Course profiles

Golf courses in the United Kingdom

Course profiles built from official and public sources: yardage, the hole to know, the season that suits the course and what a round costs.

A James Hamilton Stutt parkland course opened in 1981 on 229 acres of County Durham, formerly Rushyford: a par 73 of 6,688 yards with…

Instituted in 1735 and widely recognised as the oldest golf club in the world: a Tom Morris layout at Barnton, reshaped by Willie Park…

Tom Dunn's 1891 course in Sudbrook Park beside Richmond Park, re-bunkered by Peter Thomson and Tim Lobb, with a Grade I Georgian house for…

Tom Doak's 2008 course at Dirleton, a mile from Muirfield: wooded inland holes, links ground on the Firth of Forth, and the Scottish Open…

Four Ryder Cups, more than any venue in the world: a par 72 built on farmland by Thomas and Alliss, carried by a driveable…

Established in 1877 on ground gifted to Buckie and extended to eighteen in 1936: a clifftop par 69 of undulating fairways, gullies and elevated…

Built in 1996 by Ken and Eleri Jones at Brynteg on Anglesey: nine holes with alternate tees on four of them, known above all…

Colt and Alison, 1908, on a Capability Brown estate five miles from Windsor: the par-3 seventh of Goldfinger, closed in 2021, restored and reopened…

Founded at Gargrave in 1893 and moved to the edge of the market town in 1896: a Dales upland course of thirteen par 4s,…

An Alister MacKenzie moorland course above Eccup reservoir, built in 1921: a par 71 of 6,446 yards whose four original short holes are the…

Named by Queen Victoria in 1887 and played inside the racecourse for 118 years, the club moved in 2005 to a par 70 of…

The course where the Open began on 17 October 1860, over three rounds of twelve holes: twenty-four Opens, blind shots, and a wind off…