Famous Golf Courses
A few of the 42,000 courses Shark Club has in its database. From the windswept Open Championship links of the British Isles to the desert oases of Arizona, the snow-capped Swiss Alps and the Pacific cliffs of Pebble Beach — every course detail tile gives you a thumbnail of what awaits.
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Below is a curated selection of well-known courses you can play with Shark Club. The full database covers more than 42,000 venues worldwide — from championship rotation venues to small municipal clubs — and grows every month. New courses, suggestions and corrections are always welcome on the Shark Club Support page.
Open & Major Championship Venues· 9 courses
The British Isles’ great championship links — host venues for the oldest major in golf, the Open Championship, run by The R&A. Plus Royal County Down, widely regarded as one of the finest links in the world.
St Andrews Old Course
The spiritual home of golf.
Scotland · LinksCarnoustie Championship
The toughest Open Championship venue.
England · LinksRoyal Birkdale
Classic Lancashire Open venue.
England · LinksRoyal Liverpool (Hoylake)
Open venue on the Wirral coast.
Scotland · LinksRoyal Troon Old
Ayrshire Open venue with the Postage Stamp.
Northern Ireland · LinksRoyal Portrush Dunluce
Antrim coast Open Championship venue.
Scotland · LinksTurnberry Ailsa
Scenic Ayrshire links of Duel in the Sun fame.
Ireland · ParklandAdare Manor
Ryder Cup 2027 venue, County Limerick.
Northern Ireland · LinksRoyal County Down
Newcastle, Co. Down — one of the great links.
UK Inland & Local Courses· 18 courses
Classic English heathland and parkland courses, plus a selection of Yorkshire and Cheshire local venues. The Sandbelt around Surrey and Berkshire contains some of the finest inland golf in the world.
Sunningdale Old
Berkshire heathland archetype.
England · HeathlandWalton Heath Old
Surrey championship heathland.
England · HeathlandSt George’s Hill
Weybridge Sandbelt classic.
England · HeathlandWentworth East
Quieter Surrey member’s course.
England · ParklandWentworth West
BMW PGA Championship venue.
England · HeathlandWoodhall Spa Hotchkin
Lincolnshire heathland gem.
England · ParklandThe Belfry Brabazon
Four-time Ryder Cup venue.
England · HeathlandMoortown
Yorkshire host of the 1929 Ryder Cup.
England · ParklandCookridge Hall
Modern Leeds parkland course.
England · ParklandHale Golf Club
Cheshire parkland near Manchester.
England · ParklandRoundhay
Leeds municipal classic.
England · ParklandLeeds Golf Club
Cobble Hall — Yorkshire member's course.
England · ParklandScarcroft
Mature parkland in north Leeds.
England · ParklandHarrogate Golf Club
Sandy Bavarian heath, North Yorkshire.
England · ParklandOakdale (Harrogate)
Wooded Yorkshire parkland.
England · ParklandSandburn Hall
Modern North Yorkshire resort, near York.
England · ParklandThirsk & Northallerton
North Yorkshire member's course.
England · Clifftop LinksWhitby
North Yorkshire coast, cliff-top views of the Abbey.
North America — Majors, Resorts & Mountain· 17 courses
Home of the Masters, the US Open, the PGA Championship and some of the world’s most famous resort and desert courses. From the Pacific coast of California to the deserts of Arizona, the volcanic shores of Hawaii and the Canadian Rockies.
Augusta National
Home of the Masters.
California, USA · Coastal ResortPebble Beach
The Pacific cliffs of Carmel.
Pennsylvania, USA · ParklandOakmont
Brutal US Open setup, fast greens.
Pennsylvania, USA · ParklandAronimink
Donald Ross classic, host of multiple majors.
New York, USA · ParklandBethpage Black
US Open + 2025 Ryder Cup venue, Farmingdale.
New York, USA · LinksShinnecock Hills
Founding USGA club, US Open venue, Long Island.
New Jersey, USA · HeathlandPine Valley
Often ranked the world’s number one course.
Indiana, USA · ParklandCrooked Stick
Pete Dye’s Indianapolis masterpiece.
Arizona, USA · DesertTPC Scottsdale Stadium
Famously raucous Phoenix Open venue.
Arizona, USA · DesertTroon North Pinnacle
Sonoran desert resort golf.
Arizona, USA · DesertWe-Ko-Pa Saguaro
Native American-owned desert classic.
South Carolina, USA · Coastal ResortKiawah Ocean Course
2021 PGA Championship venue.
Hawaii, USA · Coastal ResortMauna Kea
Big Island volcanic resort course.
Hawaii, USA · Coastal ResortMauna Lani South
Kona coast resort, lava-rock framed.
Colorado, USA · MountainCastle Pines
Rocky Mountain altitude golf.
Alberta, Canada · MountainBanff Springs
Canadian Rockies historic resort.
British Columbia, Canada · MountainFurry Creek
Coastal mountain views north of Vancouver.
International Destinations· 5 courses
Famous courses on five other continents — the Australian Sandbelt, the Swiss Alps, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the deserts of the Gulf.
Royal Melbourne West
World-renowned Melbourne Sandbelt.
Switzerland · MountainCrans-sur-Sierre
Omega European Masters venue at 1,500 m.
Dubai, UAE · DesertEmirates Majlis
DP World Tour Championship venue.
Mauritius · Coastal ResortBelle Mare Plage Links
Indian Ocean island resort.
Jamaica · Coastal ResortTryall
Classic Caribbean resort course.
All 42,000+ courses in your pocket
These are just a handful of the famous courses on Shark Club. The full database includes more than 42,000 venues worldwide, with GPS distances, hazards, scorecards and Stableford scoring on iPhone, Apple Watch, Android and Wear OS. Get started from the Shark Club home page, or read our golf blog for course types, majors and mindset articles.