Royal North Devon

Royal North Devon at Westward Ho! is England's oldest golf club, founded in 1864, and one of the truly historic links courses of the British Isles. Laid out on the Northam Burrows coastal nature reserve, the course is raw, exposed, and uncompromisingly natural — shared with grazing sheep and subject to the full force of Atlantic winds off Bideford Bay. The terrain includes vast sea rushes, tidal marshland, and some of the most authentic links turf in England. Royal North Devon is a pilgrimage destination for serious golfers who want to experience golf as it was originally conceived: played on land shaped by nature rather than architecture.