Renfrewshire

The Renfrewshire Golf Union provides administration for over 10,000 golfers affiliated to 23 clubs in the area and it covers an area that stretches from Gourock in the north west to Bonnyton in the south east.

Top tracks in the county include the wonderful moorland trio of East Renfrewshire, Kilmacolm and Ranfurly Castle. Alternative top quality parkland venues include three along the banks of the River Clyde at Renfrew, Erskine and the new Earl of Mar course at Mar Hall.

Renfrewshire has tasted success in the Scottish Area Team Championships, supplying winning teams at Cardross in 1982, Machrihanish in 1996, Bathgate in 2005 and Crail in 2009. The county takes the development of young golfers very seriously, inviting children as young as nine to special coaching sessions at the Mearns Castle facility.

Our Renfrewshire Best in Region rankings were last updated in July 2017. Click the link to read the story.

Top 100 Golf Courses - Renfrewshire

East Renfrewshire

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The East Renfrewshire Golf Club, or ‘East Ren’ as it is known was established in 1922 and the great James Braid designed the course.

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Kilmacolm

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The Kilmacolm Golf Club has been called “the finest village golf club in the country” by a former club captain and “a very pleasant golfing place” by none other than Walter Hagen...

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Ranfurly Castle

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There is a hint of Gleneagles at Ranfurly Castle Golf Club, a mixture of heathland and moorland holes. A hidden gem if ever there was one.

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Mar Hall - Earl of Mar

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With an overall length of no more than 6,507 yards from the back tees, the Earl of Mar golf course at Mar Hall Golf Resort appeals to the strategically minded golfer...

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Paisley

5^th

Sixty years after the club was formed, members of Paisley Golf Club moved in 1953 to a Philip Mackenzie Ross-designed course on top of Gleniffer Braes, to the south of Paisley.

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Bonnyton

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The course at Bonnyton Golf Club – a lesser-known design of Alister MacKenzie – opened in 1922 with heather-fringed fairways laid out on Ballagioch Hill, high above the conservation village of Eaglesham.

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Renfrew

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Laid out on the banks of the Clyde, close to Glasgow airport, Renfrew Golf Club’s beautiful, tree-lined fairways have been in play since the early 1970s when Commander John Harris revamped the original James Braid layout.

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Erskine

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Erskine Golf Club is a wonderful parkland layout with an impressive design pedigree – Willie Fernie, Alister MacKenzie and James Braid have all left their mark on the course – and it lies on the south bank of the River Clyde.

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Whitecraigs

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The 18-hole layout at Whitecraigs Golf Club in Giffnock is a Willie Fernie course that dates back to 1905, at a time when the Open champion of 1883 was also involved in designing the new Portland course at Royal Troon.

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Old Course Ranfurly

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Known locally as Old Ranfurly, the Old Course Ranfurly Golf Club is a challenging, undulating, moorland course with magnificent views across the Clyde to Ben Lomond.

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