Royal North Devon, England
On a plot of common land in southwest England lies an uncommon links, full of history, challenge and a refreshingly quirky set of hazards
The Berkshire Golf Club, England
Riding the wave of popularity created by his design of Walton Heath, W. Herbert Fowler fashioned this pair of beauties in the heathland southwest of London
Ganton Golf Club, England
Part inland course and part links, this little-known but highly praised design rates as one of the most subtle yet challenging layouts in Britain
Royal Lytham & St. Annes, England
A British Open Tradition
Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, England
On a remote plot of farmland upholstered in gorse and heather, a single-minded colonel crafted England’s true heathland masterpiece
Rye Golf Club
If proof were needed that golf brings out the eccentric, defiant spirit of the English, this club alone could provide it
Wallasey Golf Club, England
Known primarily as the birthplace of the Stableford scoring system, this club outside Liverpool deserves notice for its layout along the Merseyside coast
Rye Golf Club, England
At this Classic english links, not much has changed since the days when
Winston Churchill and Bernard Darwin were members
The Royal St. George’s Golf Club, England

The founding of England’s first major-championship golf venue might easily have been dubbed the Great Escape of 1887. It was conducted by a group of frustrated golfers from Wimbledon Common in the suburbs of London, where the game was played by two golf clubs on the same course—in opposite directions. The search for new ground […]
Sunningdale Golf Club Old Course, England
The original course at this venerated 36-hole club offers heathland golf at its most bewitching