Golf Trip Guide: The Top 5 European Golf Courses

Some of the best golf courses are located in Europe, like Ireland, Scotland, England, France and Spain. Many of the world golf tournaments are held in many of these countries. People from all around the world come to watch the golf tournaments, and anyone can visit these golf courses and play a round of golf. Here is a listing of a few of the top golf courses from around the world, enjoy.

Ballyliffin Golf Club

Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland

# +353 (0) 74 9376 119

www.ballyliffingolfclub.com

Price- 50 pounds- 70 pounds per round; midweek and w/e courses, early bird and Group discounts; please call for more information.

Accommodations: Hotels- play and stay packages; +353 (0) 74 93 76106 www.ballyliffinhotel.com ; Strand hotel, Trasna House, Bally Lodge and spa (check with website for further details).

Royal Troon Golf Club

Scotland

# 01292 311 555

www.royaltroon.co.uk

Green fees: 60 pounds - 220 pounds; single rounds, double rounds, & full day fees with coffee and lunch provided with some packages.

Courses: Old course, Portland course, craigsends course; the old course is for more advanced players; the Portland has several par 3's and par 5's; Craigsend has small greens and is great for junior players.

Accommodations: Caddy, trolleys, and electronic caddy's for a fee.

Valderama Golf Course

Spain

Avenida de Los Cortijos s/n Sotogrande, San Roque, C'adiz

# 956 79 1200

www.valderama.com

Course: 18 holes

Green fees: 260, 00 Euros, w/e-290, 00 Euros; Day pkg-400, 00 Euros; caddy, buggy, trolley call for fees.

Accommodations: pitching greens, putting greens, driving range, apartments, restaurants, trolley, buggies, caddies, private and group classes.

Hotels: Hotel Atlántico; Hotel Sindhua; hotel Sancti Petri, www.euroresidentes.com

Golf de Morfotaine

60520 la Chapelle En-Serval

# 03 44 54 6827

www.golfdemorfontaine.fr

Course: 18 holes

Green fees: call for fees or visit the site

Accommodations: Lunch bar, snacks, club, changing rooms, driving range.

Royal Birkdale

England

Waterloo Road

Southport, United Kingdom

Pr8 2LX

# +44 (0) 1704 552 040

www.royalbirkdale.com

Course: 18 holes

Green fees: 120 pounds - 195 pounds call or visit the site for specific details. Fees include soup and sandwiches.

Note: Many of these golf courses require memberships, so if you have a friend that is a member they can bring you as a guest. May of these courses also offer daily passes to play golf for a day or a weekend. Also learn what the money conversions are before you go over to any of these countries. They are very friendly and they love visitors, so go over play a round of golf and enjoy.