Walker Cup GB&I Venue Ranking
The Walker Cup, one of amateur golf's most prestigious international competitions, has been graced by the finest links courses across Great Britain & Ireland. The Walker Cup Match is a biennial match-play contest played between two 10-man amateur teams from Great Britain & Ireland and the United States of America, with the home nations providing the traditional and authentic backdrop for amateur golf's premier international competition.
Royal County Down (Championship)
Down, United Kingdom
Royal County Down (Championship)
Royal County Down Golf Club is at Newcastle, a little holiday town nestling at the feet of the majestic Mountains of Mourne. It’s an exhilarating location for a classic links golf course...
St Andrews Links (Old)
Fife, United Kingdom
St Andrews Links (Old)
No other course has hosted more Opens than the Old Course at St Andrews. Its 29th Open and the 144th Open Championship returned “to the Home of Golf” in 2015.
Muirfield - Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers
Lothians, United Kingdom
Muirfield - Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers
Muirfield is the course of “The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers” (HCEG), the world’s oldest golf club – according to direct written evidence – formed in 1744.
Trump Turnberry Resort (Ailsa)
Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom
Trump Turnberry Resort (Ailsa)
Trump Turnberry Ailsa stands on the Ayrshire coastline 82km (51 miles) south of Glasgow, commanding views across the Firth of Clyde towards the Isle of Arran and Ailsa Craig. The par-71 links hosted four Open Championships between 1977 and 2009, most famously the 1977 "Duel in the Sun" between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus.
Royal St George's Golf Club
Kent, United Kingdom
Royal St George's Golf Club
There's nothing artificial about Royal St George’s Golf Club; there's a natural look and feel to the course that blends beautifully into its historical Sandwich surroundings.
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.
Lahinch Golf Club (Old)
Clare, Ireland
Lahinch Golf Club (Old)
Lahinch Golf Club is situated next to the lovely beach of Liscannor Bay. It's an enchanting place to play golf... rugged, distinctive, unusually varied and immensely entertaining.
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Lancashire, United Kingdom
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club is the most northerly of the English championship links courses, situated only 10 miles from Royal Birkdale.
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
South Wales, United Kingdom
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club is located off the beaten track, east of Swansea and west of Cardiff. Despite being the highest ranked course in Wales, it remains relatively unknown.
Ganton Golf Club
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Ganton Golf Club
This sandy, gently undulating site was once a North Sea inlet. Consequently, Ganton Golf Club has all the characteristics of a links and a heathland course.
