The following is a list of links golf courses; also included are many "links-style" courses and courses that share many of the features of links courses.
Scotland
edit- Dumfries and Galloway
- Southerness Golf Club, Southerness, Dumfriesshire[1]
- Wigtownshire County Golf Club, Glenluce, Wigtownshire[1]
- Strathclyde
- Dundonald Links Golf Club, Irvine, Ayrshire[1]
- Gailes Links Golf Club, Irvine, Ayrshire[1]
- Irvine Golf Club, Irvine, Ayrshire[1]
- Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club – Barassie Links and Hillhouse Course, Barassie, Ayrshire[1]
- Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, Ayrshire[1]
- Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club, Prestwick, Ayrshire[1]
- Royal Troon Golf Club – Old Course and Portland Course, Troon, Ayrshire[1]
- Troon Darley Golf Club, Troon, Ayrshire[1]
- Troon Lochgreen Golf Club, Troon, Ayrshire[1]
- Turnberry – Ailsa, King Robert the Bruce, and Arran Courses, Turnberry, Ayrshire[1]
- West Kilbride Golf Club, West Kilbride, Ayrshire[1]
- Western Gailes Golf Club, Irvine, Ayrshire[1]
- Argyll and Isles
- Colonsay Golf Club, Isle of Colonsay[1]
- Dunaverty Golf Club, Southend, Kintyre[1]
- Machrie Golf Club, Isle of Islay[1]
- Machrihanish Golf Club – Championship Course, Campbelltown, Kintyre[1]
- Macrihanish Dunes Golf Club, Campbelltown, Kintyre[1]
- Shiskine Golf Club, Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran[1]
- Lothian
- Archerfield Links – Fidra Course and Dirleton Course, Dirleton, East Lothian[2]
- Craigielaw Golf Club, Aberlady, East Lothian[1]
- Dunbar Golf Club, Dunbar, East Lothian[1]
- Gullane Golf Club –three courses, Gullane, East Lothian[1]
- Muirfield – Gullane, East Lothian[1]
- Kilspindie Golf Club, Aberlady, East Lothian[1]
- Luffness New Golf Club, Aberlady, East Lothian[1]
- Musselburgh Links Old Golf Course, Musselburgh, East Lothian[1]
- North Berwick Golf Club – North Berwick, East Lothian[1]
- The Renaissance Club, Dirleton, North Berwick[1]
- Winterfield Golf Club, Dunbar, East Lothian[1]
- Fife
- Crail Golfing Society – Balcomie Links and Craighead Links, Crail, Fife[1]
- Elie Golf Club, Elie and Earlsferry, Fife[1]
- Fairmont St Andrews – Torrance Course and Kittocks Course, St Andrews, Fife
- Kingsbarns Golf Links, St Andrews, Fife[1]
- Leven Links Golf Course, Leven, Fife[1]
- Lundin Golf Club, Lundin Links, Fife[1]
- St Andrews Links – Old, New, Castle, Jubilee, Eden, Strathtyrum, and Balgrove Courses, St Andrews, Fife[1]
- Scotscraig Golf Club, Tayport, Fife
- Angus
- Arbroath Golf Links, Arbroath, Angus[1]
- Carnoustie Golf Links – Championship, Burnside, and Buddon Courses, Carnoustie, Angus[1]
- Monifieth Golf Links – Medal Course and Ashludie Course, Monifieth, Angus[1]
- Panmure Golf Club, Barry, Angus[1]
- Montrose Golf Links – Medal Course and Broomfield Course, Montrose, Angus[1]
- North East
- Cruden Bay Golf Club – Championship Course and St Olaf Course, Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire[1]
- Fraserburgh Golf Club – Corbiehill Links and Rosehill Links, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire[1]
- Inverallochy Golf Club, Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire[1]
- Kings Links Golf Course, Aberdeen[1]
- Murcar Links Golf Club – Murcar Course, Aberdeen[1]
- Murcar Links Golf Club – Strabathie Course and Strabathie Course, Aberdeen
- Newburgh On Ythan Golf Club, Ellon, Aberdeenshire[1]
- Peterhead Golf Club – Old Course and New Course, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire[1]
- Royal Aberdeen Golf Club – Balgownie Links and Silverburn Links, Aberdeen[1]
- Moray Coast
- Buckpool Golf Club, Buckie, Banffshire
- Cullen Links Golf Club, The Royal Burgh of Cullen, Moray[1]
- Hopeman Golf Club, Hopeman, Moray[1]
- Moray Golf Club – Old Course and New Course, Lossiemouth, Moray[1]
- Nairn Golf Club – Championship Course and Cameron Course, Nairn[1]
- Nairn Dunbar Golf Club, Nairn[1]
- Spey Bay Golf Club, Moray, Aberdeenshire[1]
- Strathlene Golf Course, Buckie, Banffshire[1]
- Highlands and Islands
- Barra Golf Club, Castlebay, Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides
- Brora Golf Club, Brora, Sutherland[1]
- Castle Stuart Golf Club, Inverness, Invernessshire[1]
- Durness Golf Club, Durness, Sutherland[1]
- Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club, Fortrose, Ross-shire[1]
- Gairloch Golf Club, Gairloch, Ross-shire
- Golspie Golf Club, Golspie, Sutherland
- Harris Golf Club, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides[1]
- Isle of Skye Golf Club, Sconser, Isle of Skye[1]
- Reay Golf Club, Reay, Caithness[1]
- Royal Dornoch Golf Club – Championship and Struie Course, Dornoch, Sutherland[1]
- Skibo Castle – Carnegie Club, Dornoch, Sutherland[1]
- Tain Golf Club, Tain, Ross-shire[1]
- Tarbat Golf Club, Portmahomack, Ross-shire[1]
- Traigh Golf Club, Arisaig, Invernessshire[1]
- Whalsay Golf Club, Whalsay, Shetland Islands
- Wick Golf Club, Wick, Caithness
England
edit- North West
- Blackpool North Shore Golf Club, Blackpool, Lancashire
- Castletown Golf Links, Castletown, Isle of Man[1]
- Fairhaven Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
- Fleetwood Golf Club, Fleetwood, Lancashire[1]
- Formby Golf Club, Formby, Merseyside[1][3]
- Hesketh Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside[1]
- Hillside Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside[1][3]
- Leasowe Golf Club, Moreton, Wirral[1]
- Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside[1][3]
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside[1][3]
- Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire[1][3]
- Seascale Golf Club, Seascale, Cumbria[1]
- Silloth on Solway Golf Club, Silloth on Solway, Cumbria[1][3]
- Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside[1][3]
- Southport Municipal Golf Links, Southport, Merseyside[1]
- St Annes Old Links Golf Club, St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire[1]
- Wallasey Golf Club, Wallasey, Merseyside,[1][2]
- West Lancashire Golf Club, Liverpool, Merseyside[1][3]
- North East
- Berwick-upon-Tweed Golf Club Goswick Course, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland[1]
- Cleveland Golf Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire[1]
- Ganton Golf Club, Ganton, North Yorkshire[3]
- Hartlepool Golf Club, Hartlepool, County Durham[1]
- Newbiggin Golf Club, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland[1]
- Seahouses Golf Club, Seahouses, Northumberland[1]
- Seaton Carew Golf Club, Hartlepool, County Durham[1][4][5][6][7]
- South West
- Bude and North Cornwall Golf Club, Bude, Cornwall[1]
- Burnham & Berrow Golf Club – Championship Course and Channel Course, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset[1][3]
- Minehead & West Somerset Golf Club, Minehead, Somerset[1]
- Mullion Golf Club, Helston, Cornwall[8]
- Newquay Golf Club, Newquay, Cornwall[1]
- Perranporth Golf Club, Perranporth, Cornwall[1][9]
- Royal North Devon Golf Club, Westward Ho!, Devon[1][3]
- St. Enodoc Golf Club – Church Course, Rock, Cornwall[1][3]
- Saunton Golf Club – East and West Courses, Braunton, Devon[1][3]
- Thurlestone Golf Club, Kingsbridge, Devon[9]
- Trevose Golf and Country Club – Championship Course, Trevose, Cornwall[1][3]
- Warren Golf Club, Dawlish, South Devon
- West Cornwall Golf Club, Lelant, Cornwall[1][9]
- Weston-super-Mare Golf Club, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset[1][9]
- South East
- Hayling Golf Club, Hayling Island, Hampshire[1][2]
- Littlehampton Golf Club, Littlehampton, West Sussex[1]
- Littlestone Golf Club – Warren and Championship Courses, Littlestone, Kent[1]
- Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent[1]
- Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent[1][3]
- Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent[1][3]
- Rye Golf Club (UK) – Old Course and Jubilee Course, Rye, East Sussex[1][3]
- East Anglia
- Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club – Martello Course and Kingsfleet Course, Felixstowe, Suffolk[1]
- Frinton Golf Club – Havers Course and Kirby Course, Frinton, Essex
- Great Yarmouth & Caister Golf Club, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk[1]
- Hunstanton Golf Club, Hunstanton, Norfolk[1][3]
- Royal Cromer Golf Club, Cromer, Norfolk
- Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, Brancaster, Norfolk[1][3]
- Sheringham Golf Club, Sheringham, Norfolk[1]
- Midlands
- Sandilands Golf Club, Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire (closed 2018)[1]
- Seacroft Golf Club, Skegness, Lincolnshire[1]
Wales
edit- Abersoch Golf Club, Abersoch, Gwynedd[1]
- Aberdovey Golf Club, Aberdyfi, Gwynedd[1]
- Ashburnham Golf Club, Burry Port, Carmarthenshire[1]
- Borth and Ynyslas Golf Club, Borth, Ceredigion[1]
- Conwy Golf Club, Conwy[1][2]
- Royal St David's Golf Club, Harlech, Gwynedd[1]
- Machynys Peninsula Golf Club, Machynys, Carmarthenshire
- Nefyn and District Golf Club, Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd
- North Wales Golf Club, Llandudno[1]
- Porthmadog Golf Club, Porthmadog, Gwynedd[1]
- Prestatyn Golf Club, Prestatyn, Denbighshire[1]
- Pwllheli Golf Club, Pwllheli, Gwynedd[1]
- Pennard Golf Club, Southgate, Swansea[1]
- Pyle and Kenfig Golf Club, Kenfig, Mid Glamorgan[1]
- Rhyl Golf Club (9), Rhyl, Denbighshire[1]
- Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan[1]
- Southerndown Golf Club, Ogmore-by-Sea, Mid Glamorgan
- Swansea Bay Golf Club, Neath, West Glamorgan
- Tenby Golf Club, Tenby, Pembrokeshire[1]
Northern Ireland & Channel Islands
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- Channel Islands
- La Moye Golf Club, La Moye, Jersey[1]
- Royal Guernsey Golf Club, Guernsey[1]
- Royal Jersey Golf Club, Jersey[1]
- Northern Ireland
- Ardglass Golf Club – Ardglass, County Down
- Bushfoot Golf Club, Portballintrae, County Antrim[1]
- Castlerock Golf Club – Mussenden Course and Bann Course, Castlerock, County Londonderry[1]
- Kirkistown Castle Golf Club, Cloughey, County Down[1]
- Portstewart Golf Club – Strand Course, Old Course, and Riverside Courses, Portstewart, County Londonderry[1]
- Royal County Down Golf Club – Championship Course and Annesley Course, Newcastle, County Down[1]
- Royal Portrush Golf Club – Dunluce Course and Valley Course, Portrush, County Antrim[1]
Ireland
edit- South East
- Arklow Golf Club, Arklow, Co Wicklow[1]
- Corballis Links Pitch and Putt Club, Donabate, Co Dublin[1]
- The European Club, Arklow, Co Wicklow[1]
- The Island Golf Club, Donabate, Co Dublin[1]
- Portmarnock Golf Club – Championship Course and Yellow Course, Portmarnock, Co Dublin [1][2]
- Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links, Portmarnock, Co Dublin[1]
- Rosslare Golf Club – Championship Course and Burrow Course, Rosslare, Co Wexford[1]
- The Royal Dublin Golf Club, Bull Island, Co Dublin[1]
- Rush Golf Club, Rush, Co Dublin[1]
- St Anne's Golf Club, Bull Island, Co Dublin[1]
- Sutton Golf Club, Sutton, Co Dublin[1]
- North East
- County Louth (Baltray) Golf Club, Drogheda, County Louth[1]
- Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club, Bettystown, Co Meath[1]
- Seapoint Golf Club, Drogheda, Co Louth[1]
- Munster
- Ballybunion Golf Club – Old Course and Cashen Course, Ballybunion, Co Kerry [1]
- Castlegregory Golf and Fishing Club, Castlegregory, Co Kerry[1]
- Dingle Golf Links, Dingle, Co Kerry[1]
- Dooks Golf Club, Glenbeigh, Co Kerry[1]
- Lahinch Golf Club – Old Course, Lahinch, Co Clare[1]
- Lahinch Golf Club – Castle Course, Lahinch, Co Clare[1]
- Old Head of Kinsale, Kinsale, Co Cork
- Tralee Golf Club, Tralee, Co Kerry[1]
- Trump International Golf Links and Hotel Ireland, Doonbeg, Co Clare[1]
- Waterville Golf Club, Waterville, Co Kerry[1]
- Connacht
- Achill Island Golf Club, Keel, Co Mayo[1]
- Carne Golf Club – Hackett Course and Kilmore Course, Belmullet, Co Mayo[1]
- Connemara Golf Links – Championship (A & B Nine) Course C Nine, Ballyconneely, Co Galway[1]
- County Sligo Golf Club – Championship Course, Sligo, Co Sligo[1]
- County Sligo Golf Club – Bomore Course (9), Sligo, Co Sligo[1]
- Enniscrone Golf Club – Dunes Course and Scurmore Course, Enniscrone, Co Sligo[1]
- Mulranny Golf Club, Mulranny, Co Mayo[1]
- Strandhill Golf Club, Strandhill, Co Sligo[1]
- Donegal
- Ballyliffin Golf Club – Glashedy Course and Old Course, Ballyliffin, Co Donegal[1]
- Buncrana Golf Club, Buncrana, Co Donegal
- Bundoran Golf Club, Bundoran, Co Donegal[1]
- Cruit Island Golf Club, Cruit Island, Co Donegal[1]
- Donegal Golf Club, Donegal, Co Donegal[1]
- Dunfanaghy Golf Club, Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal[1]
- Gweedore Golf Club, Derrybeg, Co Donegal[1]
- Narin and Portnoo Golf Club, Narin, County Donegal[1]
- North West Golf Club, Buncrana, Co Donegal[1]
- Portsalon Golf Club, Portsalon, Co Donegal[1]
- Rosapenna Golf Club – Sandy Hills Links, Old Tom Morris Links ,St Patrick's Links, Carrigart, and Coastguard Nine, Downings, Co Donegal[1]
Rest of Europe
edit- Belgium
- Royal Ostend Golf Club, De Haan, West-Vlaanderen[1]
- Denmark
- Fanø Golf Links, Fanø, Jutland[1]
- Estonia
- Pärnu Bay Golf Links, Pärnu[10]
- Finland
- Tapiola Golf, Espoo, Nyland[1]
- France
- Germany
- Golf Club Budersand, Sylt, Nordfriesland[1]
- Golf Club Föhr, Nieblum, Nordfriesland[12]
- Golf Club Nordeney, Nordeney, Ostfriesische Inseln[1]
- Nordsee Golf Club, Sankt Peter-Ording, Nordfriesland[11]
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Lofoten Golf Links, Gimsøy, Lofoten[1]
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Falsterbo Golf Club, Falsterbo, Skåne[1]
- Flommen Golf Club, Falsterbo, Skåne[13]
- Grönhogen Golf Links & Country Club, Degerhamn, Öland[11]
- Helsingborg Golf Club, Viken, Skåne[1]
- Ljunghusen Golf Club, Höllviken, Skåne[1]
- Sand Golf Club[14]
United States
edit- Midwest and Rocky Mountains
- Kingsley Club, Traverse City, Michigan[15]
- Sand Hills Golf Club, Mullen, Nebraska
- Wawashkamo Golf Club, Mackinac Island, Michigan
- Whistling Straits – Irish Course and Straits Course, Haven, Wisconsin
- Northeast
- Highland Links, Truro, Massachusetts[1]
- Maidstone Club, East Hampton, New York
- Rye Golf Club, Rye, New York
- Sankaty Head Golf Club, Siasconset, Massachusetts
- Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Shinnecock Hills, New York
- Pacific
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort – Bandon Dunes, Bandon Trails, Old Macdonald, Pacific Dunes, and Sheep Ranch Courses, Bandon, Oregon
- Chambers Bay, University Place, Washington
- Cypress Point Club, Pebble Beach, California
- Gearhart Golf Links, Gearhart, Oregon
- Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California
- Spyglass Hill Golf Course, Pebble Beach, California
- South
- Kiawah Island Golf Resort - Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
- Streamsong Resort (Red, Blue, and Black courses), Streamsong, Florida[16]
Canada
edit- Cabot Links, Inverness, Nova Scotia[1]
- Harmon Links, Stephenville, Newfoundland
Australia
edit- New South Wales
- Belmont Golf Course, Belmont
- Long Reef Golf Club, Collaroy
- New South Wales Golf Club, Sydney
- The Lakes Golf Club, Sydney
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Victoria
- Barwon Heads Golf Club, Barwon Heads[1]
- Cheltenham Golf Club, Cheltenham
- Commonwealth Golf Club, Oakleigh South, Melbourne
- Curlewis Golf Club, Curlewis
- Eagle Ridge Golf Course, Boneo
- Flinders Golf Club, Flinders
- Huntingdale Golf Club, Oakleigh South, Melbourne
- Kingston Heath, Cheltenham, Melbourne
- Lonsdale Links, Point Lonsdale
- Metropolitan Golf Club, Oakleigh South, Melbourne
- Moonah Links – Open Course and Legends Course, Fingal
- Mornington Golf Club, Mornington
- Peterborough Golf Club, Peterborough
- Portarlington Golf Club, Portarlington
- Port Fairy Golf Club, Port Fairy[1]
- Portsea Golf Club, Portsea
- Queenscliff Golf Club, Swan Island
- RACV Cape Schanck, Cape Schanck
- RACV Torquay Resort, Torquay
- Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Black Rock, Melbourne
- Sanctuary Lakes Golf Club, Point Cook, Melbourne
- Sandringham Golf Links, Sandringham, Melbourne
- Sandy Golf Links, Cheltenham, Melbourne
- Sorrento Golf Club, Sorrento
- Southern Golf Club, Keysborough, Melbourne
- Spring Valley Golf Club, Clayton South, Melbourne
- St Andrews Beach, Fingal
- The Dunes Golf Links, Rye
- The National Golf Club - Old Course, Moonah Course, Gunnamatta Course and Long Island Course, Cape Schanck[1]
- The Sands Torquay, Torquay
- Thirteenth Beach Golf Links - Beach Course and Creek Course, Connewarre
- Victoria Golf Club, Cheltenham, Melbourne
- Woodlands Golf Club, Mordialloc, Melbourne
- Yarra Yarra Golf Club, Bentleigh East, Melbourne
- Western Australia
- The Cut Golf Course, Dawesville[1]
- The Links Kennedy Bay, Port Kennedy[1]
- Sea View Golf Club, Cottesloe[1]
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Barnbougle Dunes, Bridport[1]
- Barnbougle Lost Farm, Bridport[1]
- Bougle Run, Bridport[1]
- Cape Wickham Links
- Ratho Farm Golf Links
New Zealand
edit- South Island
- Chisholm Park Golf Club, Tainui, Dunedin[1]
- Hokitika Golf Club, Hokitika, West Coast[1]
- Karamea Golf Club, Karamea, West Coast[1]
- Nelson Golf Links, Nelson[1]
- Otakou Golf Club, Otakou, Otago Peninsula[1]
- Takaka Golf Club, Clifton, Tasman[1]
- Westport Golf Club, Westport, West Coast[1]
- North Island
- Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club, Paraparaumu[1]
South Africa
edit- Atlantic Beach Links, Melkbosstrand, Western Cape
- Humewood Golf Course, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape[1]
- Milnerton Golf Club, Milnerton, Western Cape
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