Links Golf Courses
381 links courses listed
Links golf is the original form of the game — played on firm, wind-swept linksland between the sea and the farmable interior. Britain and Ireland are home to the world's greatest concentration of links courses.
Top Links Courses
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Fair Isle Lighthouse Keeper's Golf Course
Kingsway Biggleswade Driving Range
Old Fold Manor Golf Course
Richmond Park Golf Course
Verulam Golf Club
Stapleford Abbotts - Priors Golf Course
Ormskirk Golf Club
Sidcup Golf Club
Pedham Place Golf Centre
Kingsway Golf Club
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Course
Fairhaven Golf Club
Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh
Bruntsfield Links
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club
Sandy Lodge Golf Club
The Shire London
North Ronaldsay Golf Course
Hayling Golf Club
Cuddington Golf Course
Links Golf Club
Brancumhall Golf Development Centre
East Berkshire Golf Club
About Links Golf
What Makes a Links Course?
The word 'links' derives from the Old English hlinc — rising ground. Links courses are built on narrow strips of sandy, undulating terrain between the sea and farmable inland ground. Characteristics include firm and fast fairways, deep pot bunkers, wispy rough, coastal wind and no trees.
Where Are the Best Links Courses?
Scotland has the world's finest concentration of links golf — Fife, East Lothian and Ayrshire alone contain a dozen world-class venues. Northern Ireland has Royal County Down and Royal Portrush. England's Lancashire coast and Kent's Sandwich Bay are the country's finest links areas. Wales has Royal Porthcawl and Pennard.