Solo Golf Holidays in England: Your Own Room, All Arranged

The thing that stops a lot of single golfers booking is always the same: who will I play with, and will it be a hassle? We take the hassle out before you leave home. Tee times, transfers, running order, all booked and confirmed, so you turn up and play.

On the course itself, most English clubs are glad to slot a single into a fourball if you want the company and a bit of friendly needle, while a quieter morning can mean a round entirely to yourself. That part is the club’s decision on the day rather than ours, but singles are common in England and the welcome is relaxed. Somewhere like Thorpeness Golf Club & Hotel on the Suffolk coast, from £235 (≈ €265) (≈ $315) (≈ CA$435) (≈ AU$445) (≈ NZ$535) (≈ CHF 255) (≈ kr 2,985) (≈ kr 3,025) (≈ kr 2,045) pp, suits this way of travelling particularly well: heathland golf outside the door, a proper bar for the evening, and no car needed once you arrive. Pack for the weather, mind: the sea breeze at Thorpeness stiffens noticeably from October, so pack an extra layer and a low ball flight.

A lot of the searches that bring golfers here say “singles golf holidays”, so it is worth being straight about what we do and do not offer. We do not run hosted singles groups or match you with strangers for the week. What we arrange suits most people better: a break built entirely around you, own room as standard, green fees included, every tee time booked before you travel.

The company side looks after itself. English clubs are used to single golfers, and most will pair you up on the day, which means fresh playing partners each round and the clubhouse afterwards if you want it. Plenty of the solo golfers we look after are over 50 and simply want the game played properly without waiting for friends to commit. If that is you, a resort with life around it in the evening makes sense, and Old Thorns Hotel & Resort in Hampshire, from £310 (≈ €355) (≈ $415) (≈ CA$575) (≈ AU$585) (≈ NZ$705) (≈ CHF 335) (≈ kr 3,945) (≈ kr 3,995) (≈ kr 2,705) pp, does it well: championship golf on site, a sociable bar and restaurant, and London barely an hour away.

England gives you genuine variety from a single base. Carden Park Hotel in Cheshire is a 1,000-acre estate with two courses on the doorstep, an easy home for a solo break and a natural start point for the golf of the North West. Forest Pines Spa & Golf Resort in Lincolnshire, from £275 (≈ €315) (≈ $365) (≈ CA$515) (≈ AU$515) (≈ NZ$625) (≈ CHF 295) (≈ kr 3,495) (≈ kr 3,545) (≈ kr 2,395) pp, offers 27 holes and a spa to soak in after the round, while Dale Hill in East Sussex puts two parkland courses and the rolling High Weald right outside your room. Between those two we would pick Forest Pines for a first solo trip; the three loops give you a different nine each day without ever moving the car.

For the serious links pilgrim, we can build a tour around some of the finest golf in the country. Hoylake (Royal Liverpool), an Open Championship venue, anchors a Wirral and Lancashire itinerary taking in Heswall, Caldy, Wallasey and West Lancashire, a run of championship and classic links you would struggle to arrange yourself. Formby Hall Golf Resort and Spa on Merseyside, from £300 (≈ €345) (≈ $405) (≈ CA$555) (≈ AU$565) (≈ NZ$685) (≈ CHF 325) (≈ kr 3,815) (≈ kr 3,865) (≈ kr 2,615) pp, makes the sensible base for the Lancashire leg. Save this one for spring onwards, mind. Those links are magnificent in May and merciless in a February wind.

Nothing here is off the shelf. Tell us your dates, your budget and the courses you most want to tick off, and we shape the hotel, the rounds and the tee times around a solo golfer. A gentle two-night resort stay? Belton Woods near Grantham, from £245 (≈ €285) (≈ $325) (≈ CA$455) (≈ AU$465) (≈ NZ$555) (≈ CHF 265) (≈ kr 3,115) (≈ kr 3,155) (≈ kr 2,135) pp, has two full courses and barely a hill on the property. Something with history? The Belfry, from £180 (≈ €205) (≈ $235) (≈ CA$335) (≈ AU$335) (≈ NZ$405) (≈ CHF 195) (≈ kr 2,285) (≈ kr 2,315) (≈ kr 1,565) pp, lets you play the Ryder Cup holes you have watched for years, and of everything on this page it is the one we would book first for a solo golfer who wants a story to take home. Further north, Slaley Hall near Hexham, from £285 (≈ €325) (≈ $385) (≈ CA$535) (≈ AU$535) (≈ NZ$655) (≈ CHF 305) (≈ kr 3,625) (≈ kr 3,675) (≈ kr 2,485) pp, sits in glorious Northumberland moorland, though be honest with yourself about the drive; it is a long way from the southern counties, which is exactly why the fairways stay quiet.

For golfers travelling from the US, an England golf trip pairs naturally with the rest of your visit. You handle the transatlantic flight and we take care of everything once you land, hotel, green fees and tee times, and we can advise on the best regional airports for the courses you want to play.

Travelling solo is more enjoyable when you are not carrying any worry. Golf Planet Holidays has been hand-building UK golf breaks since 1981. Your money is held in trust with PTS until you have travelled, and when flights are part of your trip it is ATOL protected too, so the funds for your holiday are safeguarded right up to the moment you arrive. You deal with real people who know these courses, build the trip with us over a simple enquiry, and we stay on hand throughout. No call-centre scripts. Just your golf, properly arranged.