Best UK Municipal Golf Courses

[Doon frae Troon]

Name the top three municipal course you have played.

Me
Belleisle [Braid]
Broome Manor [Hawtree]
Troon Darley. [The Cooncil]

 

[cookelad]

Haven't you played The Old Course at St Andrews in your illustrious career? (or doesn't it count)

Personally I haven't and I can't recall any worthy of note that I have played either!

 

[Keeno]

Haven't played many decent ones.

The Darley as mentioned is excellent.
Torrance and Langlands are also pretty decent round these parts.

 

[richart]

St Andrews, if it counts is probably the only municipal I have played from memory. Have played Silvermere but not sure if that is private or public.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Haven't you played The Old Course at St Andrews in your illustrious career? (or doesn't it count)

Not played TOC, no real desire to, not my kind of course.
It is in a Trust like Carnoustie so not really a muni. [Cooncil owned]

 

[cookelad]

Not played TOC, no real desire to, not my kind of course.

Now there you do surprise me, on two counts!

 

[sydney greenstreet]

Name the top three municipal course you have played.

Me
Belleisle [Braid]
Broome Manor [Hawtree]
Troon Darley. [The Cooncil]

Belleisle is the Best municipal I have played.

 

[3PuttCharlie]

Broome Manor in Swindon is pretty good

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Thorpe Wood and Orton Meadows at Peterborough are really good council owned courses.

 

[rosecott]

Thorpe Wood and Orton Meadows at Peterborough are really good council owned courses.

I'll second that. Normanby Hall at Scunthorpe is not too bad either, as I remember.

 

[Deleted member 17920]

I'll second that. Normanby Hall at Scunthorpe is not too bad either, as I remember.

I forgot all about that and its only 20 mins from me! very good value for money and some interesting holes as well.

 

[rob_golf1]

Lickey Hills Golf Course in South Birmingham. I play quite a fair bit of golf here and it has been described as 'one of the best Municipals in the country'.

It's so good even ex Man United, Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson plays there quite regularly!

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

Pans hanger in Welwyn is not bad, haven't played it for a year or two so not sure of condition but a good layout.

 

[gripitripit]

Only one I played is Mowsbury in Bedford and other then the 18th fairway being littered with range balls it a pretty decent course.

 

[Foxholer]

Ignoring the St Andrews Trust courses, which are in a league of their own....

Need 4 really - all pretty much equally high quality/fun.

Braid Hills, Edinburgh
Heaton Park, Manchester
Pans Hanger, Herts
Walton Hall, Warrington

Downshire, Crowthorne and Broome Manor, Sindon definitely a step don.
Silvermere is Private.

 

[louise_a]

Marsden Park in Nelson was great play, it has really matured well.

 

[wrighty1874]

Newbold Comyn in Leamington Spa, Braid Hills in Auld reekie and Thorpe Wood in Peterborough.

 

[Dodger]

Not played TOC, no real desire to, not my kind of course.
It is in a Trust like Carnoustie so not really a muni. [Cooncil owned]

How anyone can say they have no desire to play The Old Course is way way beyond me.

 

[Mungoscorner]

Brandon Wood near Coventry is a very good track. Great selection of holes and well worth a visit, especially with some of the offers they have on green fee's.

http://www.brandonwood.co.uk/facilities/index.html

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

As a test of golf, Southampton muni is up there with the very best. Meyrick Park in Bournemouth is another very good course.

Not sure of the actual definition of municipal. Where do courses like Turnberry fit in? Hotel chain owned and run so technically a municipal course (as in anyone can play them)?

My favourite though is Carnoustie.