Value golf courses in GB&I: London

We've reviewed some excellent value golf courses in an effort to prove that the recession needn't mean you have to cut down on your golf. From Canterbury in the south east to Kirkistown Castle in Northern Ireland, take at look at these 50 value tracks.

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Ealing

GF: £40 STATS: par 70, sss 70, 6,191 yards T: 020 8997 0937 W: ealinggolflclub.com Just eight miles from Marble Arch at the Perivale turn from the A40, Ealing Golf Club is a testing track that has produced a number of good players over the years. It was founded in 1898 and James Braid was responsible for the original course, but the current layout dates from 1926 when Harry Colt was employed to design a new course after the club acquired eight extra acres of land.

Highgate

GF: £35 STATS: par 69, sss 69, 5,957 yards T: 020 8340 5467 W: highgategc.co.uk

About ten minutes from Highgate tube, Highgate GC is one of London’s best-kept secrets. When out on the fairways it’s hard to believe you’re just four miles from Oxford Street and even long-time residents of the capital are unaware of its existence. The land on which the course sits was once a hunting estate owned by the Bishop of London, and is a beautiful swathe of mature parkland.

Jeremy Ellwood
Jeremy Ellwood
Contributing Editor

Jeremy Ellwood has worked in the golf industry since 1993 and for Golf Monthly since 2002 when he started out as equipment editor. He is now a freelance journalist writing mainly for Golf Monthly. He is an expert on the Rules of Golf having qualified through an R&A course to become a golf referee. He is a senior panelist for Golf Monthly's Top 100 UK & Ireland Course Rankings and has played all of the Top 100 plus 91 of the Next 100, making him well-qualified when it comes to assessing and comparing our premier golf courses. He has now played 1,000 golf courses worldwide in 35 countries, from the humblest of nine-holers in the Scottish Highlands to the very grandest of international golf resorts. He reached the 1,000 mark on his 60th birthday in October 2023 on Vale do Lobo's Ocean course. Put him on a links course anywhere and he will be blissfully content.

Jezz can be contacted via Twitter - @JezzEllwoodGolf

Jeremy is currently playing...

Driver: Ping G425 LST 10.5˚ (draw setting), Mitsubishi Tensei AV Orange 55 S shaft

3 wood: Srixon ZX, EvenFlow Riptide 6.0 S 50g shaft

Hybrid: Ping G425 17˚, Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange 80 S shaft

Irons 3- to 8-iron: Ping i525, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 R300 shafts

Irons 9-iron and PW: Honma TWorld TW747Vx, Nippon NS Pro regular shaft

Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 50˚ and 54˚, 12˚ bounce, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 R300 shafts

Putter: Kramski HPP 325

Ball: Any premium ball I can find in a charity shop or similar (or out on the course!)

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