All Links Courses

Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1889

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Scotland

Royal Dornoch

A remote Highland gem considered by many to be the most natural links on earth, dating back to the 16th century.

GBP 195–295

Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1616

Muirfield — Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers

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Muirfield

Perhaps the most perfectly designed links in the world — a supreme examination of shot-making and strategy.

GBP 300–400

Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1744

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Scotland

Carnoustie

The toughest links test in the world — Carnoustie demands everything you have, then asks for more.

GBP 220–270

Architect: Allan Robertson· Est. 1842

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Northern Ireland

Royal Portrush

Set along the dramatic Antrim coastline near the Giant's Causeway, a true gem of Irish links golf.

GBP 250–340

Architect: H.S. Colt· Est. 1929

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Ireland

Ballybunion Old

Tom Watson's favourite course in the world — wild, rugged, and magnificent along the Kerry cliffs.

EUR 200–280

Architect: Patrick Murphy· Est. 1893

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Scotland

Kingsbarns

A modern masterpiece of links design opened in 2000, seamlessly blending with the ancient Fife coastline.

GBP 295–395

Architect: Kyle Phillips· Est. 2000

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Ireland

Lahinch

The 'St Andrews of Ireland' — a wild and wonderful links on Liscannor Bay with a joyful, historic character.

EUR 180–240

Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1892

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England

Royal Birkdale

England's finest links — a supreme Open Championship venue amid towering dunes on the Lancashire coast.

GBP 275–350

Architect: George Lowe· Est. 1889

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Ireland

Old Head of Kinsale

The most spectacular setting in golf — 220 acres on a dramatic headland 100 metres above the Atlantic Ocean.

EUR 350–450

Architect: Ron Kirby· Est. 1997

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Scotland

North Berwick

Golf's most beloved eccentricity — the original template for every great links hole, with Fidra Island as backdrop.

GBP 175–225

Architect: David Strath· Est. 1832

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Scotland

Cruden Bay

A hidden gem on the Aberdeenshire coast — wild, eccentric, and utterly magnificent in every way.

GBP 95–145

Architect: Tom Simpson· Est. 1926

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England

Royal St George's

The site of the first Open Championship outside Scotland, a true test of traditional links golf in Kent.

GBP 250–320

Architect: Laidlaw Purves· Est. 1887

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Ireland

Waterville

One of Ireland's most spectacular and underrated links, set on the wild Kerry coastline amid breathtaking scenery.

EUR 150–225

Architect: Eddie Hackett· Est. 1889

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Ireland

Portmarnock

Ireland's most prestigious golf club, set on a peninsula between the Irish Sea and an estuary north of Dublin.

EUR 180–260

Architect: W.C. Pickeman· Est. 1894

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Scotland

Prestwick

Birthplace of The Open Championship — the most historic golf course in the world, unchanged in spirit since 1851.

GBP 155–200

Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1851

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England

Royal Liverpool (Hoylake)

One of the most testing and historic links in England, where Tiger Woods won the 2006 Open with irons only.

GBP 240–310

Architect: Robert Chambers· Est. 1869

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England

Royal West Norfolk (Brancaster)

England's most remote and atmospheric links — cut off by the tide twice daily on the North Norfolk coast.

GBP 90–130

Architect: Holcombe Ingleby· Est. 1892

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England

St Enodoc

John Betjeman's beloved Cornish links — wild duneland beside the Camel Estuary, a hidden gem of English golf.

GBP 80–120

Architect: James Braid· Est. 1890

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Ireland

Ballyliffin Glashedy

Ireland's most northerly links — a raw and dramatic course on the Inishowen Peninsula beneath Glashedy Rock.

EUR 120–170

Architect: Pat Ruddy· Est. 1995

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Ireland

County Sligo (Rosses Point)

Beneath the shadow of Ben Bulben — a sublime links with mountain and ocean views on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way.

EUR 100–150

Architect: H.S. Colt· Est. 1894

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Ireland

Tralee

Arnold Palmer's masterpiece on the Barrow Peninsula — perhaps the most naturally beautiful links site in the world.

EUR 150–210

Architect: Arnold Palmer· Est. 1984

#27

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Ireland

The European Club

Pat Ruddy's magnificent personal vision — 20 holes of pure links golf on the stunning Wicklow coast south of Dublin.

EUR 130–180

Architect: Pat Ruddy· Est. 1993

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Scotland

Nairn

A superb Highland links on the Moray Firth — flat, fast, and fiendishly difficult in the wind.

GBP 120–165

Architect: Andrew Simpson· Est. 1887

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Scotland

Brora

James Braid's remote Highland gem — a pure and joyful links where cattle still roam the fairways.

GBP 65–90

Architect: James Braid· Est. 1891

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Netherlands

Kennemer

Harry Colt's masterpiece among the great Dutch dunes — one of the finest and most underrated links in Continental Europe.

EUR 100–150

Architect: H.S. Colt· Est. 1927

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Sweden

Falsterbo

Scandinavia's greatest links — a remote peninsula at Sweden's southernmost tip, with migratory birds and Baltic vistas.

EUR 80–120

Architect: Gunnar Bauer· Est. 1909

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England

Royal Lytham

An unusual but magnificent Open Championship links — surrounded by Victorian red-brick houses and bordered by the railway.

GBP 220–290

Architect: George Lowe Sr.· Est. 1886

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England

Saunton East

England's most underrated links — a magnificent Herbert Fowler design through the vast Braunton Burrows dune system.

GBP 85–115

Architect: Herbert Fowler· Est. 1897

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Ireland

The Island

Ireland's most secluded links — accessible only by ferry across a tidal inlet north of Dublin Airport.

EUR 110–160

Architect: Fred Hawtree· Est. 1890

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Ireland

Carne

Eddie Hackett's final masterpiece — wild, remote, and utterly authentic links on Ireland's wild northwest coast.

EUR 80–120

Architect: Eddie Hackett· Est. 1995

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Scotland

Royal Troon

Home of the Postage Stamp — Scotland's most famous short hole on an Open Championship course of legendary difficulty.

GBP 350–460

Architect: George Strath· Est. 1878

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Machrihanish Dunes

David McLay Kidd's environmental masterpiece — 259 acres of pristine duneland where he moved no more than a bucket of soil.

GBP 95–145

Architect: David McLay Kidd· Est. 2009

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St Andrews Old

The spiritual home of golf, where the game has been played for over 600 years across the most famous links in the world.

GBP 295–295

Architect: Traditional — evolved naturally· Est. 1574

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Turnberry Ailsa

Iconic Ayrshire clifftop links with lighthouse views, host to four Open Championships including the legendary 1977 Duel in the Sun.

GBP 375–500

Architect: Willie Fernie· Est. 1906

Rosapenna Golf Resort (St Patrick's Links)

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Ireland

Rosapenna St Patrick's

Tom Doak's masterpiece carved through spectacular Atlantic duneland on the Rosguill Peninsula, Donegal's newest world-class links.

EUR 150–250

Architect: Tom Doak· Est. 2020

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Scotland

Cabot Highlands

Gil Hanse's Highland masterpiece on the shores of the Moray Firth, combining dramatic elevation changes with panoramic mountain and water views.

GBP 200–295

Architect: Gil Hanse· Est. 2009

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Wales

Royal Porthcawl

The finest links course in Wales, uniquely positioned so that the sea is visible from every hole, host to the Walker Cup and Curtis Cup.

GBP 120–175

Architect: Charles Gibson· Est. 1891

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Trump Aberdeen

Championship links routed through spectacular North Sea dunes north of Aberdeen, hosting the DP World Tour's Scottish Championship.

GBP 175–275

Architect: Martin Hawtree· Est. 2012

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Royal Aberdeen

One of Scotland's oldest clubs, with a magnificent traditional out-and-back layout running along the North Sea shore.

GBP 120–195

Architect: Archie Simpson· Est. 1888

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Royal Cinque Ports

A brutally tough Open Championship links on the Kent coast, notorious for its relentless back nine and strong prevailing winds.

GBP 150–200

Architect: Tommy Dunn· Est. 1892

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Rye Old

Harry Colt's debut design — a deceptively short but fiendishly difficult private links on the Sussex coast, par 68 and no pushover.

GBP 100–150

Very hard

Architect: Harry Colt· Est. 1894

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Scotland

Machrihanish

One of the most natural and romantic links in Scotland, featuring the great opening hole played across the beach of Machrihanish Bay.

GBP 60–100

Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1876

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Western Gailes

A superb natural links squeezed between the Ayrshire railway and the Firth of Clyde, beloved by connoisseurs for its perfect turf and natural character.

GBP 90–140

Architect: Willie Park Jr· Est. 1897

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Scotland

Dumbarnie Links

Fife's newest links, Clive Clark's 2020 masterpiece on the Balcarres Estate with sweeping views over the Firth of Forth.

GBP 150–220

Architect: Clive Clark· Est. 2020

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England

Silloth on Solway

England's most remote top-100 links, a Willie Park Jr gem on the Solway Firth that makes the journey more than worthwhile.

GBP 45–75

Architect: Willie Park Jr· Est. 1892

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Ireland

County Louth

One of Ireland's most atmospheric links, a Tom Simpson-revised classic beside the Boyne Estuary with legendary turf quality.

EUR 80–130

Architect: Tom Simpson· Est. 1892

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England

Hillside

The underrated neighbour of Royal Birkdale, an Open qualifying venue in its own right with spectacular back nine holes through the dunes.

GBP 90–150

Architect: Fred Hawtree· Est. 1923

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England

Formby

The prettiest of the Lancashire links, where pine-bordered fairways and towering dunes create a unique hybrid character.

GBP 90–150

Architect: Willie Park Jr· Est. 1884

Trump International Golf Links Ireland (Doonbeg)

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Doonbeg

Greg Norman's dramatic Clare coast design, rebuilt by Martin Hawtree after Trump's 2014 acquisition, set among the highest dunes in Irish golf.

EUR 195–350

Architect: Greg Norman· Est. 2002

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Scotland

The Machrie

A wild, elemental links on the Isle of Islay — blind shots, whisky distilleries, and one of Scotland's most atmospheric golfing escapes.

GBP 80–120

Architect: Willie Campbell· Est. 1891

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Gullane No.1

East Lothian's finest club course with the most exquisite turf in Scotland, panoramic Firth of Forth views, and a championship pedigree.

GBP 95–160

Architect: Traditional — evolved naturally· Est. 1882

Burnham & Berrow Golf Club (Championship)

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Burnham & Berrow

England's finest links in the South West, a magnificent championship course hosting Open qualifying and major amateur events.

GBP 75–125

Architect: Herbert Fowler· Est. 1890

Rosapenna Golf Resort (Sandy Hills Links)

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Ireland

Rosapenna Sandy Hills

Pat Ruddy's celebrated Sandy Hills Links at Rosapenna — a rugged Atlantic duneland test alongside the newer St Patrick's Links.

EUR 130–200

Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1893

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England

Hunstanton

The finest links in East Anglia, a classic out-and-back course on The Wash where Curtis Cup and English amateur championships are regularly held.

GBP 70–120

Architect: George Fernie· Est. 1891

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Ireland

Enniscrone

Eddie Hackett's masterpiece among the giant dunes of Killala Bay — an underrated west of Ireland gem with extraordinary natural terrain.

EUR 60–100

Architect: Eddie Hackett· Est. 1918

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Scotland

Carnegie Links

The world's most exclusive private links — a Carnegie estate original near Royal Dornoch, open only to Carnegie Club members and their guests.

GBP 0–0

Very hard

Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1898

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The Renaissance Club

Tom Doak's 2008 private links creation in East Lothian, hosting the Genesis Scottish Open and considered one of the finest modern links courses.

GBP 200–300

Architect: Tom Doak· Est. 2008

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Northern Ireland

Portstewart Strand

Northern Ireland's second great links, opening with seven spectacular holes through towering dunes before descending to the Bann Estuary.

GBP 90–160

Architect: Traditional· Est. 1894

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Ireland

Narin & Portnoo

A wild, short Donegal links on a rocky Atlantic headland — one of Ireland's most authentic and affordable golfing experiences.

EUR 40–60

Architect: Local community· Est. 1930

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Wales

Pennard

A dramatic clifftop links above Three Cliffs Bay on the Gower Peninsula, one of Wales's most spectacular golf settings.

GBP 45–80

Architect: James Braid· Est. 1896

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Wales

Royal St David's

A majestic Welsh links in the shadow of Harlech Castle, with Snowdonia as its backdrop and the Irish Sea on its doorstep.

GBP 60–95

Architect: Harold Finch-Hatton· Est. 1894

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Wales

Aberdovey

Bernard Darwin's beloved links on the Dyfi Estuary, one of the most charming and most written-about courses in the history of golf.

GBP 55–90

Architect: Colonel Ruck· Est. 1892

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England

West Lancashire

One of England's oldest clubs, a traditional Lancashire links close to Liverpool with a long history of hosting major amateur championships.

GBP 60–100

Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1873

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England

Prince's

27 holes of championship links at Sandwich Bay, once a par-68 Open venue, now a magnificent three-nine layout in the heart of the Kent links triangle.

GBP 85–140

Architect: Jim Arthur· Est. 1907

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Isle of Man

Castletown

Old Tom Morris's dramatic links on a rocky limestone headland at the southern tip of the Isle of Man, with views of four kingdoms.

GBP 50–90

Architect: Old Tom Morris· Est. 1892

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Southport & Ainsdale

James Braid's Ryder Cup links in the Lancashire coastal corridor, twice host to the match and a proud Open qualifying venue.

GBP 75–120

Architect: James Braid· Est. 1906

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Wallasey

The Wirral Peninsula links where Dr Frank Stableford invented the Stableford scoring system in 1932 — a historic course with a dramatic estuary setting.

GBP 60–100