Best Golf Courses in England

Royal St George's Golf Club in Kent is considered to be the best links golf course in England. This course a regular feature on The Open Championship rota and provides a stern test for golfers with strategic bunkering and dunes framing each of the holes. While it is perhaps not the most picturesque of seaside links golf courses, it is certainly one that features highly within any Top 100 Golf Course list. Other notable links golf courses in England include the South West's St Enodoc with dramatic views matched with a very playable design that thousands of golfers enjoy each year. The East of England enjoys the likes of Hunstanton and Brancaster while the North West is home to arguably the UK's most noted Championship venue, Royal Birkdale which has held almost every amateur and professional tournament.

Sunningdale Golf Club, or more specifically The Old Course at Sunningdale, is regarded as England and The UK's best heathland golf course. This Surrey golfing gem has a rich golfing history ranging from Bobby Jones to Sir Nick Faldo and is a course that many seek out and tick off as part of their bucket list. Whilst the course isn't considered to be long by modern standards, it still provides a world-class challenge that when combined with lunch in the stunning clubhouse and The New Course make for an utterly unbeatable day of golf. Other top-rated heathland golf courses in England include further Surrey courses such as Hankley Common and Walton Heath as well as Lincolnshire's Woodhall Spa and Yorkshire's Lindrick, Alwoodley and Moortown.

Whilst not strictly new having opened in 2001, Queenwood Golf Club in Surrey is considered to be the best. Designed by David McLay Kidd, Queenwood has been etched out of established pine and oak trees with a sprinkling of heather to create a truly memorable golfing experience. Stand out holes include the dog-leg 10th where the green is framed by water on the right-hand side, ready to await a misplaced approach and the par-4 16th hole with its bowl green creating the chance for a ball to feed into the hole. Despite the course being private for members and their guests only, course reviews and impressions of the course are of the very highest calibre, attracting the likes of Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott as members.