James Braid's Best Golf Courses

Angus & Dundee, United Kingdom

Carnoustie is a big natural seaside golf links and the Championship course is considered to be one of the most difficult in the British Isles.

Cornwall, United Kingdom

St Enodoc Golf Club is certainly a quixotic and rather hilly links course, set amidst towering sand dunes clad with tufts of wild sea grasses.

North East Scotland, United Kingdom

The Balgownie at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club is a traditional out and back links course running along the shore of the North Sea and it has one of the finest first nine holes in golf.

Kent, United Kingdom

Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, or Deal as it is somtimes called, is an absolute brute of a links course. Its back nine, or rather the last seven holes, are relentless.

Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

Royal Troon is a traditional out and back links course on the current Open Rota. Host of the 152nd Open Championship, it is best known for the short par 3 Postage Stamp and strategic 11th, named Railway.

Perth & Kinross, United Kingdom

Gleneagles is the perfect setting for a game of golf and the King’s course is surely the best moorland track in the world.

North Scotland, United Kingdom

Championship links on Moray Firth coastline, founded 1887 with contributions from Old Tom Morris and James Braid. Host venue for Walker Cup 1999, Curtis Cup 2012, and Amateur Championships. Highland location offers year-round play with exceptional greens and traditional out-and-back routing alongside Scottish beaches.

Surrey, United Kingdom

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.

Norfolk, United Kingdom

Hunstanton Golf Club is a connoisseur’s golf course, jammed full of memorable quality golf holes.

South Wales, United Kingdom

Pennard Golf Club is a delightful old-fashioned affair and without doubt, this is one of the very best links courses in the British Isles.