Ganton Golf Club is England’s finest inland links — a Ryder Cup venue of extraordinary severity on sandy Vale of Pickering soil, where gorse walls and championship bunkering define every round.
Course Reviews
Discover expertly curated reviews of championship golf courses, luxury resort layouts and unforgettable golfing destinations around the world. From historic links and renowned tournament venues to emerging must-play courses, we evaluate every aspect of the experience, from course design and conditioning to scenery, service and stay-and-play appeal.
St George’s Hill Golf Club is Harry Colt’s 1913 masterpiece — 27 holes of woodland heathland within a private residential estate above Weybridge, unchanged in character for over a century.
Queenwood Golf Club is one of the finest golf clubs in the world — Kyle Phillips’ modern heathland masterpiece on Surrey’s sandy soil, with conditioning that has no equal in English golf.
Foxhills Club & Resort is Surrey’s most complete golf resort — three courses, a full spa and hotel within a 400-acre country estate, making it the county’s premier Stay · Play · Recover destination.
Walton Heath Golf Club is Surrey heathland at its most exposed and uncompromising — open to the sky, the Old Course a Ryder Cup venue of genuine world standing.
Sunningdale Golf Club is home to two of the finest heathland courses in the world — the Old Course a masterpiece of natural golf architecture, the New its equal in character and challenge.
The West Course at Wentworth is European golf’s most celebrated heathland venue — home of the BMW PGA Championship and a cathedral of Surrey pine that every serious golfer must experience.
Cirencester Golf Club runs through the ancient beech woodland of Cirencester Park — one of Gloucestershire’s oldest and most atmospheric golf experiences, in the heart of the Cotswolds.
Burford Golf Club is a classic English parkland on the edge of one of the Cotswolds’ most beautiful towns — accessible, welcoming and an ideal component of a Cotswolds Golf & Spa Break.
Broadway Golf Club sits on the Cotswold escarpment above one of England’s most beautiful villages — a high-altitude parkland with views across fourteen counties and golf to match the setting.
Cotswold Hills Golf Club sits on the limestone escarpment above Cheltenham — a demanding, high-altitude parkland with panoramic views and a course that tests every part of the game.
Naunton Downs Golf Club is one of the Cotswolds’ best-kept secrets — a hidden gem set in a quiet limestone valley above the Windrush, with views that make every round memorable.
Cheltenham Golf Club is a mature parkland layout set on the edge of Gloucestershire’s most celebrated town — a precise, demanding test of golf in the heart of the Cotswolds.
Pete Dye moved coral rocks by wheelbarrow — seven oceanfront holes above the Caribbean Sea. Teeth of the Dog at Casa de Campo is the finest course in the Americas outside the continental USA and the worthy #100 in The Global Golfer Top 100.
North America’s only true shoreline links — Rod Whitman’s Gulf of St Lawrence masterpiece plays along the water throughout. With Cabot Cliffs next door, Cape Breton is the continent’s finest new golf destination.
The 2018 Ryder Cup venue — Golf National’s Albatros Course produced one of sport’s great occasions. Europe’s 17½–10½ victory is relived on every visit to this remarkable public course near Paris.
The French Riviera’s finest resort course — Dave Thomas’s Provençal masterpiece through olive groves, lavender and oak forests above the Var hills is the most complete golf destination in France.
Africa’s greatest course — Robert Trent Jones Sr.’s cork oak forest masterpiece for King Hassan II hosted the Hassan II Trophy for 40 years. Seve, Faldo and Norman all competed here.
The lighthouse hole, the RBC Heritage and Pete Dye’s most influential design — Harbour Town proved that precision over power produces the most compelling professional golf.
The Indian Ocean’s finest course and European Tour host — Heritage Golf Club’s Bel Ombre estate delivers seven shoreline holes above the Mauritian reef in the most dramatic resort golf setting south of the equator.
Nick Faldo’s precision design at Emirates Golf Club — the more technical of Dubai’s two courses at the original Middle East golf destination rewards positional play over power.
Jack Nicklaus’s legacy course — Muirfield Village combines Augusta’s beauty with genuine strategic severity and hosts Nicklaus’s own Memorial Tournament each spring.
America’s greatest secret — Coore and Crenshaw moved almost no earth in Nebraska’s Sandhills. The result rivals Pine Valley as the finest course built in America since World War II.
The falcon-shaped clubhouse, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and a desert layout that has challenged every world number one — Abu Dhabi Golf Club’s National Course in full.
Martin Ebert’s 2017 complement to the legendary Ailsa — the King Robert The Bruce Course gives Turnberry a second world-class layout, accessible to all resort guests without handicap requirement.
Ben Hogan’s pre-Masters practice ground — Seminole is America’s most private and most revered course. Donald Ross’s 1929 Florida Atlantic coastal masterpiece remains entirely invisible to the public.
Coore and Crenshaw’s Cape Breton clifftop masterpiece — eight holes dropping to the Gulf of St Lawrence and the finest new course in North America since Pacific Dunes.
Kyle Phillips’s Scottish Open host — Dundonald Links is the most accessible championship course in Ayrshire, open to all visitors with no handicap restriction and genuine tournament-quality conditions.
Germany’s most demanding championship course at 7,319 yards par 74 — Club zur Vahr’s Garlstedt Course in the Bremen forest hosted the German Open and World Amateur Team Championship.
Tom Doak’s 140-metre Pacific clifftop masterpiece — Cape Kidnappers’ fairways end at sheer ocean drops with 15,000 nesting gannets at the headland. New Zealand’s most dramatic course.
Every hole parallel to the Firth of Clyde — Western Gailes delivers the most naturally conceived and consistently demanding links experience in Ayrshire. The Riviera of Scottish Golf.
South Africa’s finest urban course — Durban Country Club’s subtropical parkland above the Indian Ocean combines South African Open history with Natal’s most dramatic coastal views.
France’s most private golf club — Tom Simpson’s 1927 Picardy heathland masterpiece rivals Sunningdale for design quality and remains almost entirely unknown outside French golf circles.
Bandon’s most architecturally sophisticated course — Coore and Crenshaw’s inland forest routing delivers more terrain variety and strategic depth than any other course at the Oregon resort.
The birthplace of The Open Championship in 1860 — Old Prestwick’s Cardinal Bunker, Alps blind hole and Victorian character make this the most historically profound round in Scottish golf.
Spain’s finest course outside Valderrama — PGA Catalunya’s Stadium Course in the Pyrenean foothills combines Augusta conditioning with genuine European Tour championship drama.
Mount Fuji on the horizon, eight Pacific clifftop holes and Charles Alison’s finest Japanese design — Kawana Fuji Course is Japan’s most accessible great course and most dramatic setting.
The Postage Stamp — 123 yards, Gene Sarazen’s hole-in-one aged 71 and the shortest hole in Open history. Royal Troon’s relentless back nine is one of the most demanding on the entire rota.
Se Ri Pak’s barefoot recovery shot, the Sheboygan River valley and Pete Dye’s most dramatic Wisconsin creation — the 1998 US Women’s Open venue.
Singapore Open host and Southeast Asia’s finest course — Sentosa Serapong combines tropical jungle drama, Straits of Singapore views and a city that is also the world’s greatest food destination.