England is home to four of The Open venues; Royal Lytham & St Annes, Royal Birkdale, Royal Liverpool and Royal St Georges. Wales’ most well known courses are Royal Porthcawl and Celtic Manor which hosted the 2010 Ryder Cup. The fine range of golf courses and accommodation throughout England and Wales allows us to create truly memorable golf tours for our clients. Our England & Wales Golf Tours are all fully customised, and our dedicated team of Golf Travel Consultants are on-hand to help design your dream itinerary.
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A close neighbour to Royal St George’s Golf Club, Prince’s Golf Club first opened for play in 1906. Since then, the club has developed a course that now comprises of 27 holes in three loops of nine – the Himalayas, the Dunes, and the Shore which has seen significant improvement in the last 3 years under the watchful eye of renowned golf course architect Martin Ebert. Prince’s has played host to The Open Final Qualifying Series since 2018 and features onsite accommodation.
It has been said that Sandwich is one of the most beautiful and unspoilt towns in southern England, and Royal St George’s is the truest links you will find in all of England. The Royal & Ancient wisely chose Royal St George’s for major championships, knowing it would find the pedigree player at the end of the week, and the course was the first outside Scotland on which the Open Championship was played. Close to the sea, the course overlooks Pegwell Bay and any kind of wind can make this mammoth test even tougher; only four Open winners have managed to be under par after 72 holes.
This famous championship seaside links is windy but with easy walking. First constructed by Henry Hunter in 1892 as a 9-hole course, Royal Cinque Ports was extended to 18 holes in 1896. Since then, alterations have been made by James Braid, Henry Cotton and Donald Steel. The outward 9 is generally considered the easier, whilst the inward 9 is longer and includes the renowned 16th, perhaps the most difficult hole. On fine days there are wonderful views across the channel. Royal Cinque Ports hosted the Open Championship in 1909 and in 1920.
These two magnificent courses lie on the Berkshire-Surrey border, just to the west of London. The Old Course, designed by Willie Park Jr and opened in 1901, has hosted many PGA tour events and is one of the finest inland courses in the UK. Tree-lined fairways and spectacular views make every hole a gem, and also give the feeling of splendid isolation. The New Course, designed by Harry S. Colt and opened in 1923, is the more rugged of the two but poses no less of a challenge – the gorse and heather will easily gather up any stray golf balls.
Built in 1869, Royal Liverpool Golf Club is the second oldest seaside golf course in England. In 1871 the course was extended to 18 holes and was granted the designation ‘Royal’. The world-famous course was created to be a demanding test of golf and this continues to be the case, especially when the wind blows. Royal Liverpool has been host to many Open Championships and has provided popular winners such as Roberto De Vicenzo and Tiger Woods. Royal Liverpool hosted the 2014 Open and is set to host the Championship again in 2023.
There are few seaside links in the world that can be described as great, but Royal Birkdale, with its expanse of towering sandhills and willow scrubs, is one of them. There have been some changes since the club (designed by George Lowe) was founded in 1889 and they have hosted everything that matters here, including the Open and the Ryder Cup. Some changes have been made since Arnold Palmer hit the wondrous recovery shot that helped him win the Open in 1961 and led to a plaque being erected to mark the spot from which the divot was taken.
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club is one of the premier links-style golf courses in the world and has played host to 10 Open Championships. As well as two Ryder Cups, and a host of other tour events. This is an extremely challenging course when the wind is blowing. Royal Lytham is quite unique among championship courses in that the opening hole is, in fact, a par 3. A must-play on any golfer’s itinerary. Royal Liverpool last hosted the Open Championship in 2001 when David Duval triumphed, and more recently in 2012.
Situated to the south of Royal Dornoch, Tain is a heathland/links course with spectacular views. Designed originally by Old Tom Morris as a fifteen-hole course in 1890, it was extended to eighteen holes in 1894; eleven Morris holes are still in play today. This is an easy walking course with the river meandering through three of the holes. Always presented in beautiful condition, Tain is a good test of golf, with clever bunkering and natural water hazards. Tain is located 35 miles north of Inverness.
