The golf of the ULTIMATE City Guides
Once in a lifetime, maybe twice…
80 courses and clubs in 9 golfing regions, every fact checked against the club’s own website, with the guides’ hotels, restaurants and bars around each one.
Courses to plan a trip around
All 80 →Who can play, the handicap limits, the dress code and the club’s own tee-time page, set out the same way for every course.
57 holes · Open to the public
Angel Park Golf Club
West Las Vegas · United StatesOpened in 1989, with two Arnold Palmer-designed 18-hole courses, the 12-hole Cloud Nine short course and the lighted Devine 9 putting course. Non-resident players can book at public rates.
54 holes · Open to the public
Lely Resort golf
East Naples · United StatesThree 18-hole, par 72 courses by Robert Trent Jones Sr., Lee Trevino and Gary Player; Flamingo Island and Mustang are open to the public, The Classics is private.
45 holes
Real Club de Golf Guadalmina
Guadalmina · SpainA club established in 1959 with two 18-hole courses, a nine-hole par-3 course and a covered driving range. It hosted the Spanish Championship in 1965.
36 holes
Tiburón Golf Club
North Naples · United StatesTwo 18-hole, par 72 Greg Norman courses, Gold and Black, at The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón, with an academy, driving range and caddie concierge programme.
27 holes · Members and staying guests
Apes Hill Golf
Apes Hill · BarbadosAn 18-hole, par 71 championship course redesigned by Ron Kirby, with a nine-hole par 3 course. Play is reserved for homeowners, members and staying guests.
27 holes · Open to the public
Saltleaf Golf Preserve
Bonita Springs · United StatesA Raymond Floyd-designed 18-hole daily fee course with no formal bunkers, plus The Leaf, a nine-hole par 3 walking short course of 1,010 yards.
18 holes
Alferini Golf
Benahavís · SpainThe most challenging of Villa Padierna's three courses: an 18-hole, par 73 layout of 6,641 m on the Costa del Sol. Villa Padierna is open all year and has a driving range and golf academy.
18 holes · Visitors welcome
Azata Golf
Estepona · SpainAn 18-hole, par 71 course in Estepona with a buggy included in every round, a driving range, golf simulator, restaurant open to all and pro shop.Choose a region
Every destination →Marbella & Sotogrande27 courses and clubsReal Club de Golf Guadalmina, Alferini Golf, Azata GolfLisbon & the Silver Coast4 courses and clubsPenha Longa Golf, Belas Clube de Campo, Oitavos DunesScotland6 courses and clubsGleneagles, Muirfield, North Berwick Golf ClubDubai4 courses and clubsEmirates Golf Club, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht ClubCaribbean10 courses and clubsApes Hill Golf, Baker’s Bay Golf & Ocean Club, Barbados Golf ClubFlorida17 courses and clubsLely Resort golf, Tiburón Golf Club, Saltleaf Golf PreserveLas Vegas7 courses and clubsAngel Park Golf Club, Wynn Golf Club, Bali Hai Golf ClubSri Lanka4 courses and clubsNuwara Eliya Golf Club, Shangri-La Hambantota Golf, Victoria Golf & Country ResortEngland1 courses and clubsLittlehampton Golf Club
Hotels with their own course
All 19 →From ULTIMATE Hotels: hotels whose own websites confirm a course on the estate.
63 holes on site
Gleneagles
Perthshire · United KingdomThe great Perthshire resort: three championship golf courses, a spa and Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, an hour north of Edinburgh.
45 holes on site
Sun Valley Lodge
Sun Valley · United StatesThe resort’s flagship since 1936, with a big spa.
27 holes on site
Fairmont Banff Springs
Banff & Lake Louise (SkiBig3) · CanadaThe ‘Castle in the Rockies’ since 1888, with a vast spa.
18 holes on site