John O'Gaunt Golf Club stands as the county's headline act. Its John O'Gaunt course is a magnificent parkland layout, the fairways lined with majestic specimen trees that create a sense of scale and grandeur rare in English inland golf. The Carthagena, the club's second course, complements it with its own character — designed by F.W. Hawtree, with Martin Hawtree completing the second nine in the 1970s, and a memorable split-fairway 16th dropping down to a double-tiered green framed by trees and bunkers.
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
The John O'Gaunt course at John O'Gaunt Golf Club is a magnificent parkland course with majestic specimen trees lining the lush fairways.
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
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”.
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.
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.
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 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.
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”.
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.
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's Bedfordshire estate is undergoing a £170 million championship course redesign by European Golf Design, with Justin Rose and Gary Player as collaborators. Set within a Grade I-listed Capability Brown landscape, the project is part of a formal bid to host the 2035 Ryder Cup.
