Golf England
England and Wales currently have eleven courses that Golf Magazine ranks in the world’s top 100 according to their 2019 rankings.
- # 29 Sunningdale GC Old Course
- # 33 Royal St. George’s GC
- # 40 Royal Birkdale GC
- # 54 Woodhall Spa
- # 55 Swinley Forest GC
- # 61 Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s GC
- # 65 Royal Liverpool GC
- # 67 Rye GC
- # 73 Sunningdale GC New Course
- # 86 St. George’s Hill GC
- # 90 Walton Heath GC Old Course
There are more golf courses in England than Ireland, Scotland and Wales put together. In addition to superb seaside golf, England – especially London’s suburban sandbelt – offers play at classic heathland clubs that have many of links courses’ playing characteristics like springy sand based turf, rippling fairways, gorse and heather. These include Sunningdale, Swinley Forest, St. George’s Hill and Walton Heath, among others. At some point you’ll want to consider a golf trip to England and Wales to play their great links courses like those found in five main areas:
Liverpool/Manchester Area (Northwest)
Southeast England (Kent)
Southwest England
Southern Wales
London’s Suburban Sandbelt
- Sunningdale
- Swinley Forest
- St. George’s Hill
- Walton Heath
