List of links golf courses

Note: Courses in normal font have been included in True Links – An Illustrated Guide to the Glories of the World's 246 Links Courses by George Peper and Malcolm Campbell. Courses in italicised font, although not included in this publication, are located on coastal terrain and display the majority of the features expected of a links golf course.

The following is a list of links golf courses.

Europe

United Kingdom

England

South West
  • Bude & North Cornwall Golf Club, Bude, Cornwall
  • Burnham & Berrow Golf Club – Championship Course, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset
  • Burnham & Berrow Golf Club – Channel Course, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset
  • Falmouth Golf Club, Falmouth, Cornwall
  • Ilfracombe Golf Club, Ilfracombe, Devon
  • Minehead & West Somerset Golf Club, Minehead, Somerset
  • Mullion Golf Club, Helston, Cornwall
  • Newquay Golf Club, Newquay, Cornwall
  • Perranporth Golf Club, Perranporth, Cornwall WuZuAP
  • Royal North Devon Golf Club, Westward Ho!, Devon
  • St. Enodoc Golf Club, Rock, Cornwall
  • Saunton Golf Club – East Course, Braunton, Devon
  • Saunton Golf Club – West Course, Braunton, Devon
  • Thurlestone Golf Club, Kingsbridge, Devon
  • Trevose Golf & Country Club, Trevose, Cornwall
  • Warren Golf Club, Dawlish, South Devon
  • West Cornwall Golf Club, Lelant, Cornwall
  • Weston-super-Mare Golf Club, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

South East
  • Freshwater Bay Golf Club, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight
  • Gosport & Stokes Bay Golf Club, Gosport, Hampshire
  • Hayling Golf Club, Hayling Island, Hampshire
  • Littlehampton Golf Club, Littlehampton, West Sussex
  • Littlestone Golf Club – Championship Course, Littlestone, Kent
  • Littlestone Golf Club – Warren Course, Littlestone, Kent
  • Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
  • Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
  • Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
  • Rye Golf Club – Championship Course, Rye, East Sussex
  • Rye Golf Club – Jubilee Course, Rye, East Sussex

East Anglia

Midlands
  • North Shore Golf Club, Skegness, Lincolnshire
  • Sandilands Golf Club, Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire (closed 2018)
  • Seacroft Golf Club, Skegness, Lincolnshire

North West
  • Blackpool North Shore Golf Club, Blackpool, Lancashire
  • Caldy Golf Club, Caldy, Merseyside
  • Castletown Golf Links, Castletown, Isle of Man
  • Dunnerholme Golf Club, Askam-in-Furness, Cumbria
  • Fairhaven Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
  • Fleetwood Golf Club, Fleetwood, Lancashire
  • Formby Golf Club, Formby, Merseyside
  • Furness Golf Club, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
  • Hesketh Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside
  • Hillside Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside
  • Leasowe Golf Club, Moreton, Wirral
  • Maryport Golf Club, Maryport, Cumbria
  • 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
  • Silecroft Golf Club, Silecroft, 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
  • St Bees Golf Club, St Bees, Cumbria
  • Wallasey Golf Club, Wallasey, Merseyside,
  • The Warren Golf Club, Wallasey, Merseyside
  • West Lancashire Golf Club, Liverpool, Merseyside

North East
  • Alnmouth Village Golf Club, Alnmouth, Northumberland
  • Bamburgh Castle Golf Club, Bamburgh, Northumberland
  • Berwick-upon-Tweed Golf Club (Goswick), Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
  • Cleveland Golf Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire
  • Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Club, Embleton, Northumberland
  • 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[1][2][3][4]
  • Warkworth Golf Club, Warkworth, Northumberland

Scotland

Dumfries & Galloway
  • Brighouse Bay Golf Club, Kirkcudbright, Dumfriesshire
  • Portpatrick Dunskey Golf Club – Dunskey Course, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire
  • Portpatrick Dunskey Golf Club – Dinvin Course, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire
  • Powfoot Golf Club, Annan, Dumfriesshire
  • St. Medan Golf Club, Monreith, Wigtownshire
  • Solway Links Golf Club, Kirkbean, Dumfriesshire
  • Southerness Golf Club, Southerness, Dumfriesshire
  • Wigtownshire County Golf Club, Glenluce, Wigtownshire

Strathclyde
  • Dundonald Links Golf Club, Irvine, Ayrshire
  • Girvan Golf Club, Girvan, Ayrshire
  • Glasgow Gailes Golf Club, Irvine, Ayrshire
  • Irvine Golf Club, Irvine, Ayrshire
  • Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club, Barassie, Ayrshire
  • Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, Ayrshire
  • Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club, Prestwick, Ayrshire
  • Royal Troon Golf Club – Old Course, Troon, Ayrshire
  • Royal Troon Golf Club – Portland Course, Troon, Ayrshire
  • Troon Darley Golf Club, Troon, Ayrshire
  • Troon Fullarton Golf Club, Troon, Ayrshire
  • Troon Lochgreen Golf Club, Troon, Ayrshire
  • Turnberry – Ailsa Course, Turnberry, Ayrshire
  • Turnberry – Kintyre Course, Turnberry, Ayrshire
  • Turnberry – King Robert the Bruce Course, Turnberry, Ayrshire
  • West Kilbride Golf Club, West Kilbride, Ayrshire
  • Western Gailes Golf Club, Irvine, Ayrshire

Argyll & Isles
  • Bute Golf Club, Isle of Bute
  • Craignure Golf Club, Isle of Mull
  • Colonsay Golf Club, Isle of Colonsay
  • Dunaverty Golf Club, Southend, Kintyre
  • Iona Golf Club, Isle of Iona
  • Machrie Golf Club, Isle of Islay
  • Machrie Bay Golf Club, Isle of Arran
  • Machrihanish Golf Club – Championship Course, Campbelltown, Kintyre
  • Machrihanish Golf Club – Pans Course, Campbelltown, Kintyre
  • Macrihanish Dunes Golf Club, Campbelltown, Kintyre
  • Shiskine Golf Club, Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran
  • Tobermory Golf Club, Isle of Mull
  • Vaul Golf Club, Isle of Tiree

Lothian
  • Archerfield Links – Fidra Course, Dirleton, East Lothian
  • Archerfield Links – Dirleton Course, Dirleton, East Lothian
  • Craigielaw Golf Club, Aberlady, East Lothian
  • Dunbar Golf Club, Dunbar, East Lothian
  • Eyemouth Golf Club, Gunsgreen Hill, Berwickshire
  • Glen Golf Club – East Links, North Berwick, East Lothian
  • Gullane Golf Club – No.1 Course, Gullane, East Lothian
  • Gullane Golf Club – No.2 Course, Gullane, East Lothian
  • Gullane Golf Club – No.3 Course, Gullane, East Lothian
  • Muirfield – Gullane, East Lothian
  • Kilspindie Golf Club, Aberlady, East Lothian
  • Longniddry Golf Club, Longniddry, East Lothian
  • Luffness New Golf Club, Aberlady, East Lothian
  • Musselburgh Links, The 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

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

North East

Moray Coast

Highlands & Islands
  • Askernish Golf Club, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
  • Barra Golf Club, Castlebay, Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides
  • Benbecula Golf Club, Isle of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides
  • Brora Golf Club, Brora, Sutherland
  • Castle Stuart Golf Club, Inverness, Invernessshire
  • Durness Golf Club, Durness, Sutherland
  • Fortrose & 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
  • Iona Golf Club, Iona
  • Isle of Skye Golf Club, Sconser, Isle of Skye
  • Reay Golf Club, Reay, Caithness
  • Royal Dornoch Golf Club – Championship Course, Dornoch, Sutherland
  • Royal Dornoch Golf Club – Struie Course, Dornoch, Sutherland
  • Sanday Golf Club, Sanday, Orkney Islands
  • Skibo Castle – Carnegie Club, Dornoch, Sutherland
  • Stromness Golf Club, Stromness, Orkney Islands
  • Tain Golf Club, Tain, Ross-shire
  • Tarbat Golf Club, Portmahomack, Ross-shire
  • Traigh Golf Club, Arisaig, Invernessshire
  • Uig Lodge Golf Course, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
  • Westray Golf Club, Westray, Orkney Islands
  • Whalsay Golf Club, Whalsay, Shetland Islands
  • Wick Golf Club, Wick, Caithness

Wales

South Wales
  • Pennard Golf Club, Southgate, Swansea
  • Pyle and Kenfig Golf Club, Kenfig, Mid Glamorgan
  • Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan
  • Southerndown Golf Club, Ogmore-by-Sea, Mid Glamorgan
  • Swansea Bay Golf Club, Neath, West Glamorgan

West Wales
  • Ashburnham Golf Club, Burry Port, Carmarthenshire
  • Cardigan Golf Club, Cardigan, Ceredigion
  • Machynys Peninsula Golf Club, Machynys, Carmarthenshire
  • Newport Links Golf Club, Newport, Pembrokeshire
  • St. Davids City Golf Club, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
  • Tenby Golf Club, Tenby, Pembrokeshire

Mid Wales
  • Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club, Borth, Ceredigion

North Wales

Northern Ireland
Royal County Down
  • Ardglass Golf Club – Ardglass, County Down
  • Ballycastle Golf Club, Ballycastle, County Antrim
  • Bushfoot Golf Club, Portballintrae, County Antrim
  • Cairndhu Golf Club, Ballygalley, County Antrim
  • Castlerock Golf Club – Mussenden Course, Castlerock, County Londonderry
  • Castlerock Golf Club – Bann Course, Castlerock, County Londonderry
  • Kirkistown Castle Golf Club, Cloughey, County Down
  • Larne Golf Club, Larne, County Antrim
  • Portstewart Golf Club – Strand Course, Portstewart, County Londonderry
  • Portstewart Golf Club – Old Course, Portstewart, County Londonderry
  • Portstewart Golf Club – Riverside Course, Portstewart, County Londonderry
  • Royal County Down Golf Club – Championship Course, Newcastle, County Down
  • Royal County Down Golf Club – Annesley Course, Newcastle, County Down
  • Royal Portrush Golf Club – Dunluce Course, Portrush, County Antrim
  • Royal Portrush Golf Club – Valley Course (Rathmore), Portrush, County Antrim

Channel Islands
  • La Moye Golf Club, La Moye, Jersey
  • Royal Guernsey Golf Club, Guernsey
  • Royal Jersey Golf Club, Jersey

Republic of Ireland

South East
  • Arklow Golf Club, Arklow, Co Wicklow
  • Corballis Links Golf Club, Donabate, Co Dublin
  • The European Club, Arklow, Co Wicklow
  • The Island Golf Club, Donabate, Co Dublin
  • Portmarnock Golf Club – Championship Course, Portmarnock, Co Dublin
  • Portmarnock Golf Club – Yellow Course, Portmarnock, Co Dublin
  • Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links, Portmarnock, Co Dublin
  • Rosslare Golf Club – Championship Course, Rosslare, Co Wexford
  • Rosslare Golf Club – Burrow Course, Rosslare, Co Wexford
  • Royal Dublin Golf Club, Bull Island, Co Dublin
  • Rush Golf Club, Rush, Co Dublin
  • St Anne's Golf Club, Bull Island, Co Dublin
  • Sutton Golf Club, Sutton, Co Dublin
  • Wicklow Golf Club, Wicklow, Co Wicklow

North East

Munster
The 18th hole at the Old Head Golf Links on the Old Head of Kinsale

Connacht

Donegal

Continental Europe

Belgium
  • Royal Ostend Golf Club, De Haan, West-Vlaanderen
  • Royal Zoute (Knokke) Golf Club, Knokke-Zoute, West-Vlaanderen

Denmark
  • Fanø Golf Links, Fanø

Finland
  • Vuosaari Golf, Helsinki
  • Tapiola Golf, Espoo

France
  • Belle Dune Golf Club, Fort-Mahon-Plage, Picardie
  • Chiberta Golf Club, Anglet, Aquitaine
  • Dinard Golf Club, Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, Bretagne
  • Golf de St Cast, Saint-Cast-le-Guildo, Bretagne
  • Etretat Golf Club, Etretat, Haut-Normandie
  • Granville Golf Club, Breville sur Mer, Basse-Normandie
  • La Touquet Golf Club – La Mer, Le Touquet, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
  • Pleneuf-Val Andre Golf Club, Pleneuf-Val Andre
  • Ploemeur Ocean Golf Club, Ploemeur, Bretagne
  • Wimereux Golf Club, Wimereux, Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Germany
  • Budersand Hotel, Gold & Spa, Budersand, Hornum
  • Nordeney Golf Club, Nordeney
  • Nordsee Golf Club, St Peter-Ording

Greece
  • Costa Navarino – Dunes Course, Costa Navarino, Messinia

Italy
  • San Domenico Golf Club, Savelletri di Fasano, Puglia
  • Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, Sciacca, Sicily
  • Donnafugata Golf Resort & Spa – South Course, Ragusa, Sicily

Netherlands
  • Domburgsche Golf Club, Domburg, Zeeland
  • Kennemer Golf Club, Zandvoort, Noord Holland
  • Open Golf Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Noord Holland
  • Noordwijkse Golf Club, Noordwijk, Zuid Holland
  • Royal Haagsche Golf & Country Club, Wassenaar, Zuid Holland

Norway
  • Lofoten Golf Links, Gimsøy, Lofoten

Poland
  • Sand Valley, Paslek

Portugal
  • Oitavos Dunes Golf Links, Cascais
  • Praia D'El Rey Beach & Golf Resort, Praia D'El Rei, Obidos, Costa Prata
  • Troia Golf, Carvalhal, Grandola
  • Porto Santo Golf, Porto Santo, Madeira
  • CS Salgados Golf, Salgados, Albufeira

Russia
  • Links National Golf Resort, Rogachevo, Moscow region
  • Zavidovo PGA National, Zavidovo, Tver region

Spain
  • Alcaidesa Links Resort, Alcaidesa, Andalucia
  • El Saler Golf Club, El Saler, Valencia

Sweden
  • Falsterbo Golf Club, Fyrvagen, Falsterbo
  • Grönhögen Golf Club, Grönhögen, Kalmar Län
  • Ljunghusen Golf Club, Kinells vag, Hollviken
  • Helsingborgs Golf Club, Viken
  • Flommens Golf Club, Falsterbo

Turkey
  • Lykia Links, Denizyaka, Antalya

North America

United States
This list includes the following types of courses:
  • Coastal links courses, including those on the Great Lakes.
  • Inland courses that have been reported by independent sources to have the playing characteristics of a seaside links, apart from the lack of proximity to water.

Midwest

Northeast
  • Bayonne Golf Club, Bayonne, New Jersey
  • Blue Fox Run Golf Course, Avon, Connecticut
  • Hawk Pointe Golf Club, Washington, New Jersey
  • Hickory Ridge Golf Club, Amherst, Massachusetts
  • Highland Links, Truro, Massachusetts
  • Maidstone Club, East Hampton, New York
  • Regency at Monroe, Monroe Township, New Jersey
  • Renaissance at Manchester, Manchester, New Jersey
  • Sankaty Head Golf Club, Siasconset, Massachusetts

Pacific

South
  • Echo Frams Golf & Country Club, Wilmington, North Carolina
  • Isle Dauphine Golf Club, Dauphin Island, Alabama
  • Lady's Island Country Club, Beaufort, South Carolina
  • Nags Head Golf Links, Nags Head, North Carolina
  • The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
  • Statesville Country Club, Statesville, North Carolina
  • St. Petersburg Country Club, St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Streamsong Resort – Red Course, Streamsong, Florida[5]
  • Streamsong Resort – Blue Course, Streamsong, Florida[6]
  • Streamsong Resort – Black Course, Streamsong, Florida[7]

Canada
  • Cabot Links, Inverness, Nova Scotia
  • Cabot Cliffs, Inverness, Nova Scotia
  • Harmon Links, Stephenville, Newfoundland
  • Northumberland Links, Pugwash, Nova Scotia
  • Kings Links, Delta, British Columbia

Mexico
  • Diamante Dunes Golf Club, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur
  • Paraiso del Mar Golf & Country Club, La Paz, Baja California Sur
  • Tres Vidas Acapulco, Acapulco, Guerrero

Central and South America

Argentina
  • Mar del Plata Golf Club, Buenos Aires

Brazil
  • Costa do Sauipe Golf Links, Mata de Sao Joao, Bahia (closed)

Oceania

Australia

Western Australia
  • Albany Golf Club, Albany
  • The Cut Golf Course, Dawesville
  • The Links Kennedy Bay, Port Kennedy
  • Seaview Golf Club, Cottesloe

South Australia

Victoria
  • Barwon Heads Golf Club, Barwon Heads
  • The Dunes Golf Links, Rye
  • Henley at Heritage GCC, Wonga Park
  • Moonah Links – Legends Course, Fingal
  • Moonah Links – Old Course, Fingal
  • The National Golf Club – Moonah Links, Cape Schanck
  • The National Golf Club – Ocean Links, Cape Schanck
  • Port Fairy Golf Club, Port Fairy
  • St Andrews Beach Golf Course, St Andrews Beach
  • The Sands Torquay Golf Club, Torquay
  • Thirteenth Beach Golf Links, Barwon Heads
  • Commonwealth Golf Club, Oakleigh South, Melbourne
  • Huntingdale Golf Club, Oakleigh South, Melbourne
  • Kingston Heath, Cheltenham, Melbourne
  • Metropolitan Golf Club, Oakleigh South, Melbourne
  • Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Black Rock, Melbourne
  • Victoria Golf Club, Cheltenham, Melbourne
  • Yarra Yarra Golf Club, Bentleigh East, Melbourne

New South Wales
  • Belmont Golf Course, Belmont N.S.W.
  • The Links Shellcove, Shellharbour
  • Long Reef Golf Club, Collaroy
  • Magenta Shores Golf & Country Club, Magenta
  • New South Wales Golf Club, Sydney
  • St Michael's Golf Club, Little Bay, Sydney
  • Wollongong Golf Club, Wollongong
  • Bonnie Doon Golf Club, Sydney
  • The Lakes Golf Club, Sydney

Queensland
  • Hope Island Resort, Hope Island
  • Palmer Sea Reef, Port Douglas

Tasmania

New Zealand

South Island
  • Chisholm Park Golf Club, Tainui, Dunedin
  • Hokitika Golf Club, Hokitika, West Coast
  • Karamea Golf Club, Karamea, West Coast
  • Nelson Golf Links, Nelson
  • Southland Golf Club, Otatara, Southland
  • Oreti Sands Golf Club, Invercargill (closed 2018)
  • Otakou Golf Club, Otakou, Otago Peninsula
  • Takaka Golf Club, Clifton, Tasman
  • Westport Golf Club, Westport, West Coast

North Island
  • Belmont Links, Wanganui
  • Howick Golf Club, Auckland
  • Miramar Links Golf Club, Wellington
  • Muriwai Golf Club, Muriwai Beach
  • Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club, Paraparaumu
  • Tara iti Golf Club, Mangawhai

Africa

Morocco
  • Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida
  • Royal Golf Mohammedia, Casablanca

South Africa
  • Atlantic Beach Golf Club, Cape Town, Western Cape
  • Fancourt Hotel and Country Club, George, Western Cape
  • Humewood Golf Course, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape

References
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  2. Bailey, Graeme (13 November 2009). "Seaton Carew review. We check out one of the oldest course's in England". BskyB. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. "Northern Golf-Seaton's Home Comforts". Offstone. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. "Seaton Carew Golf Club". Today’s Golfer. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. "In the mood for British Open-style golf? Check out these American 'links' courses". Golf Advisor. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
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