Bedfordshire
With only 22 affiliated golf clubs, Bedfordshire County Golf is one of the smallest counties affiliated to England Golf. Bedfordshire County Golf Union dates back to 1923 when Bedfordshire, Dunstable Downs, South Beds and Mid Beds (now Bedford & County) were the four founding Bedfordshire clubs and each of these golf courses feature prominently in our Best in County rankings. Bedfordshire Ladies’ County Golf Association amalgamated with the men’s county golf union to form Bedfordshire County Golf in 2022. The Bedfordshire Golf Club is now more than 120 years old and it’s the oldest club in the county but its course is one of the county’s newest – opening for play in 2000. The renowned British golf writer, Henry Longhurst, was an active member of the Bedfordshire Golf Club in the 1930s. Our Bedfordshire golf course rankings were updated in December 2023.
John O'Gaunt Golf Club (John O'Gaunt)
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
John O'Gaunt Golf Club (John O'Gaunt)
The John O'Gaunt course at John O'Gaunt Golf Club is a magnificent parkland course with majestic specimen trees lining the lush fairways.
Dunstable Downs Golf Club
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Dunstable Downs Golf Club
Dunstable Downs Golf Club is set spectacularly on high ground with holes routed over free-draining, chalky ground. Renowned for its hard and fast greens this golf course is indeed “A Breath of Fresh Air”.
Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands
Sandy Herd’s 1914 parkland design at Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands Golf Club was extended from 9 to 18 holes in the 1970s. It’s not the longest course in the region but it hosted the 2009 County Championships.
Millbrook Golf Club
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Millbrook Golf Club
Formerly known as Lyshott Heath, Millbrook Golf Club is one of the region’s longest courses, which stretches out to 6,884 yards from the blue tees. This fast running, free draining course plays in a downland style.
Bedfordshire (Championship)
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Bedfordshire (Championship)
Cameron Sinclair designed the new course at the centurion Bedfordshire Golf Club and it opened in 2000 to rapturous applause. The course may be young, but it’s already one of the finest in the region.
Bedford & County
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Bedford & County
Bedford & County Golf Club is set in mature woodland and is routed across undulating ground. Established in 1912 it’s one of the finest courses in the county.
South Beds (Galley Hill)
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
South Beds (Galley Hill)
The Galley Hill course at South Beds Golf Club is an established County Championship layout which measures a testing 6,401 yards from the back markers. Harry Vardon once described it as “Bedfordshire’s hidden gem”.
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Leighton Buzzard
Founded in 1925, Leighton Buzzard Golf Club is a delightful parkland course with a challenging closing stretch. For four years, from the age of nineteen, Ian Poulter was the club’s Assistant Pro.
John O'Gaunt (Carthagena)
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
John O'Gaunt (Carthagena)
The Carthagena is the 2nd course at John O’Gaunt Golf Club but its signature 16th is memorable. The split fairway plunges down to a double-tiered green surrounded by trees and bunkers. F.W. Hawtree laid out the first nine in the 1960s and his son Martin fashioned the second nine in the 1970s.
Luton Hoo
Bedfordshire, England
Luton Hoo
Laid out in the early years of the new millennium by Mike Smith of Mass Designs, the 18-hole layout at the Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa lies mainly within a Grade 1 listed Capability Brown-designed park, which meant earth moving was only permitted for tees and greens and sand bunkers were not allowed to be built.
