitor times are not easily come by, but well worth the effort to secure and Golf International can help gain access. Sotogrande Old is one…
Perhaps the most famous championship course in Wales, this is a tough one. Small greens with heavy curvatures, all richly bunkered. Magnificent sea views from every hole. The Club has hosted the Amateur Championship, the Walker Cup, the Curtis Cup, the European Team Championship, the Home Internationals, the Vagliano Trophy, the Ladies British Open Amateur…
Troia Golf Course Ever since this Robert Trent Jones layout first opened in 1981 it has always been considered as one of Portugal’s best. This is a fun course to reach from Lisbon, with the final stretch of the short journey requiring a brief ferry-ride from Setubal to the pencil thin-peninsula that Troia Golf Course…
A magnificent links course located 8 miles west of Swansea, with spectacular views over Three Cliffs Bay on the Gower Peninsula, golf has been played at here since 1896, although the course owes most of its appeal today first to James Braid and then to C.K. Cotton. The holes are routed over classically undulating and…
A modern Nicklaus links style layout overlooking Carmarthen Bay and the Gower Peninsula, Machynys Peninsula since its opening in 2005 has already hosted an unpredented 8 championships, including the 2013 Ladies British Open Amateur Championship and the 2012 R&A Seniors Open Amateur Championships plus 4 Ryder Cup Wales LET Championships of Europe. (Back Tees 7,121 Yards…
“Nefyn – a view from the sea from every tee” How many golf courses can boast that their origins lay in the bar of a small, remote pub on a secluded beach nestling spectacularly along an isolated piece of rugged coastline, and with a world famous mountain range as its backdrop? Well, Nefyn and District…
Host to 2010 Ryder Cup, Robert Trent Jones Jr has described Twenty Ten Course as ‘a true championship’ course that combines a hilly landscape with the more traditional links-like features of the estuary. With water hazards on half of its holes, the course has six signature holes and presents many more memorable tests and risk-and-reward dilemmas….
The favorite course of the famed golf writer Bernard Darwin, this championship links offers the spartan golfing of yesteryear. Permanent home to the Welsh Seniors Championship. (Back Tees 6,703 Yards / Par 71)