Perranporth Golf Club - Est 1927

Info correct at last date played: 18th June 1999

Club Facilities

AGN Review Score 7.8

Course Card

Course Review

Laid out by Open Champion James Braid (1901,1905,1906,1908,1910) in 1927 this course is quite simply one of the best links courses in Britain.

In fact Senior Tour golfer Brian Waites is a regular visitor here and in his opinion this course is within the top 5 in Europe.

Need we say any more?

The staff here were very welcoming and with the wind, cliff top views & extremely fast greens this course is not for the faint hearted, but once played you will find yourself actually yearning to play it again, to try a different approach on certain holes. There are not many courses that after playing once give you the feeling of just having to play it once more.

The course is a joy to play, but we advise you walk the course first as a lot of the shots are blind. You find yourself aiming at a white post on a hill and hoping the guy who put it there knew what he was doing. This course will certainly test your golfing ability.

Favourite Hole

Hole 2:   Nice par 5 but try to reach it in 2 and you have to be accurate. The fairway climbs from the tee then bends round to the left and drops slightly to the green with bumps and hills throughout. Miss the fairway and you could be in a lot of trouble, steep banks, long rough and lightening fast greens are common on all holes, but we enjoyed playing this hole like a true par 5 and hitting the fairway with our second shots to leave a short iron shot to the green.

Visitor Comments

Submitted by Charles Phillips on 27th January 2002
I started playing my golf at this course and very little has changed in the 30 years I've battled around here. There are many things to admire here, the fact you play on quick greens all year round,wind is always a factor and the stunning views especially from the 4th green.....but the main factor is the green keepers Billy and John Mitchell who for 40 years have cared for the course...a very special place.

Submitted by Anonymous on 13/12/2003.
A great coarse all year round, great views.

Submitted by Alan Sanders on 29/01/2004.
I stayed in one of the caravans on the course for a week with my son. We both agreed not only fantastic value for money, but one of the best and most testing courses ever - one of the par 3's on the back nine; I hit a nine iron one day and struggled to reach with a 3 iron the following day! This course should not be missed if you are in the West Country.

Submitted by Ian Millard on 22/10/2004.
Great Course, excellent hospitality, everyone at Perranporth has always made us very welcome indeed during numerous stays there over the last 20 years.

Submitted by Kevin Hodge on 23/03/2006.
Fantastic Golf, fantastic setting, stunning views. The best links in Cornwall.

Submitted by Carl Jauncey on 29/03/2006.
Love it, love it, love it! I can’t believe people rate Trevose better than this place (golf world top 100 rankings).

Simply stunning and the welcome is second to none.
An over used term but this really is a hidden gem, go play it now.

Submitted by Rob Hinchcliffe on 13/07/2007.
Played early July. Views stunning, greens fast and true, the rough was punishing. I am a 13 handicap and hit the ball well - I lost about 10 balls, several holes are blind tee shots and I never found my drive even though I thought I was in the fairway. £30 per round. Play it for the views but high handicaps beware and take plenty of ammo. I will not play it again and am glad its not my home club.

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