Devon presents England's most diverse golfing landscape, where championship links dance alongside dramatic clifftops and windswept moors embrace ancient designs. Home to the oldest course in England at Royal North Devon, this captivating county offers everything from Saunton's potential Open Championship venue to East Devon's spectacular clifftop panoramas 120m (400ft) above the English Channel. With dual coastlines framing Dartmoor's rugged heartland, Devon's courses traverse seaside links, heathland gems, and moorland masterpieces, all enhanced by the county's famously mild climate and stunning natural beauty.
Devon, England
If there is a need for another seaside Open Championship venue, then the East course at Saunton Golf Club might be a worthy candidate.
Devon, England
Devon, United Kingdom
Devon, United Kingdom
Devon, United Kingdom
The West is the second course at Saunton Golf Club and was originally laid out in the mid-1930s. It’s shorter than its older sister but, nonetheless, the West represents a challenge.
Royal North Devon Golf Club, or should we say Westward Ho! This nostalgic and monumental links course fits firmly into the “must-play” category.
East Devon Golf Club is absolutely enchanting, the course is laid out on high ground, 400 feet above the sea, close to the clifftops, where one can drink in the most spectacular views in golf.
Herbert Fowler used old mine workings in his design at Yelverton Golf Club. This is one of Devon’s best moorland golf courses with expansive views across Dartmoor and Cornwall.
Dr Alister MacKenzie laid out the course at Teignmouth Golf Club in the early 1920s and the greens bare his classical hallmark.
Bovey Castle sits within a 275-acre estate on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, Devon. J.F. Abercromby's 1930 Golden Age parkland layout routes through the Rivers Bovey and Bowden. Five-star hotel, lodges, spa, and Golf Academy on site.
Undoubtedly the Dartmouth Golf & Country Club's Championship course is tough, but also there is a great deal of excitement to be had here, even for the average golfer.
Founded in 1897 and fashioned by Harry Colt, Thurlstone Golf Club is a glorious cliff top cum downland course with stunning coastal views.
Configured in two returning loops of nine with holes 1 to 9 encircling the inward half, the Oaks at Woodbury Park Golf & Country Club is a testing, if somewhat hilly, parkland course...
