The Course

A clifftop links, hole by hole

Eighteen holes along the North Cornwall headland, almost unchanged since 1923.

Free-running fairways thread between the dunes, the turf firm and the greens true. The wind off the Atlantic is the course's truest defence — no two rounds play alike.

6,612Yards
Par 71Standard scratch
18Holes
Hole Guide

  1. 1Pennick

    Par 4412 yds

    An honest opener along the wall — out of bounds right, the whole world left.

  2. 2The Quarry

    Par 3168 yds

    A short iron to a shelf green perched above the old stone workings.

  3. 3Smuggler's

    Par 5521 yds

    Reachable downwind; unthinkable into it. The cove yawns along the right.

  4. 4Marram

    Par 4389 yds

    A two-shotter through the dunes, where wind-bent grass hides the surest of lines.

  5. 5Gorse Walk

    Par 4447 yds

    The drive must thread a corridor of blazing gorse before the green opens beyond.

  6. 6Pulpit

    Par 4402 yds

    A blind drive over the headland to the most exposed green on the coast.

  7. 7The Beacon

    Par 3178 yds

    A proud iron toward the old lighthouse, the wind off the Atlantic forever a club too many.

  8. 8Three Tides

    Par 5533 yds

    A rolling three-shotter along the shore — only the longest dare go for it in two.

  9. 9The Turn

    Par 4401 yds

    A watchful par four back toward the clubhouse to halve the round.

  10. 10Harbour Mouth

    Par 4421 yds

    A sweeping two-shotter that bends toward the old harbour, the tide glittering below.

  11. 11Saltgrass

    Par 4398 yds

    A firm fairway runs hard between the dunes, where a true drive sets up everything.

  12. 12Cliff Edge

    Par 3205 yds

    A daunting short hole flung across the chasm, the breakers booming far beneath the green.

  13. 13Long Acre

    Par 5540 yds

    The longest short hole in Cornwall, and the proudest par you'll make all day.

  14. 14Whistling Stone

    Par 3236 yds

    A delicate iron to a punchbowl green, the sea wind singing through the marker stone.

  15. 15Dunhollow

    Par 4455 yds

    A blind two-shotter into a green nestled deep among the great Atlantic dunes.

  16. 16Gull Rock

    Par 4389 yds

    The line is the rock; the brave draw it round, the wise take their medicine.

  17. 17The Cove

    Par 4410 yds

    A clifftop two-shotter hard along the cove, the headland falling sheer to the right.

  18. 18Home

    Par 4447 yds

    Back beneath the terrace, the bar in sight. Don't thin it.

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
White412168521389447402178533401421398205540236455389410447
Yellow384140493361419374150505373393370177512208427361382419
Par435444354443534444
S.I.517111371591361018216481412