List of links golf courses explained

The following is a list of links golf courses; also included are many "links-style" courses and courses that share many of the features of links courses.

Scotland

Dumfries and Galloway

• Southerness Golf Club, Southerness, Dumfriesshire
• Wigtownshire County Golf Club, Glenluce, Wigtownshire

Strathclyde

• Dundonald Links Golf Club, Irvine, Ayrshire
• Gailes Links Golf Club, Irvine, Ayrshire
• Irvine Golf Club, Irvine, Ayrshire
• Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club – Barassie Links and Hillhouse Course, Barassie, Ayrshire
• Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, Ayrshire
• Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club, Prestwick, Ayrshire
• Royal Troon Golf Club – Old Course and Portland Course, Troon, Ayrshire
• Troon Darley Golf Club, Troon, Ayrshire
• Troon Lochgreen Golf Club, Troon, Ayrshire
• Turnberry – Ailsa, King Robert the Bruce, and Arran Courses, Turnberry, Ayrshire
• West Kilbride Golf Club, West Kilbride, Ayrshire
• Western Gailes Golf Club, Irvine, Ayrshire

Argyll and Isles

• Colonsay Golf Club, Isle of Colonsay
• Dunaverty Golf Club, Southend, Kintyre
• Machrie Golf Club, Isle of Islay
• Machrihanish Golf Club – Championship Course, Campbelltown, Kintyre
• Macrihanish Dunes Golf Club, Campbelltown, Kintyre
• Shiskine Golf Club, Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran

Lothian

• Archerfield Links – Fidra Course and Dirleton Course, Dirleton, East Lothian^[1]
• Craigielaw Golf Club, Aberlady, East Lothian
• Dunbar Golf Club, Dunbar, East Lothian
• Gullane Golf Club –three courses, Gullane, East Lothian
• Muirfield – Gullane, East Lothian
• Kilspindie Golf Club, Aberlady, East Lothian
• Luffness New Golf Club, Aberlady, East Lothian
• Musselburgh Links Old Golf Course, Musselburgh, East Lothian
• North Berwick Golf Club – North Berwick, East Lothian
• The Renaissance Club, Dirleton, North Berwick
• Winterfield Golf Club, Dunbar, East Lothian

Fife

• Crail Golfing Society – Balcomie Links and Craighead Links, Crail, Fife
• Elie Golf Club, Elie and Earlsferry, Fife
• Fairmont St Andrews – Torrance Course and Kittocks Course, St Andrews, Fife
• Kingsbarns Golf Links, St Andrews, Fife
• Leven Links Golf Course, Leven, Fife
• Lundin Golf Club, Lundin Links, Fife
• St Andrews Links – Old, New, Castle, Jubilee, Eden, Strathtyrum, and Balgrove Courses, St Andrews, Fife
• Scotscraig Golf Club, Tayport, Fife

Angus

• Arbroath Golf Links, Arbroath, Angus
• Carnoustie Golf Links – Championship, Burnside, and Buddon Courses, Carnoustie, Angus
• Monifieth Golf Links – Medal Course and Ashludie Course, Monifieth, Angus
• Panmure Golf Club, Barry, Angus
• Montrose Golf Links – Medal Course and Broomfield Course, Montrose, Angus

North East

• Cruden Bay Golf Club – Championship Course and St Olaf Course, Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire
• Fraserburgh Golf Club – Corbiehill Links and Rosehill Links, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
• Inverallochy Golf Club, Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire
• Kings Links Golf Course, Aberdeen
• Murcar Links Golf Club – Murcar Course, Aberdeen
• Murcar Links Golf Club – Strabathie Course and Strabathie Course, Aberdeen
• Newburgh On Ythan Golf Club, Ellon, Aberdeenshire
• Peterhead Golf Club – Old Course and New Course, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
• Royal Aberdeen Golf Club – Balgownie Links and Silverburn Links, Aberdeen

Moray Coast

• Buckpool Golf Club, Buckie, Banffshire
• Cullen Links Golf Club, The Royal Burgh of Cullen, Moray
• Hopeman Golf Club, Hopeman, Moray
• Moray Golf Club – Old Course and New Course, Lossiemouth, Moray
• Nairn Golf Club – Championship Course and Cameron Course, Nairn
• Nairn Dunbar Golf Club, Nairn
• Spey Bay Golf Club, Moray, Aberdeenshire
• Strathlene Golf Course, Buckie, Banffshire

Highlands and Islands

• Barra Golf Club, Castlebay, Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides
• Brora Golf Club, Brora, Sutherland
• Castle Stuart Golf Club, Inverness, Invernessshire
• Durness Golf Club, Durness, Sutherland
• Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club, Fortrose, Ross-shire
• Gairloch Golf Club, Gairloch, Ross-shire
• Golspie Golf Club, Golspie, Sutherland
• Harris Golf Club, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides
• Isle of Skye Golf Club, Sconser, Isle of Skye
• Reay Golf Club, Reay, Caithness
• Royal Dornoch Golf Club – Championship and Struie Course, Dornoch, Sutherland
• Skibo Castle – Carnegie Club, Dornoch, Sutherland
• Tain Golf Club, Tain, Ross-shire
• Tarbat Golf Club, Portmahomack, Ross-shire
• Traigh Golf Club, Arisaig, Invernessshire
• Whalsay Golf Club, Whalsay, Shetland Islands
• Wick Golf Club, Wick, Caithness

England

North West

• Blackpool North Shore Golf Club, Blackpool, Lancashire
• Castletown Golf Links, Castletown, Isle of Man
• Fairhaven Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
• Fleetwood Golf Club, Fleetwood, Lancashire
• Formby Golf Club, Formby, Merseyside
• Hesketh Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside
• Hillside Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside
• Leasowe Golf Club, Moreton, Wirral
• Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside
• Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside
• Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
• Seascale Golf Club, Seascale, Cumbria
• Silloth on Solway Golf Club, Silloth on Solway, Cumbria
• Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside
• Southport Municipal Golf Links, Southport, Merseyside
• St Annes Old Links Golf Club, St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire
• Wallasey Golf Club, Wallasey, Merseyside,^[1]
• West Lancashire Golf Club, Liverpool, Merseyside

North East

• Berwick-upon-Tweed Golf Club Goswick Course, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
• Cleveland Golf Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire
• Ganton Golf Club, Ganton, North Yorkshire^[2]
• Hartlepool Golf Club, Hartlepool, County Durham
• Newbiggin Golf Club, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland
• Seahouses Golf Club, Seahouses, Northumberland
• Seaton Carew Golf Club, Hartlepool, County Durham^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

South West

• Bude and North Cornwall Golf Club, Bude, Cornwall^[7]
• Burnham & Berrow Golf Club – Championship Course and Channel Course, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset^{[7] [2]}
• Minehead & West Somerset Golf Club, Minehead, Somerset^[7]
• Mullion Golf Club, Helston, Cornwall^[8]
• Newquay Golf Club, Newquay, Cornwall^[7]
• Perranporth Golf Club, Perranporth, Cornwall^[7]
• Royal North Devon Golf Club, Westward Ho!, Devon^{[7] [2]}
• St. Enodoc Golf Club – Church Course, Rock, Cornwall^{[7] [2]}
• Saunton Golf Club – East and West Courses, Braunton, Devon^{[7] [2]}
• Thurlestone Golf Club, Kingsbridge, Devon^[9]
• Trevose Golf and Country Club – Championship Course, Trevose, Cornwall^{[7] [2]}
• Warren Golf Club, Dawlish, South Devon
• West Cornwall Golf Club, Lelant, Cornwall^{[7] [9]}
• Weston-super-Mare Golf Club, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset^{[7] [9]}

South East

• Hayling Golf Club, Hayling Island, Hampshire^{[7] [1]}
• Littlehampton Golf Club, Littlehampton, West Sussex^[7]
• Littlestone Golf Club – Warren and Championship Courses, Littlestone, Kent^[7]
• Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent^[7]
• Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent^{[7] [2]}
• Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent^{[7] [2]}
• Rye Golf Club (UK) – Old Course and Jubilee Course, Rye, East Sussex^{[7] [2]}

East Anglia

• Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club – Martello Course and Kingsfleet Course, Felixstowe, Suffolk^[7]
• Frinton Golf Club – Havers Course and Kirby Course, Frinton, Essex
• Great Yarmouth & Caister Golf Club, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk^[7]
• Hunstanton Golf Club, Hunstanton, Norfolk^{[7] [2]}
• Royal Cromer Golf Club, Cromer, Norfolk
• Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, Brancaster, Norfolk^{[7] [2]}
• Sheringham Golf Club, Sheringham, Norfolk^[7]

Midlands

• Sandilands Golf Club, Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire (closed 2018)^[7]
• Seacroft Golf Club, Skegness, Lincolnshire^[7]

Northern Ireland & Channel Islands

Channel Islands

• La Moye Golf Club, La Moye, Jersey^[7]
• Royal Guernsey Golf Club, Guernsey^[7]
• Royal Jersey Golf Club, Jersey^[7]

Northern Ireland

• Ardglass Golf Club – Ardglass, County Down
• Bushfoot Golf Club, Portballintrae, County Antrim^[7]
• Castlerock Golf Club – Mussenden Course and Bann Course, Castlerock, County Londonderry^[7]
• Kirkistown Castle Golf Club, Cloughey, County Down^[7]
• Portstewart Golf Club – Strand Course, Old Course, and Riverside Courses, Portstewart, County Londonderry^[7]
• Royal County Down Golf Club – Championship Course and Annesley Course, Newcastle, County Down^[7]
• Royal Portrush Golf Club – Dunluce Course and Valley Course, Portrush, County Antrim^[7]

Ireland

South East

• Arklow Golf Club, Arklow, Co Wicklow^[7]
• Corballis Links Pitch and Putt Club, Donabate, Co Dublin^[7]
• The European Club, Arklow, Co Wicklow^[7]
• The Island Golf Club, Donabate, Co Dublin^[7]
• Portmarnock Golf Club – Championship Course and Yellow Course, Portmarnock, Co Dublin ^{[7] [1]}
• Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links, Portmarnock, Co Dublin^[7]
• Rosslare Golf Club – Championship Course and Burrow Course, Rosslare, Co Wexford^[7]
• The Royal Dublin Golf Club, Bull Island, Co Dublin^[7]
• Rush Golf Club, Rush, Co Dublin^[7]
• St Anne's Golf Club, Bull Island, Co Dublin^[7]
• Sutton Golf Club, Sutton, Co Dublin^[7]

North East

• County Louth (Baltray) Golf Club, Drogheda, County Louth^[7]
• Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club, Bettystown, Co Meath^[7]
• Seapoint Golf Club, Drogheda, Co Louth^[7]

Munster

• Ballybunion Golf Club – Old Course and Cashen Course, Ballybunion, Co Kerry ^[7]
• Castlegregory Golf and Fishing Club, Castlegregory, Co Kerry^[7]
• Dingle Golf Links, Dingle, Co Kerry^[7]
• Dooks Golf Club, Glenbeigh, Co Kerry^[7]
• Lahinch Golf Club – Old Course, Lahinch, Co Clare^[7]
• Lahinch Golf Club – Castle Course, Lahinch, Co Clare^[7]
• Old Head of Kinsale, Kinsale, Co Cork
• Tralee Golf Club, Tralee, Co Kerry^[7]
• Trump International Golf Links and Hotel Ireland, Doonbeg, Co Clare^[7]
• Waterville Golf Club, Waterville, Co Kerry^[7]

Connacht

• Achill Island Golf Club, Keel, Co Mayo^[7]
• Carne Golf Club – Hackett Course and Kilmore Course, Belmullet, Co Mayo^[7]
• Connemara Golf Links – Championship (A & B Nine) Course C Nine, Ballyconneely, Co Galway^[7]
• County Sligo Golf Club – Championship Course, Sligo, Co Sligo^[7]
• County Sligo Golf Club – Bomore Course (9), Sligo, Co Sligo^[7]
• Enniscrone Golf Club – Dunes Course and Scurmore Course, Enniscrone, Co Sligo^[7]
• Mulranny Golf Club, Mulranny, Co Mayo^[7]
• Strandhill Golf Club, Strandhill, Co Sligo^[7]

Donegal

• Ballyliffin Golf Club – Glashedy Course and Old Course, Ballyliffin, Co Donegal^[7]
• Buncrana Golf Club, Buncrana, Co Donegal
• Bundoran Golf Club, Bundoran, Co Donegal^[7]
• Cruit Island Golf Club, Cruit Island, Co Donegal^[7]
• Donegal Golf Club, Donegal, Co Donegal^[7]
• Dunfanaghy Golf Club, Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal^[7]
• Gweedore Golf Club, Derrybeg, Co Donegal^[7]
• Narin and Portnoo Golf Club, Narin, County Donegal^[7]
• North West Golf Club, Buncrana, Co Donegal^[7]
• Portsalon Golf Club, Portsalon, Co Donegal^[7]
• Rosapenna Golf Club – Sandy Hills Links, Old Tom Morris Links,St Patrick's Links, Carrigart, and Coastguard Nine, Downings, Co Donegal^[7]

Rest of Europe

Belgium

• Royal Ostend Golf Club, De Haan, West-Vlaanderen^[7]

Denmark

• Fanø Golf Links, Fanø, Jutland^[7]

Estonia

• Pärnu Bay Golf Links, Pärnu^[10]

Finland

• Tapiola Golf, Espoo, Nyland^[7]

France

• Dinard Golf, Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, Bretagne^[11]
• Granville Golf Club, Bréville-sur-Mer, Basse-Normandie^[7]

Germany

• Golf Club Budersand, Sylt, Nordfriesland^[7]
• Golf Club Föhr, Nieblum, Nordfriesland^[12]
• Golf Club Nordeney, Nordeney, Ostfriesische Inseln^[7]
• Nordsee Golf Club, Sankt Peter-Ording, Nordfriesland^[11]

Netherlands

• Domburgsche Golf Club, Domburg, Zeeland^[7]
• Kennemer Golf Club, Zandvoort, North Holland^[7]
• Noordwijkse Golf Club, Noordwijk, South Holland^[7]
• Royal Haagsche Golf & Country Club, Wassenaar, South Holland^[7]
• Zandvoortse Golf Club Sonderland, Zandvoort, North Holland^[11]

Norway

• Lofoten Golf Links, Gimsøy, Lofoten^[7]

Portugal

• West Cliffs Golf Links, Obidos^[11]
• Oitavos Dunes, Cascais, Lisbon^[11]

Sweden

• Falsterbo Golf Club, Falsterbo, Skåne^[7]
• Flommen Golf Club, Falsterbo, Skåne^[13]
• Grönhogen Golf Links & Country Club, Degerhamn, Öland^[11]
• Helsingborg Golf Club, Viken, Skåne^[7]
• Ljunghusen Golf Club, Höllviken, Skåne^[7]
• Sand Golf Club^[14]

United States

Midwest and Rocky Mountains

• Kingsley Club, Traverse City, Michigan^[15]
• Sand Hills Golf Club, Mullen, Nebraska
• Wawashkamo Golf Club, Mackinac Island, Michigan
• Whistling Straits – Irish Course and Straits Course, Haven, Wisconsin

Northeast

• Highland Links, Truro, Massachusetts^[7]
• Maidstone Club, East Hampton, New York
• Rye Golf Club, Rye, New York
• Sankaty Head Golf Club, Siasconset, Massachusetts
• Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Shinnecock Hills, New York

Pacific

• Bandon Dunes Golf Resort – Bandon Dunes, Bandon Trails, Old Macdonald, Pacific Dunes, and Sheep Ranch Courses, Bandon, Oregon
• Chambers Bay, University Place, Washington
• Cypress Point Club, Pebble Beach, California
• Gearhart Golf Links, Gearhart, Oregon
• Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California
• Spyglass Hill Golf Course, Pebble Beach, California

South

• Kiawah Island Golf Resort - Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
• Streamsong Resort (Red, Blue, and Black courses), Streamsong, Florida^[16]

Canada

• Cabot Links, Inverness, Nova Scotia^[7]
• Harmon Links, Stephenville, Newfoundland

Australia

Victoria

• Barwon Heads Golf Club, Barwon Heads^[7]
• Cheltenham Golf Club, Cheltenham
• Commonwealth Golf Club, Oakleigh South, Melbourne
• Curlewis Golf Club, Curlewis
• Eagle Ridge Golf Course, Boneo
• Flinders Golf Club, Flinders
• Huntingdale Golf Club, Oakleigh South, Melbourne
• Kingston Heath, Cheltenham, Melbourne
• Lonsdale Links, Point Lonsdale
• Metropolitan Golf Club, Oakleigh South, Melbourne
• Moonah Links – Open Course and Legends Course, Fingal
• Mornington Golf Club, Mornington
• Peterborough Golf Club, Peterborough
• Portarlington Golf Club, Portarlington
• Port Fairy Golf Club, Port Fairy^[7]
• Portsea Golf Club, Portsea
• Queenscliff Golf Club, Swan Island
• RACV Cape Schanck, Cape Schanck
• RACV Torquay Resort, Torquay
• Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Black Rock, Melbourne
• Sanctuary Lakes Golf Club, Point Cook, Melbourne
• Sandy Golf Links, Cheltenham, Melbourne
• Sorrento Golf Club, Sorrento
• Southern Golf Club, Keysborough, Melbourne
• Spring Valley Golf Club, Clayton South, Melbourne
• St Andrews Beach, Fingal
• The Dunes Golf Links, Rye
• The National Golf Club - Old Course, Moonah Course, Gunnamatta Course and Long Island Course, Cape Schanck^[7]
• The Sands Torquay, Torquay
• Thirteenth Beach Golf Links - Beach Course and Creek Course, Connewarre
• Victoria Golf Club, Cheltenham, Melbourne
• Warrnambool Golf Club, Warrnambool
• Woodlands Golf Club, Mordialloc, Melbourne
• Yarra Yarra Golf Club, Bentleigh East, Melbourne

Western Australia

• The Cut Golf Course, Dawesville^[7]
• The Links Kennedy Bay, Port Kennedy^[7]
• Sea View Golf Club, Cottesloe^[7]

South Australia

• Nullarbor Links
• Royal Adelaide Golf Club, Seaton, Adelaide

New South Wales

• Belmont Golf Course, Belmont
• Long Reef Golf Club, Collaroy
• New South Wales Golf Club, Sydney
• The Lakes Golf Club, Sydney

Northern Territory

• Gardens Park Golf Links
• Tennant Creek Golf Club

Tasmania

• Barnbougle Dunes, Bridport^[7]
• Barnbougle Lost Farm, Bridport^[7]
• Bougle Run, Bridport^[7]
• Cape Wickham Links
• Ratho Farm Golf Links

New Zealand

North Island

• Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club, Paraparaumu^[7]

South Africa

• Humewood Golf Course, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape^[7]

Notes and References

1. 5 Of The Best Lesser-Known Links Courses . Golf Monthly . 21 May 2019 . 10 November 2020.
2. 20 Best Links Golf Courses In England . Golf Monthly . Elliott . Heath . 21 June 2019 . 10 November 2020.
3. News: Seaton Carew Golf Club. The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News. 1072. 265, 269–270. 28 April 1894.
4. News: Graeme. Bailey. BskyB. Seaton Carew review. We check out one of the oldest course's in England. 13 November 2009. 14 July 2014.
5. Web site: Offstone. Northern Golf-Seaton’s Home Comforts. 12 February 2013. 14 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140715023910/http://www.northerngolfer.co.uk/seatons-home-comforts/. 15 July 2014. dead.
6. Web site: Today’s Golfer. Seaton Carew Golf Club. 14 July 2014.
7. Book: True Links – An Illustrated Guide to the Glories of the World's 246 Links Courses . George . Peper . Malcolm . Campbell . Artisan . 2010 . 1579653952.
8. Web site: The brilliantly bonkers links that's worth the journey to end of the world . National Club Golfer . Alex . Perry . October 28, 2020 . 9 November 2020.
9. Web site: Top 10 Links Golf Courses in the West Country . Golf South West . 10 November 2020.
10. Web site: Pärnu Bay Golf Links . European Golf Association . 10 January 2024.
11. Web site: European Links Golf Courses . Allsquare Golf . 10 January 2024.
12. Web site: Südstrand Golf Club, Föhr . Golf's Missing Links . 10 January 2024.
13. Web site: Flommens Golf Club . Golfjournalen . 10 January 2024.
14. Web site: Sand Golf Club . Golf Sweden . 10 January 2024.
15. Web site: Kingsley Club in N. Michigan: Forget fancy accoutrements, this is a player's golf course . MichiganGolf.com . 8 January 2024 . EN.
16. Web site: In the mood for British Open-style golf? Check out these American 'links' courses. Golf Advisor. 2016-05-09.