2012 courses and venues

Sandwich Bay
Sandwich
Kent
CT13 9QB

01304 611118

Shore/Dunes Championship Course
Prince's offers all that is best in modern golf: with its 27 holes of championship links, practice facilities to match and a centrally located clubhouse. A sand base and a mild climate ensure that the course remains in fine condition throughout the year but also during the winter months. At more than 7200 yards the championship set up is a severe test for the game's finest players but a selection of more forward tees ensures that players of all abilities can enjoy their game on this historic links.

Deans Lane
Walton on the Hill
Surrey
KT20 7TP

01737 812380

The two world class championship courses at Walton Heath have hosted nearly ninety significant amateur and professional championships and events, including five European Opens, The Ryder Cup and most recently the U.S. Open Qualifying. The world's top players have taken on and enjoyed the challenges of these two outstanding heathland courses for over a century. The courses were designed by Herbert Fowler who was related by marriage to the founder, Sir Henry Cosmo Bonsor. The Old Course was opened for play in 1904. "It was a stroke of genius on the part of Mr Herbert Fowler to see with his prophetic eye a noble golf course on the expanse of Walton Heath", wrote Bernard Darwin. Walton Heath is 700ft/213m above sea level, yet it is usually described as an inland links.

Rockliffe Hall Hotel,
Golf & Spa
Hurworth on Tees
Darlington
County Durham
DL2 2DU

With one of Europe's longest, and most challenging golf courses golfing at Rockliffe is an exhilarating day out. With 18 holes and five different tee positions, beginners to hardened tour professionals can enjoy the test. Set on the banks of the River Tees, the 350-acre course features lakes, wetland and woodland to add to the experience.

The Clubhouse
Hastings Road
Hillside
Southport
PR8 2LU

01704 567169

Hillside Golf Club is situated in Southport, the home of "Englands Golf Coast". The course forms part of England's finest stretch of coastal links being adjacent to Royal Birkdale and Southport & Ainsdale with Formby Golf Club a few miles down the road. A round of golf at Hillside is a truly memorable experience and many visitors consider the course equal to anything the Open Championship venues have to offer.

Wishaw,
Sutton Coldfield,
West Midlands
B76 9PR

01675 470301

The Brabazon course
The majestic fairways and carpet-smooth greens of The Brabazon form a world-famous stage on which some of golf's most exhilarating dramas have played out.

Its meticulous design involves tight fairways, perilous bunkers, lakes and fast undulating greens, creating holes that have challenged some of the game's greatest. Walk in the footsteps of legends… Seve's historic drive onto the 10th green, Sam Torrence's famous putt won the 1995 Ryder Cup match for the European Team, Christie O'Connor's belligerent 2 iron across the lake at the 18th. More recent changes have seen the 6th hole become one of the most demanding, rated highly by modern-day great Lee Westwood.

Little Brickhill
Milton Keynes
MK17 9LJ

01908 370756

Marquess Course
Opened in 2000, the Marquess' Course is often referred to as the 'jewel in the crown'. A breathtaking addition to the Golf Club, creating a 54-hole complex that is unrivalled anywhere in the UK. Set in 200 acres of mixed woodland, the Marquess' course overlaps the county boundary dividing Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire and presents a variety of aspects, with its rolling and undulating terrain. The beautiful woodland is predominantly pine, spruce, sweet chestnut and oak, with a number of rare specimens such as Corsican pine, yew, rowan and beech.

Alwoodley Road,
Leeds
LS17 7DB

0113 2686521

Moortown has always held a richly deserved reputation as one of the country's finest Championship Golf courses. Originally designed by Dr Alister MacKenzie, Moortown is set in 175 acres of dramatically contrasting mainly level woodland and moorland. From the opening par 5 there are many fine holes to enjoy including the new 6th, rated the most difficult, and the famous Gibraltar par 3 10th with its sloping plateau green, the Club's signature hole. Typical of all great courses there is a classic finish. With its fairway favouring strategically placed bunkers, the 18th requires two exceptional shots to find the well-guarded green which nestles under the Clubhouse windows.

The Broadway,
Woodhall Spa,
Lincolnshire
LN10 6PU

01526 352511

Hotchkin Course
One of Britain's finest courses, The Hotchkin, is built on sandy soil which allows for year round play. Set amongst banks of gorse and broom, backed up with layered canopies of oak, fir and towering silver birch and encapsulated all upon a glorious carpet of heather, the natural beauty of this Lincolnshire oasis serves only to emphasise the majesty of this famous course. Renowned for its formidable bunkers and narrow fairways, most visitors will remember the panoramic views of the 11th and the charm of the short 12th hole. It has often been stated by the golfing press and top players alike that there are 18 great holes on the Hotchkin. A golfers' course rewarding of good shots, considerate to the moderate, punitive to the bad – but always presented in pristine condition amidst wonderful natural surroundings.

Dunluce Road,
Portrush,
County Antrim
BT56 8JQ

028 7082 2311

Royal Portrush Golf Club is home to one of the best and most challenging links golf courses in the world, the Dunluce Links, and the hidden gem, the Valley Links. The only club in Ireland to have hosted The Open Championship, Royal Portrush is a members' club which welcomes visitors all year round to face the challenges of its courses and to brave the testing conditions. Situated on the beautiful North Antrim Causeway coast, Royal Portrush Golf Club occupies a triangle of giant sandhills which present magnificent views in all directions. The hills of Donegal in the west, the Isle of Islay and Southern Hebrides in the north, with the Giant's Causeway and the Skerries in the east. The course is overlooked by the ruins of 13th century Dunluce Castle and this gives its name to Royal Portrush's famous Dunluce course.

Auchterarder
Perthshire
Scotland
PH3 1NF

01764 662231

PGA® Centenary Course
The PGA® Centenary Course, created by Jack Nicklaus, is a modern classic. Even for a champion and acclaimed golf architect like Nicklaus, The PGA Centenary Course was a challenge. It had to be a great course and, set as it is in the heart of Scotland, the country that gave the world golf, Nicklaus described the course as "The finest parcel of land in the world I have ever been given to work with".

A feature of the PGA Centenary Course is the feast of views of the spectacular countryside in which Gleneagles is set. Putting on the two-tier second green, you are distracted by the lush panorama of the rich Perthshire straths. As you move westwards over the next few holes, the rugged Grampians come into view on the right, then distantly purple ahead, Ben Vorlich and the mountains above the Trossachs.

Balnaglack Farmhouse,
Inverness
IV2 7JL

01463 796111

Castle Stuart Golf Links
Situated between Inverness and Nairn on Scotland's Moray Firth coast. Castle Stuart has been confirmed as the venue for the Barclays Scottish Open in July 2011 as well as becoming the seventh Scottish course to play host to the prestigious European Tour.

Co-designed by Managing Partner Mark Parsinen – who was also responsible for the design of Kingsbarns in Fife – and American golf course architect Gil Hanse, the course was voted as Best New Course for 2009 by Golf Magazine USA while Ron Whitten, writing in the December 2010 issue of Golf Digest USA, stated that "Castle Stuart might be the most perfectly conceived and executed design ever built.

Saltash,
Cornwall
PL12 6SD

01579 351351

Jack Nicklaus Signature Course
St. Mellion offers world class golf courses, comfortable and fashionable surroundings. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Course is a great golf course and has always been a good, strong test of golf. St Mellion's has worked hard to quickly establish a tournament tradition and now hosts European Tour events.

St Pierre Park
Chepstow
Wales
NP16 6YA

01291 635205

St Pierre is built around a beautiful 14th Century Manor House and has grown naturally over the years set amidst 400 acres of tranquil parkland. The Old Course has played host to many golf tournaments, including the 1996 Solheim Cup and no less than 14 European Tour Events, of which famous winners include Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman and Ian Woosnam. This great course finishes with the signature par 3, 18th hole, driven over an 11 acre lake to an elevated green.

Ayrshire
KA26 9LT

01655 334032

Ailsa Course
Home to the iconic Ailsa, an Open Championship course four times over, Turnberry offers one of the world's great golfing experiences. Watson, Norman and Price have all won the famous Claret Jug here. And, in 2009, Stewart Cink added his name to that exclusive list following his play-off triumph over Tom Watson at the 138th Open. The Ailsa is currently ranked as Britain's number one golf course by two leading golf publications and consistently rated within the world's best.