Golf Trip Guides & Itineraries

Driving · Car hire · Caddies · Weather · Booking

Single-track roads · Caddies · Midges · Weather

Motorways & London · Heathland buggies · Handicaps

Scenic roads · 20mph · Links & resorts · Value

Drive on the right · Tolls · Buggies · Heat · Handicaps

How it works · Example routes · Why book direct

Ballybunion · Waterville · Killarney

Royal Portrush · Royal County Down

Best value courses · €25–65 a round

Short breaks & 2-day trips · By region

Portrush · Portstewart · Castlerock

Ballybunion · Tralee · Waterville

Portmarnock · The Island · Baltray

Lahinch · Doonbeg · The Clare coast

Rosses Point · Enniscrone · Carne

Old Head · Fota Island · Cork Golf Club

Mount Juliet · Rosslare · Gowran

Lahinch · Carne · Rosses Point

Lahinch · Doonbeg · The Clare Coast

Rosses Point · Enniscrone · Strandhill

The classic Shannon circuit

What it is, where to play, how to prepare

Portmarnock · Royal Dublin · The Island

Our essential list

Connemara · Carne · Rosses Point

Old Head · Fota Island · Kinsale

What to budget for flights, golf, and hotels

Killarney · Fota Island · The midlands

The courses most visitors never play

Month by month, when to play

How it works · Example routes · Book direct

St Andrews · Muirfield · Dornoch

East Lothian · Fife · Carnoustie

St Andrews · Kingsbarns · East Neuk

Muirfield · North Berwick · Gullane

Royal Troon · Turnberry · Prestwick

Carnoustie · Gleneagles · Panmure

Royal Dornoch · Nairn · Castle Stuart

Ballot · Tee times · St Andrews

Royal Aberdeen · Cruden Bay · Murcar

Green fees · Hotels · What to budget

Month by month, when to play

What it is, and how to play it

Best value links · From £40 a round

Short breaks & 2-day trips · By region

Muirfield · North Berwick · Gullane

Old Course · Kingsbarns · East Neuk

Royal Troon · Turnberry · Prestwick

How it works · Example routes · Why book direct

Royal Porthcawl · Royal St David's · Nefyn

Porthcawl · Pennard · Celtic Manor

Tenby · Ashburnham · Machynys

Aberdovey · Borth · Cardigan Bay

Royal St David's · Nefyn · Conwy · Anglesey

When to go · weather · value

What to budget

7 days, south to north

What it is & where to play

Best value links in Britain · From £30

Short breaks & 2-day trips · By region

Royal Porthcawl · Pyle & Kenfig · Pennard

Conwy · Nefyn · Royal St David's

How it works · Example routes · Why book direct

Birkdale · Royal St George's · Sunningdale

Birkdale · Hillside · Lytham · Hoylake

Royal St George's · Deal · Prince's

Sunningdale · Wentworth · Walton Heath

Saunton · St Enodoc · Westward Ho!

Woodhall Spa · The Belfry

Ganton · Alwoodley

Brancaster · Hunstanton

Links seasons · year-round heaths

What to budget

Kent links & Surrey heaths

What it is & where to play

Best value courses · From €70 a round

How it works · Example routes · Why book direct

Monte Rei · Oitavos · Vale do Lobo

Quinta do Lago · Vilamoura · Vale do Lobo

Oitavos · Penha Longa · West Cliffs

Oporto Golf Club · Espinho

Winter sun · when to go

What to budget

7 days in the Algarve