How to Improve Your Golf Game

Five simple tee-time tips to improve your golf without overcomplicating it, from choosing the right equipment to playing within your limits. Learn how to prep smarter, pick courses that suit your game, and enjoy the round while your scores quietly improve.

Harwood Golf Club (Bolton, England)

A scenic, hilly parkland course in Bolton with plenty of variety and smart bunkering that rewards good course management. A great pick for golfers who enjoy a proper walk and a more strategic round.

Rossendale Golf Club (Rossendale, Lancashire, England)

A great-value, picturesque parkland round in Rossendale with a genuinely welcoming clubhouse and excellent food, making it a strong pick for society days. Wide fairways and varied holes keep it enjoyable, with big views that elevate the whole experience.

Birchwood Golf Club (Warrington, Cheshire, England)

A great-value parkland course in Warrington that rewards smart course management, with small, undulating, bunker-protected greens that keep you thinking all round. A friendly welcome and strong twilight pricing make it a solid pick for casual rounds and society days.

Old Padeswood Golf Club (Flintshire, North Wales)

A brilliant-value parkland course in North Wales with great hole variety, several genuinely picturesque moments, and a back nine that gets more demanding with ditches and smarter shot placement. It’s a strong choice for societies too, with a welcoming clubhouse and a smooth food setup for groups.

West Lancashire Golf Club (Blundellsands, England)

A genuine top-tier links test with pristine fairways, pot-bunker danger, and greens that roll true like snooker tables, demanding accuracy from tee to green. It’s expensive at peak season, but as a bucket-list round with championship pedigree, it’s absolutely worth experiencing.

Vale Royal Abbey (Whitegate, Cheshire, England)

A standout-value parkland round in Cheshire with great hole variety, strong bunkering, and greens that properly defend par. From the impressive abbey arrival to the overall standard of the course, it’s one of the best rounds you’ve played this year and an easy place to recommend.

Royal St. David’s Golf Club (Harlech, Wales)

A dramatic, reputation-heavy links in Harlech with an unforgettable setting and a proper test when conditions bite, especially on the back nine. Facilities are strong, but the overall experience didn’t match the price on our visit, making it one to play for the scenery and challenge rather than pure value.

Aberdovey Golf Club (Aberdyfi, Wales)

A top-tier Welsh links with immaculate greens, pristine fairways, and a layout that’s far more interesting than it first looks, capped by a standout 16th running beside the railway line. Add exemplary service and an unforgettable coastal setting, and it’s one of the best courses in Wales and a round worth going out of your way for.