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Where the game feels at home

Golf in Europe.

Start with the links of Scotland and Ireland, then follow the light south to Greece. Europe lets you choose between a golf pilgrimage, a coastal road trip and a resort week with room for everyone.

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A little planning goes a long way.For a multi-country journey, think in clusters. A Fife trip and a Cork trip each deserve their own base. Plan around confirmed tee times, and check how clubs handle visitor handicaps, caddies and seasonal opening.
The Swilcan Bridge, Old Course and clubhouse at St AndrewsLinks
Scotland · St Andrews

The Old Course

Shared greens, the Swilcan Bridge, and the town where golf feels at home.

The Dunes Course at Costa Navarino with resort buildings and coastal landscapeResort
Greece · Messinia

Costa Navarino

Mediterranean mornings. Four courses. A very good reason to stay longer.

Kingsbarns links fairways running down to the North Sea, seen from near the clubhouseLinks
Scotland · Kingsbarns

Kingsbarns Golf Links

A modern links shaped by hand above the Fife shore, six miles from St Andrews.

The 18th green of Carnoustie’s Championship Course with the Barry Burn and hotel beyondLinks
Scotland · Carnoustie

Carnoustie Golf Links

Eight Opens, the Barry Burn and a finish that has humbled the best in the game.

Tree-lined fairway on one of the Gleneagles courses in PerthshireResort
Scotland · Auchterarder

Gleneagles

Braid’s moorland courses and a Ryder Cup venue under the Ochil Hills.

Fairway and green below the tall sand dunes on the 7th hole at BallybunionLinks
Ireland · Ballybunion

Ballybunion Golf Club

Dune-ridge links on the Kerry shore, from the graveyard first to the cliff-edge 11th.

Rolling links fairways and dunes on Lahinch Golf Club’s links course in County ClareLinks
Ireland · Lahinch

Lahinch Golf Club

Blind shots over Klondyke and the Dell, a surfing village and goats that read the weather.

The 18th hole at Waterville Golf Links running along Ballinskelligs Bay under a stormy skyLinks
Ireland · Waterville

Waterville Golf Links

A long, remote Ring of Kerry links where the back nine climbs into the big dunes.

The whitewashed church at Cacela Velha in the eastern Algarve, near Monte ReiResort
Portugal · Vila Nova de Cacela

Monte Rei Golf & Country Club

A single Nicklaus course in the quiet eastern hills, freshly renovated for autumn 2026.

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Umbrella pines lining a fairway at Quinta do Lago in the AlgarveResort
Portugal · Almancil

Quinta do Lago

Three courses among umbrella pines, on the edge of the Ria Formosa lagoon.

Red-roofed houses and town walls of Óbidos, the nearest town to West CliffsLinks
Portugal · Vau

West Cliffs Golf Links

Cynthia Dye’s dune links on the Silver Coast, an hour north of Lisbon.

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Path beside a pine-framed fairway at Oitavos Dunes near CascaisLinks
Portugal · Quinta da Marinha

Oitavos Dunes

Arthur Hills’ dunes-and-pines links, with Cabo da Roca on the horizon.

Green and wooded hillside on the Atlantic course at Penha Longa, SintraMountain
Portugal · Sintra

Penha Longa

Robert Trent Jones Jr. golf in the wooded Sintra hills, 30 minutes from Lisbon.

Olive trees and bunkers on the Finca Cortesín course above the MediterraneanResort
Spain · Casares

Finca Cortesín

The 2023 Solheim Cup course, set among olive trees above the Mediterranean.

Aerial view of the Abama resort and golf course on the Tenerife coastResort
Spain · Guía de Isora

Abama Golf

Palms, 22 lakes and La Gomera on the horizon: Tenerife’s winter-sun course.

Torre Verdura, the coastal watchtower beside the Verdura resort near SciaccaCoastal
Italy · Sciacca

Verdura Resort

Two Kyle Phillips courses through olive groves to the Sicilian shore.

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The first green at Muirfield with long rough, a line of trees and the Firth of Forth and Fife coast beyondLinks
Scotland · Gullane

Muirfield

Sixteen Opens, two loops of nine and visitor tee times only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Aerial view of the Prestwick links running along the curve of the Ayrshire shore with the town and the Firth of Clyde beyondLinks
Scotland · Prestwick

Prestwick Golf Club

Where The Open began in 1860, with blind holes the railway still runs past.

A links fairway at Dumbarnie running between grassy dunes towards distant bunkers under a pale skyLinks
Scotland · Upper Largo

Dumbarnie Links

A 2020 links on Largo Bay, wide enough to swing freely and firm enough to think.

A green on Crail’s Balcomie Links beside rocky foreshore, with the North Sea and the coast running on behindLinks
Scotland · Fife Ness

Crail Golfing Society

Old Tom Morris’s Balcomie and Gil Hanse’s Craighead on the eastern tip of Fife.

Sunset over the Malahide Estuary seen from the Corballis side, with saltmarsh in the foregroundLinks
Ireland · Donabate

The Island Golf Club

A dune peninsula once reached by rowing boat, now 20 minutes from Dublin Airport.

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The white façade of the K Club hotel above clipped lawns and topiary on a clear winter dayParkland
Ireland · Straffan

The K Club

The 2006 Ryder Cup course, on a Liffey-side estate west of Dublin.

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A gravel track beside the links at Barrow, Tralee Golf Club, with rocks offshore in grey seaLinks
Ireland · Barrow

Tralee Golf Club

Palmer’s seaside front nine, then a back nine carved through towering Barrow dunes.

Rossbeigh Strand seen from the hillside above Glenbeigh, with Castlemaine Harbour and the Kerry mountains beyondLinks
Ireland · Glenbeigh

Dooks Golf Club

An 1889 links on Dingle Bay, under the Reeks, with natterjack toads for company.

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A Formby fairway and tee seen from under the pines, with golfers and a pine wood beyondLinks
England · Freshfield

Formby Golf Club

Links turf threaded through Scots pine and dunes, a short walk from Freshfield station.

Hillside fairways below pine-topped sandhills, seen through a fence from beside the railwayLinks
England · Birkdale

Hillside Golf Club

A quiet front nine by the railway, then a back nine deep in the Birkdale dunes.

A palm tree and umbrella pines above a Vale do Lobo fairway, seen across a shallow stream behind the beachResort
Portugal · Vale do Lobo

Vale do Lobo

Two Cotton-rooted courses and a par-3 16th that carries a red sandstone ravine.

View from the 17th tee at Pennard over Three Cliffs Bay and the Gower coast in evening lightLinks
Wales · Southgate

Pennard Golf Club

Tumbling links turf 200 feet above Three Cliffs Bay, with a ruined castle beside play.

Two golfers on an Aberdovey green below big marram dunes, with the railway and road in front and the sea beyondLinks
Wales · Aberdyfi

Aberdovey Golf Club

Bernard Darwin’s favourite links, squeezed between the Cambrian Coast railway and the dunes.

Surf rolling onto the long beach at Enniscrone under a grey evening sky, with the town on the left and a distant peak across Killala BayLinks
Ireland · Enniscrone

Enniscrone Golf Club

Big dunes on Killala Bay, a par-73 links and a nine-hole Hackett remnant beside it.

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The Carne clubhouse above a full car park, with marram-covered dunes rising behind it under a clear blue skyLinks
Ireland · Belmullet

Carne Golf Links

Eddie Hackett’s last links, routed through huge sandhills on the Mullet peninsula.

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Three golfers on a contoured green at Cork Golf Club, with a bank of mature trees behindParkland
Ireland · Little Island

Cork Golf Club

Alister MacKenzie holes through an old limestone quarry beside Lough Mahon.

A green valley of olive trees, scrub and yellow-flowering broom below wooded hills under a pale sky, near Fonte BenémolaParkland
Portugal · Querença

Ombria Golf Course

Six par 3s, river crossings and a buggy-only round in the hills north of Loulé.

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A wide lawn with umbrella pines and white, red-roofed villas beyond, on the Vila Sol estate near QuarteiraParkland
Portugal · Morgadinhos

Pestana Vila Sol

Donald Steel’s 27 pine-lined holes, twice home to the Portuguese Open.

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A narrow wooden pier on stilts running out across tidal mudflats and a channel of the Sado estuary at Comporta, with reed beds and trees under a clear blue skyLinks
Portugal · Carvalhal

Terras da Comporta

Kidd’s fescue links in deep Alentejo sand, now joined by Sergio Garcia’s first course.

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The white, slate-roofed Hotel Palácio in Estoril behind palm trees, clipped shrubs and the lawns of a public garden on a sunny dayParkland
Portugal · Estoril

Golf do Estoril

A short, tree-lined par 69 that hosted the first Portuguese Open in 1953.

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The 2nd green at Lofoten Links on a rocky point, framed by boulders and white sand with the Norwegian Sea behindLinks
Norway · Hov

Lofoten Links

Seaside links at 68° north, with tee times through the night under the midnight sun.

View from the 18th at Bernardus over a heathland fairway and water hazard towards the clubhouseHeathland
Netherlands · Cromvoirt

Bernardus Golf

Kyle Phillips’s heathland course near Den Bosch, sold as an all-day pass.

Aerial view of Quinta do Lago, with a long sandy beach, the channels of the Ria Formosa and pine-covered villa plots running inlandParkland
Portugal · Quinta do Lago

Pinheiros Altos

Three par-36 nines under the pines, and Fream’s 1995 island green.

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A small white chapel with yellow trim on a cobbled crossroads in the village of Espiche, under a grey skyParkland
Portugal · Espiche

Espiche Golf

Peter Sauerman’s par 72 in a nature reserve, ten minutes west of Lagos.

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Wet sand and green weed on Irvine beach at low tide, with the hills of Arran across the Firth of ClydeLinks
Scotland · Gailes

Dundonald Links

A Kyle Phillips links among gorse and pines, with Open qualifying and lodges on site.

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The stone golf house at Machrihanish Dunes under a blue sky, with marram grass blowing beside the pathLinks
Scotland · Machrihanish

Machrihanish Dunes

David McLay Kidd’s light-touch links on protected dunes, with only tees and greens shaped.

The sixth green at The Machrie on Islay, framed by rolling dunes in low sunLinks
Scotland · Port Ellen

The Machrie Golf Links

An 1891 island links above Laggan Bay, reworked by D.J. Russell, with a hotel on the course.

A ruined stone shelter beside a Dunbar fairway, with rough grass in front and the rocky shore and sea behindLinks
Scotland · Dunbar

Dunbar Golf Club

A thin ribbon of links between a red sandstone wall and a rocky North Sea shore.

A wide Kilspindie fairway with a small stone building on the skyline and the Firth of Forth beyondLinks
Scotland · Aberlady

Kilspindie Golf Club

Under 5,500 yards of old links on the edge of Aberlady Bay, reached by a single-track road.

A Longniddry fairway and greenside bunker framed by bare trees and woodland under a clear spring skyLinks
Scotland · Longniddry

Longniddry Golf Club

Harry Colt’s 1921 layout, half among pines and half by the Firth of Forth.

The 4th tee at Craigielaw, with pine trees on the left and the fairway running off between long grassesLinks
Scotland · Aberlady

Craigielaw Golf Club

A Donald Steel links with rooms above the clubhouse and Aberlady Bay next door.

Rolling Glen fairways with a blue flag on the right and the pale bulk of the Bass Rock out in the seaClifftop
Scotland · North Berwick

The Glen Golf Club

North Berwick’s East Links on the clifftop, with the Bass Rock beside play.

Golfers walking through rough grass between low dunes at Hesketh, with a belt of pine trees behindLinks
England · Marshside

Hesketh Golf Club

Southport’s oldest club, with a back nine on the edge of the Ribble marshes.

Golfers beside two round bunkers at Wallasey, below tall grassy dunes, with a netted practice frame and a low shed on the rightLinks
England · Wallasey

Wallasey Golf Club

Old Tom Morris’s Wirral dunes, where Dr Stableford first scored in points.

A large sand bunker in the foreground and a red flag on a green beyond at Ardglass Golf Club, with the Irish Sea and a rocky headland on the horizonClifftop
Northern Ireland · Ardglass

Ardglass Golf Club

A 15th-century warehouse for a clubhouse, and the Irish Sea down the right from the first tee.

A yellow flag on a green at Ballycastle Golf Club, with houses on the clifftop and a far headland across the bayLinks
Northern Ireland · Ballycastle

Ballycastle Golf Club

River holes by a ruined friary, then seaside hills looking out to Rathlin and Kintyre.

A broad Walton Heath fairway beyond a strip of autumn-brown heather, with clumps of Scots pines on the skylineHeathland
England · Walton on the Hill

Walton Heath Golf Club

Two Fowler courses on open, windswept heather, where Braid was the professional for 45 years.

The Grove’s red-brick mansion on a rise above the golf course in early springParkland
England · Chandler’s Cross

The Grove

Kyle Phillips’s parkland beside a Georgian mansion, where Tiger Woods won in 2006.

Gorse-dotted links fairways at Lundin running down to the Firth of Forth, with hills across the waterLinks
Scotland · Lundin Links

Lundin Golf Club

Braid’s links on Largo Bay, climbing over an old railway to a par three called Perfection.

A wooden footbridge over the stone-walled Scoonie Burn on Leven Links, with a rounded hill on the skylineLinks
Scotland · Leven

Leven Links

Two old clubs, one links, and a closing par four over the Scoonie Burn.

Open links ground at Brora with a single bunker in the middle distance, the village and heather-covered Sutherland hills beyond under a blue skyLinks
Scotland · Brora

Brora Golf Club

A 1923 Braid plan, barely touched, running out along Kintradwell Bay and back.

The River Tain curving past rough grass on the golf course, with the red-roofed clubhouse and the town of Tain behindLinks
Scotland · Tain

Tain Golf Club

Old Tom Morris holes on the Dornoch Firth, with the River Tain looping through the finish.

Curved terraces of the Maxx Royal Belek hotel above lawns, pools and the MediterraneanParkland
Turkey · Belek

Montgomerie Maxx Royal

Monty’s pine-lined par 72, opening and closing with par fives and lit for the back nine.

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A pond with white birds beside a fairway at the National Golf Club in Belek, with umbrella pines and the club sign behindParkland
Turkey · Kadriye

National Golf Club

Turkey’s first championship course, opened in 1994 and host of the 2026 Turkish Airlines Open.

Surf breaking on a shingle beach at Boğazkent on the Antalya coastLinks
Turkey · Denizyaka

Lykia Links

Perry Dye’s paspalum links in the dunes, east of Belek where the river meets the sea.

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Aerial view of Alcanada golf course running down to the Bay of Alcúdia, with the small Alcanada islet offshoreCoastal
Spain · Port d’Alcúdia

Club de Golf Alcanada

Porsche’s seaside course on the Bay of Alcúdia, with the lighthouse islet in view.

Aerial view of Son Gual golf course beside the Palma–Manacor road, with large white bunker complexes and lakesParkland
Spain · Palma

Son Gual Golf

Huge bunkers, sloping greens and a 532-metre closer, a short drive from Palma airport.

Santa Ponsa town and bay seen from a pine-covered hill, with the Tramuntana mountains behindParkland
Spain · Santa Ponsa

Golf Santa Ponsa I

A 1977 Folco Nardi layout with lakes, almond trees and a 590-metre par five.

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A green at Pula Golf with a pruned olive tree, wooded hills on the left and the sea on the horizonResort
Spain · Son Servera

Pula Golf Resort

Olazábal’s redesign on the east coast, with a 16th-century manor as the hotel.

A golfer chips on a Costa Adeje fairway beside a lake, with a stone footbridge and palm trees behindResort
Spain · Adeje

Golf Costa Adeje

Fairways stepping down old banana terraces, with La Gomera across the water.

Terracotta rooftops of the Golf del Sur resort, with green fairways at left and the Atlantic and Montaña Roja beyondResort
Spain · San Miguel de Abona

Golf del Sur

Tenerife’s first southern course, a few minutes from the arrivals hall.

Aerial view of Golf Las Américas with ponds, palms and a large hotel, the stadium and Los Cristianos beyondResort
Spain · Playa de las Américas

Golf Las Américas

Palms, ponds and dragon trees, a short taxi ride from the resort strip.

The arcaded stone courtyard of the Stavros tis Minthis monastery at Tsada under a blue skyResort
Cyprus · Tsada

Minthis Golf Club

Donald Steel’s hill course past a medieval monastery, with Cyprus’s only island green.

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Paphos Castle and the harbour promenade on a clear day, with moored boats to the leftParkland
Cyprus · Geroskipou

Eléa Golf Club

Nick Faldo’s par 71 among carob and olive trees, ten minutes from Paphos airport.

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