NCG’s Top 100 Value Golf Courses in Great Britain and Ireland
Our rundown of the best value golf courses in Great Britain continues…
Best value golf courses top 100: 60-51
Where is it? Kent
Architect: Harry Hunter, JH Taylor & more
Green fee: £170
What to expect: A championship links with more in the way of quirk than you might be expecting. An institution in English golf and a special place to play.
Memorable for: The half-pipe nature of the 12th green.
59. Rye
Where is it? Sussex
Architect: Harry Colt
Green fee: £160
What to expect: A bumpy old links that gives very little after the opening hole that is the only par 5. Known for the quality of its short holes.
Memorable for: The little wooden sleepers that thwart the nervous chipper.
58. Luffness
Where is it? East Lothian
Architect: Old Tom Morris
Green fee: £125
What to expect: Some of the purest links turf in East Lothian – and that’s saying something. Feels like a pocket-sized version of nearby Muirfield.
Memorable for: Views across the Firth of Forth.
Where is it? Suffolk
Architect: James Braid
Green fee: £75
What to expect: An essential stop on a Suffolk golf trip. This is a James Braid heathland that has undergone significant recent work, notably on the bunkering.
Memorable for: A host of distinctive holes.
56. Little Aston
Where is it? West Midlands
Architect: Harry Vardon, Harry Colt
Green fee: £95
What to expect: One of the finest parkland courses in the land. It’s a big old course, beautifully presented, and with enough undulations to ensure continuous variety.
Memorable for: The 17th green alongside the lake.
55. Parkstone
Where is it? Dorset
Architect: Dorset
Green fee: £110
What to expect: The prettiest of the Dorset courses and one packed with variety – expect lakes, heaths, woods, hills and even the occasional rumpled links-style fairway.
Memorable for: Exciting downhill tee shots.
54. Trevose
Where is it? Cornwall
Architect: Guy Campbell, Harry Colt
Green fee: £79
What to expect: Always a spectacular, muscular links with stunning coastal backdrops but these days a more consistent and nuanced course overall.
Memorable for: Those Atlantic waves in the background.
53. Perranporth
Where is it? Cornwall
Architect: James Braid
Green fee: £45
What to expect: As traditional and original an old links as you will find. Don’t try to over-think it – just strap yourself in and embrace the unexpected.
Memorable for: The outrageous blind shots.
52. Brora
Where is it? Sutherland
Architect: James Braid
Green fee: £95
What to expect: One of James Braid’s finest legacies – a minimalist links where the cattle graze among the golfers.
Memorable for: The classic links topography and turf.
51. Hindhead
Where is it? Surrey
Architect: JH Taylor
Green fee: £98
What to expect: A tale of two nines, with the first half playing up and down and across a valley created in the last ice age and the second half more traditional heathland.
Memorable for: The short 6th from its high tee.
