Devon and Cornwall have a specific quality that no other English golf region can replicate: the Atlantic. Courses like St Enodoc, Saunton and Thurlestone sit within sight or sound of the ocean. That changes the game — and it changes what recovery means after the round.
Cold water immersion is not a novelty here. The sea off the Devon and Cornwall coast is cold enough, and wild enough, to accelerate physical recovery in ways a spa pool cannot.
What Devon & Cornwall Offer the Golf Traveller
- Coastal links and clifftop courses with Atlantic views
- Bovey Castle — Dartmoor golf, spa and Stay · Play · Recover credentials
- Saunton Sands — two championship links, hotel, sea air recovery
- Wild swimming and cold water immersion as genuine recovery tools
- The South West Coast Path — active recovery on one of England’s great walking routes
Best Golf Courses in Devon & Cornwall
St Enodoc, Saunton East and West, Thurlestone, Manor House at Moretonhampstead, St Mellion, Trevose — the South West’s best courses reward the golfer willing to travel the extra distance.
Golf & Spa Hotels in Devon & Cornwall
Bovey Castle on Dartmoor is the region’s premier Stay · Play · Recover property. Saunton Sands Hotel and The Headland in Newquay round out the coastal options.