Best Golf Courses in Bristol
The south-west of England is not quite so well-known for its championship courses or as a golfing destination, but there is still plenty to attract keen golfers from far and wide. Taking Bristol as our focal point, then within an hour there are many excellent courses that together offer a huge amount in terms of style, setting and price. Bristol, Bath and the many rural villages in the area have a wide array of accommodation, and so working our way purely alphabetically around the area, the following selection of courses has something for everyone.
Bath
The short fourteenth at Bath is played over an old, disused quarry
(Image credit: Bath Golf Club)
- Location Bath
- Founded 1880
- Architect Harry Colt
- GF £55 Mon-Thu, £65 Fri-Sun
- Par 71, 6,464 yards
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Located just outside the beautiful and historic city high up on Bathampton Down, the charming course at Sham Castle is something of a hybrid with elements of parkland and downland. It is blessed with a wonderfully peaceful setting and there are plenty of fine views. This is one of the best golf courses in Somerset and is also great fun from your initial blows up the gentle slope on the 1st all the way to the welcoming descent back down the 18th to the clubhouse. This is a very friendly club and was one of several in this guide that were in Golf Monthly’s 2022 list of 100 Hidden Gems.
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Bowood
The ninth green at Bowood with the closing hole just beyond it
(Image credit: Phil Inglis)
- Location Calne
- Founded 1992
- Architect Dave Thomas
- GF £65-£85 all week
- Par 72, 6,566 yards
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Celebrating its 30th birthday this year, Bowood in Wiltshire is a very fine parkland design that serves as the official PGA course in the area. It runs through gently rolling pastureland through mature specimen trees, covering part of an expansive estate where Capability Brown weaved his creative magic back in the 1760s. The site is spacious and very peaceful with plenty of room between holes, and from the back…
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