Shropshire sits at the heart of England's rural golfing landscape — a county of ancient market towns, dramatic upland scenery, and a golf culture shaped by some of the game's most celebrated architects. With twelve courses listed on Top 100 Golf Courses and a rich competitive history, Shropshire rewards golfers who seek character and substance over glamour.
Shropshire, United Kingdom
With fifteen holes in Wales and three in England, Llanymynech Golf Club is totally unique. On the 4th hole, you tee off in England and putt out in Wales.
Oswestry Golf Club has a lovely, undulating, James Braid-designed parkland course. It was however tamed in 1991 by Ian Woosnam with a remarkable round of 13 under par!
Church Stretton Golf Club is the oldest 18-hole layout in the county of Shropshire and is also the third highest golf course in the UK. The course here offers golfers fantastic views across Stretton valley to the east and there's some testing golf too.
Shifnal Golf Club was founded in 1929 but today's course was designed by Frank Pennink in the mid-1960s after the club moved to its current, picturesque, parkland location.
The complex at Hawkstone Park Golf Club extends to forty two holes – featuring the 18-hole Hawkstone and Championship courses and a 6-hole par three layout...
Opened in September 2010 and designed by K.K. Downing, former lead guitarist of heavy metal band Judas Priest, The Astbury is an impressive new parkland course designed to please golfers of all abilities...
Established in the mid 1930s, the course at Lilleshall Hall Golf Club was laid out by Harry Colt and John Morrison and it is characterised by tight fairways that cut through mature woodland.
Originally founded in 1891, Shrewsbury Golf Club’s current parkland layout at Grange Farm dates back to 1972. Panoramic views of the Stretton Hills and the Shropshire Plain can be seen from the tree-lined fairways.
The centurion Wrekin Golf Club is set under the watchful gaze of The Wrekin hill and the ancient oak woodland of The Ercall, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Founded in 1889, Ludlow is the oldest club affiliated to the Shropshire & Herefordshire Union of Golf Clubs. The course in play today is a 1927 James Braid redesign that is sand and gravel based which usually provides fast and firm conditions.
