Kilspindie Golf Club, located in Scotland's East Lothian region, holds claim as the 35th oldest golf club in the entire world, dating back to 1867. The course is a 5,502-yard par 69 but features an opening stretch that can be very difficult, playing into the prevailing wind and right along the sea.
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The Flamingos Golf Club has two 18-hole championship golf courses set on rugged terrain just outside Marbella in Spain's Costa Del Sol. The original course, the Flamingos Golf, is on the short side at under 5,800 meters from the back tees, but has still played host to Spanish senior tour events. The newer course, the Gran Flamingo Golf Club, is set farther back into the mountains and features some very dramatic terrain to navigate around.
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Dunbar Golf Club in East Lothian, Scotland is a historic links golf course dating back to 1856. The course is mostly set narrowly between a deer park wall and the sea, which makes for 14 holes all within very close proximity to the Firth of Forth. In fact, many tees sit right next to the coastline.
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Valderrama Golf Club on Spain's Costa Del Sol is one of Europe's most prestigious golf courses. The signature of Valderrama's design is its gently rolling parkland terrain throughout a cork tree forest, making for some very tight doglegs. Greens are also very small, except for the par-3 15th and par-5 17th, which have a little more room.
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Located in the Costa Del Sol's highest-end golf area, The San Roque Club is a luxurious country club home to two of the region's finest layouts: The original Old Course and the New Course.
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Golf and Country Club Fleesensee near Berlin, Germany is a remarkable golf complex, complete with five different courses and a massive practice area, highlighted by its mammoth circular driving range.
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Abersoch Golf Club is set in one of north Wales' most popular vacation towns on the Llyn Peninsula. The golf course itself celebrated its centennial in 2008, as its original nine holes were opened then, designed by Harry Vardon. Abersoch makes for a good second option for golfers playing nearby Nefyn & District.
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Trevose Golf and Country Club is located in Cornwall near Padstow in sunny southwest England. It's a popular holiday club with an international membership and host to a historic course designed by H.S. Colt in 1925. In 2008 Trevose had the honor of hosting the Brabazon Trophy for the first time.
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Royal St. David's Golf Club in the town of Harlech in northern Wales is widely regarded to be one of the country's most prestigious traditional links courses. The course looms right beneath the 12th century Harlech Castle ruin and some holes play straight toward it.
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Pwllheli Golf Club is an historic club in Wales' north region that was originally founded in 1900. The course was originally a nine-hole, links-style course laid out by Old Tom Morris.
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