Suffolk
Although Suffolk Golf Union is a member of the South Eastern Group of Unions, it organises competitions for male golfers in the county against Norfolk and (in the case of the Anglian League) Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire & Rutland from the Midland Golf Union. The Union is also a participant in the Suffolk County Golf Partnership, along with the local Women’s Golf Association and the PGA. Suffolk Ladies’ County Golf Association has come a long way since it was founded in 1926, when six clubs representing ninety female members established the governing body. As of 2023, the association, which changed its name from “club” to ”association” in 1965, had a total of 28 affiliated clubs, with almost two thousand lady members. Aldeburgh is one of the oldest courses in the county and it bears the design stamp of a number of golfing greats, including Willie Fernie, Willie Park Jnr and J.H. Taylor. A heathland course that lies within a mile of the coastline, it’s often ranked best in the county. Our Suffolk golf course rankings were updated in December 2023.
Aldeburgh Golf Club (Championship)
Suffolk, United Kingdom
Aldeburgh Golf Club (Championship)
Founded in 1884, Aldeburgh Golf Club is one of the oldest golf clubs in Suffolk and is separated from the tidal Alde estuary by an unusual strip of coastal heathland.
Ipswich Golf Club (Purdis Heath)
Suffolk, United Kingdom
Ipswich Golf Club (Purdis Heath)
The Purdis Heath course at Ipswich Golf Club compares favourably with any inland layout in the British Isles... it's a James Braid classic.
Woodbridge Golf Club (Heath)
Suffolk, United Kingdom
Woodbridge Golf Club (Heath)
"Woodbridge Golf Club has everything in the world that one could desire except the sea. It has sand and bracken and gorse, beautiful turf and the smoothest of greens."
Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club
Suffolk, United Kingdom
Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club
Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club is a classic, sometimes referred to as Mildenhall and it’s the home of golf for undergraduates at Cambridge University.
Thorpeness Golf Club
Suffolk, England
Thorpeness Golf Club
Thorpeness Golf Club is laid out on predominantly sandy soil so, in a similar vein to nearby Aldeburgh, is a natural maritime heathland golf course...
Felixstowe Ferry (Martello)
Suffolk, United Kingdom
Felixstowe Ferry (Martello)
"I have the tenderest and most sentimental association with Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club," wrote Darwin, "because it was there that I began to play golf."
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk, United Kingdom
Bury St Edmunds
The course at Bury St Edmunds Golf Club first opened in 1924, designed by two-time Major winner Ted Ray. Due to the construction of the A14 road in the late 1960s, the layout was redesigned and upgraded by Frank Pennink.
Stowmarket
Suffolk, United Kingdom
Stowmarket
Originally founded in 1902, Stowmarket Golf Club moved to its present site (a mile or so to the west of the market town) in the 1960s when Charles Grayston designed the parkland course...
Bungay & Waveney Valley
Suffolk, United Kingdom
Bungay & Waveney Valley
Founded in 1889 the 6,055-yard course at Bungay & Waveney Valley Golf Club is routed across Bungay Common, an ideal site for golf. James Braid remodelled the layout in 1901 and little has changed since.
