36-Hole Golf Clubs

This handful of excellent clubs each offers a wonderful and varied two-round experience

Crail

Crail Golfing Society is a club that combines the old with the new like no other. Founded in 1786, its traditional yet unusual first course is the beautiful Balcomie links. Modest in length at just 5,861 yards, the back nine has four par 3s and two par 5s, with several holes hugging the shore. The Craighead links opened 20 years ago and is substantially longer, twisting and turning its way over cliffs and higher ground.

GF: round: £70-£90; day: £125

Enville

Enville is an excellent members’ club that boasts two fine courses combining strong heathland and mature woodland. The Highgate is the original and better-known and is in the Golf Monthly Next 100. It has been used for Open qualifying and is a real test, with perhaps its prettiest hole the 16th, a long par 3 over a pond that attracts both wildlife and golf balls. The Lodge is not much shorter and is distinguished by its challenging par 4s. GF: round: £65; day: £90

Woodhall Spa

The Bracken course was opened in 1998 in order to offer something new alongside its top-flight older brother. The result is very attractive with quite a different feel. The Hotchkin was redesigned by Harry Colt in 1911 and is bedding in extremely well following a three-year makeover masterminded by Richard Latham and Tom Doak. This has led to a great improvement in the visual and dramatic appeal, as well as the strategy required.

GF: Hotchkin: £95; Bracken: £57; both courses: £129