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Top five golf courses to play at in Britain
Royal St George’s
Located at Sandwich in Kent, this historic course has a duneland setting of wild flowers, thatched roof shelters, views of the White Cliffs of Dover and a soundtrack of birdsong. Its distinctions include being the first club outside Scotland to host the Open, way back in 1894. It also featured in Ian Fleming’s novel Goldfinger under the name Royal St Mark’s. Hackers beware: many holes feature some blind or partially blind hazards, and another distinction is that the fourth hole boasts the tallest, deepest bunker in championship golf.
St Enodoc
If heaven was a golf course, St Enodoc would probably be it. This North Cornwall links course, in the beautiful sailing town of Rock, overlooks the Camel Estuary, with Padstow and Rick Stein’s fishy gastronomic delights beyond. The terrain is quirky, hilly, charming and has dunes tufted with sea grass. Oh, and a wayward shot could land you in the churchyard that contains the headstone of John Betjeman.
St Andrews
Based in the town of St. Andrews, Fife, this is the home of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club and it has hosted many an Open. There are seven public courses to choose from, with the Jubilee Course originally designed to suit Victorian ladies, now the longest and quite possibly the toughest. But it’s the Old Course that really attracts the superlatives, as one of the finest, certainly the most famous and traditional courses in the world. It also has twelve bunkers, two of which are the noted, or should that be notorious, Hell’s Bunker on the 14th and Road Hole Bunker on the 17th, both of which have dashed the hopes of many an Open player.
Walton Heath
It may be in Surrey and less than an hour from London but its heather-trimmed fairways give a real feel of links golf. And of British history – its first club captain was Edward, Prince of Wales and four Prime Ministers have been members, including Winston Churchill. The Old Course, especially the last three holes, is famously challenging, but serious golfers can enjoy a fantastic day here, with a great lunch in the clubhouse.
Celtic Manor
Located in Newport, Wales, three championship courses form part of a hotel, spa and leisure resort. Celtic Manor now has lasting fame thanks to its hosting of the 2020 Ryder Cup when, on the Twenty Ten Course specially modelled for the event, Europe made that memorable fightback to beat the US in the anchor match.
