Best Golf Courses in The Midlands
Golf Monthly’s Top 100 courses of the UK and Ireland, along with the Next 100 that sit snapping at their heals, is spearheaded by links courses and historic golf. This sometimes means that inland golf, particularly away from the more obvious hotspots such as the best golf courses in Surrey and also those in Yorkshire, is a little overlooked. Treating the Midlands as the central belt excluding the east coast and the border with Wales, there is a huge amount of excellent golf to be enjoyed including three courses in the Top 100 and a further six in the Next 100. Starting with these, this guide to the best golf courses in the Midlands also includes plenty of terrific golf, much of which flies under the radar.
Hollinwell, the home of Notts Golf Club
The closing hole at Hollinwell is a strong par 4 back to the clubhouse
(Image credit: Geoff Ellis, golfworking.co.uk)
- Location Kirkby-in-Ashfield
- Founded 1887
- Architect Willie Park Junior, Tom Williamson & JH Taylor
- GF £150 Mon-Fri, £160 Sunday afternoon
- Par 72, 6,619 yards
- Contact Hollinwell – the Home of Notts Golf Club (opens in new tab)
As you enter this vast, golfing oasis between the par-5 3rd and the closing hole, there is a huge sense of anticipation for what is to come. This is one of the most expansive courses in the Top 100 and it covers a huge acreage of absolutely beautiful heathland. In part wooded, it also benefits from rocky outcrops, the occasional encounter with water, bracken and fern. Rarely do consecutive holes run in the same direction, and the gentle slopes on the northern side of the estate reward both with lovely views and strategic challenge. This glorious course is a genuine and very rewarding must-play and one of the best inland golf courses in England.
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Sherwood Forest
The penultimate hole at Sherwood Forest is a fine par 4 played to the flattest green on the course
(Image credit: Sherwood Forest Golf Club)
- Location Mansfield
- Founded 1895
- Architect Harry Colt, James Braid
- GF £100
- Par 71, 6,685 yards
- Contact Sherwood Forest Golf Club…
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