
Surrey
Surrey is the premier county in English golf with more golf courses in the Top 100 than any other county. It’s also one of the biggest counties in English golf with more than a hundred clubs attached to Surrey Golf (formerly known as Surrey Golf Union). The Surrey Women's Golf was founded in 1929, six years after the men formed their golf Union. Nowadays, the women’s governing body looks after the interests of around 7,000 female golfers in more than a hundred clubs.
Sunningdale Golf Club (Old)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Sunningdale Golf Club (Old)
The Old course at Sunningdale is one of the British Isles’ most aesthetically pleasing inland courses. Arguably, it was the first truly great golf course to be built on the magical Surrey/Berkshire sand-belt.
Sunningdale Golf Club (New)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Sunningdale Golf Club (New)
Taken together, the New and Old courses at Sunningdale Golf Club represent the finest 36 holes of golf in the whole of the British Isles.
St George's Hill Golf Club (Red & Blue)
Surrey, United Kingdom
St George's Hill Golf Club (Red & Blue)
The spectacular golfing panorama from the front of the St George's Hill clubhouse is a view that grabs you and makes your heart pound...
Walton Heath Golf Club (Old)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Walton Heath Golf Club (Old)
Walton Heath Golf Club is where links golf meets inland golf. There is no salty whiff of sea air, but the course plays and feels like a seaside links.
Wentworth Club (West)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Wentworth Club (West)
The West course at the Wentworth Club is Surrey's most famous golf course. It closed for its latest makeover in 2017 and reopened prior to the 2018 BMW PGA Championship.
Hankley Common Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Hankley Common Golf Club
There is an overwhelming feeling of spaciousness at Hankley Common, so much so that it seems plausible that a second or third course could be intertwined between the existing 18 holes.
Queenwood Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Queenwood Golf Club
Queenwood Golf Club, in a similar mould to Loch Lomond and the Wisley, is reserved for its small but perfectly formed membership and their very lucky friends.
Woking Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Woking Golf Club
There is absolutely no doubt that Woking Golf Club is located in an idyllic spot and the unusual pavilion clubhouse only adds to the charisma.
Worplesdon Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Worplesdon Golf Club
Worplesdon Golf Club is one of the prettiest and most delightful of Surrey’s many heath and heather courses and it’s arguably the best of the trinity of “Ws”...
West Hill Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
West Hill Golf Club
If it’s charm that you are looking for, then you need look no further than West Hill Golf Club. This is a truly delightful golf course.
Walton Heath Golf Club (New)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Walton Heath Golf Club (New)
Both courses at Walton Heath Golf Club are intertwined and have a very similar look and feel. The Old is tougher, although the New is a demanding course with memorable holes of great variety.
Hindhead Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Hindhead Golf Club
The front nine at Hindhead Golf Club is laid out through heather strewn Ice Age valleys and the back nine plays on a heathland plateau.
New Zealand Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
New Zealand Golf Club
Founded in 1895 and designed by Samuel “Mure” Fergusson, New Zealand Golf Club is a top-class course located within the famous Surrey heath belt.
Wentworth Club (East)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Wentworth Club (East)
Wentworth West is the course that everybody rushes to play, but the East is more enjoyable for the average player. It is also more sandy, intimate and charming.
The Addington Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
The Addington Golf Club
The Addington Golf Club is a natural inland golfing paradise, with plenty of heather, pine, bracken and silver birch. Very little has changed since the club was founded in 1914.
Coombe Hill Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Coombe Hill Golf Club
Coombe Hill Golf Club is one of the few courses designed by J.F. “Aber” Abercromby and the heavily wooded layout is quintessentially English.
The Wisley (Church & Garden)
Surrey, United Kingdom
The Wisley (Church & Garden)
Concealed behind the RHS gardens at Wisley lies one of the most delightful private golf clubs in the British Isles... The Wisley.
Tandridge Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Tandridge Golf Club
Tandridge Golf Club is billed as “the best kept golfing secret in Surrey” but we make no apology for letting the cat out of the bag.
Royal Wimbledon Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Royal Wimbledon Golf Club
Royal Wimbledon Golf Club is a jewel in the heart of London. A delightful peaceful course with fairways lined with mature oak, chestnut and silver birch trees, with a little gorse thrown in for good measure.
Camberley Heath Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Camberley Heath Golf Club
Camberley Heath Golf Club is a Harry Colt gem and many of the master architect’s original design features remain intact...
Wentworth Club (Edinburgh)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Wentworth Club (Edinburgh)
Arguably the Wentworth Club is the best 54-hole inland golfing destination in the whole of Britain and the Edinburgh course is an unsung gem.
West Surrey Golf Club
Surrey, England
West Surrey Golf Club
West Surrey Golf Club is one of Surrey’s quintessential gems, shaped by Herbert Fowler. It's set in rolling, well wooded and park-like surroundings with the added bonus of charming rural views.
Cuddington Golf Club
Surrey, England
Cuddington Golf Club
Established in 1929 and designed by Harry Colt, Cuddington Golf Club is set on fast-running and free-draining downland. Located inside the M25, it’s one of Surrey’s best-kept secrets.
Farnham Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Farnham Golf Club
The course at Farnham Golf Club is a smooth blend of parkland and heathland with fine views towards the Hog’s Back. With smallish greens and a healthy 6,608 yards from the back tees, Farnham rewards accurate approach play.
Effingham Golf Club
Surrey, England
Effingham Golf Club
Laid across free-draining downland, Effingham Golf Club is an undiscovered Harry Colt-designed course that occupies a generous 264-acre site from where there are panoramic views of the London skyline…
Reigate Heath Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Reigate Heath Golf Club
Established in 1895, 9-hole Reigate Heath Golf Club was described by Peter Alliss as “a little gem” when he featured the course for his 80s BBC TV show ‘Around with Alliss'.
Burhill Golf Club (Old)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Burhill Golf Club (Old)
Burhill Golf Club, set in rolling Surrey parkland, was once the home of the Duchess of Wellington and has been restored to its former Georgian splendour.
Beaverbrook Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Beaverbrook Golf Club
Co-designed by David McLay Kidd and Tom Watson, the Beaverbrook golf course at Cherkley Court quietly opened its tees for play in late September 2016.
West Byfleet Golf Club
Surrey, England
West Byfleet Golf Club
Originally named Bleakdown, the course at West Byfleet Golf Club was designed by the Scottish professional Cuthbert Butchart in the early 1900s. Although it only stretches to 6,197 yards, it’s still a wonderful test for proficient golfers.
Royal Automobile Club (Old Course)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Royal Automobile Club (Old Course)
It’s classically British at Woodcote Park at the exclusive Royal Automobile Club. Herbert Fowler originally designed the RAC's Old golf course and it offers a lovely parkland challenge in the heart of Surrey.
Foxhills Club & Resort (Longcross)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Foxhills Club & Resort (Longcross)
Likened by some to the Old course at Sunningdale, the Longcross golf course at the 45-hole Foxhills Resort partners the club’s Bernard Hunt course. The Longcross is a lovely tree-lined layout that requires accuracy and should not be underestimated.
Addington Palace Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Addington Palace Golf Club
Once the home of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Addington Palace Golf Club is set in mature rolling parkland and it presents an honest golfing test.
Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club (JH Taylor)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club (JH Taylor)
The Old Deer Park is a pretty spot and it's home to Royal Mid-Surrey, one of London's greatest golf clubs. With two courses, both designed by JH Taylor, the Outer (now called JH Taylor) is the premier layout.
Guildford Golf Club
Surrey, England
Guildford Golf Club
Guildford Golf Club was founded in 1886 and here on the North Downs at Merrow you’ll find the oldest golf course in Surrey. Measuring a mere 6,160 yards, Guildford isn't long but it’s tough to play to handicap.
Foxhills Club & Resort (Bernard Hunt)
Surrey, England
Foxhills Club & Resort (Bernard Hunt)
The Bernard Hunt golf course (formerly the Chertsey) at the Foxhills Resort plays across a lovely, undulating and densely forested parcel of land. It was on this layout in 1978 when Janet Melville won the Pretty Polly Women's British Open...
Banstead Downs
Surrey, United Kingdom
Banstead Downs
Touched by J.H. Taylor and James Braid, Banstead Downs Golf Club was inaugurated in 1890 and this natural, recently extended, 6,581-yard, lie-of-the-land course is routed over free draining chalk downland.
Woodcote Park Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Woodcote Park Golf Club
Woodcote Park Golf Club was established in 1912 and founder members enlisted Harry Vardon to design their course, assisted by the club’s first professional, Montrose-born Tom Winton.
Kingswood Golf & Country Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Kingswood Golf & Country Club
Founded in 1928 and designed by James Braid, Kingswood Golf & Country Club is located a mile to the north east of Walton Heath and is a relatively unknown venue, except to those in the know.
Purley Downs
Surrey, United Kingdom
Purley Downs
Founded in 1894, Purley Downs Golf Club soon had a 9-hole course in play which was extended to 18 holes in 1903 by J.H. Taylor when further land became available. The club’s hilly downland course was altered again in 1920 and little has changed since.
Puttenham Golf Club
Surrey, England
Puttenham Golf Club
Puttenham is one of the oldest golf clubs in Surrey, founded in 1894 by a group of Army Officers, Charterhouse School Masters and local businessmen.
Betchworth Park
Surrey, United Kingdom
Betchworth Park
Set on the southern ridge of Boxill near Dorking, the attractive course at Betchworth Park Golf Club is a rather hilly parkland layout, designed by Harry Colt and opening for play in 1913.
Richmond Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Richmond Golf Club
The Richmond Golf Club was originally fashioned by Tom Dunn in 1890s and 120 years later the course was renovated by the firm of Thomson, Perrett and Lobb which resulted in the layout being awarded Renovation of the Year for 2012.
Burhill Golf Club (New)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Burhill Golf Club (New)
The New course at Burhill Golf Club, along with the newly renovated clubhouse, opened with a fanfare in 2001 and by the end of the decade it had established itself as a preferred annual venue for the PGA Europro Tour...
Sunningdale Heath Golf Club
Berkshire, England
Sunningdale Heath Golf Club
Sunningdale Heath Golf Club was formed in 1902 as Sunningdale Ladies Golf Club, with women playing on an 8-hole course. Harry Colt later extended this layout to eighteen short holes, on ground next to the front nine of the Old course at Sunningdale Golf Club.
Croham Hurst
Surrey, United Kingdom
Croham Hurst
Croham Hurst Golf Club was Frederick George Hawtree’s inaugural design, which he laid out in cooperation with James Braid in 1912. Situated near Croydon, it remains a highly respected members’ course.
Gatton Manor
Surrey, United Kingdom
Gatton Manor
Gatton Manor Hotel & Golf Club is now under new ownership, so we’re hoping to see the parkland course that John Harris designed in 1969 flourish once more. Who could forget the finishing hole which is one of the best in the region?
The Drift Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
The Drift Golf Club
A mid-1970s Henry Cotton and Bob Sandow creation, the woodland course at the Drift Golf Club is a challenging test for anyone who strays too far from the tree-lined fairways.
Tyrrells Wood Golf Club
Surrey, United Kingdom
Tyrrells Wood Golf Club
The James Braid ledger contains an entry for March 1922 which records an income of ten guineas plus expenses of ten shillings for design work relating to the course at Tyrrells Wood Golf Club which first opened two years later. It’s claimed that Harry Colt subsequently carried out some unspecified work on the course.
Shirley Park
Surrey, United Kingdom
Shirley Park
Surrounded by suburbia, a mile to the east of Croydon, the course at Shirley Park Golf Club is a 1914 Tom Simpson and Herbert Fowler production that remains almost true to the architects’ blueprint from more than a century ago.
Pyrford Lakes Golf Club
Berkshire, England
Pyrford Lakes Golf Club
First opening for play in 1993, the 18-hole layout at Pyrford Lakes was designed by Clive Clark and Peter Alliss. Tree-lined fairways are routed around several large lakes on a flat landscape, with water playing a large part in proceedings at more than half the holes.