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Pocket Guide to Golf Courses Online

The same authoritative ratings and course-by-course detail as the printed Pocket Guides, now built as a living, browsable library — one country at a time, added as each is finished, never a substitute for the books themselves.

PGGC Online

Browse by country

Ireland is the first country fully built out — every course rated, scored and photographed. More countries join as their material is finished; nothing appears here until it's ready to read.

Live — 155 Courses
Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland

Ireland

The complete guide: every rated course in the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, with design and facility ratings, hole-by-hole scorecards, green fees and photography.

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Live — 1 Course
Bermuda

Bermuda

The Mid Ocean Club: Charles Blair Macdonald's 1921 masterpiece in Tucker's Town, with Robert Trent Jones Snr's understated 1950s remodel and the iconic par-4 ‘Cape’ 5th.

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Live — 2 Courses
Czech Republic

Czech Republic

Golf Resort Karlštejn, host to Bernhard Langer's 1997 Czech Open win beneath the neo-gothic castle, and the newer parkland course at Beroun.

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Live — 1 Course
England

England

Swinley Forest: Harry Colt's intensely private 1909 heathland masterpiece near Ascot — short, understated, and ranked among the great unsung Surrey courses.

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Live — 1 Course
France

France

Royal Mougins: Robert von Hagge's hillside terraces above Cannes, with a hotel and spa on site — attractively bunkered and testing from tee to tiered green.

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Live — 1 Course
Italy

Italy

Venice Golf Club at Alberoni: a 1930 Cruikshank parkland course inside the ramparts of an 18th-century fortress, host to three Italian Opens.

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Live — 1 Course
Portugal

Portugal

Penina: Sir Henry Cotton's Algarve pioneer course, with its hotel, spa and two further nines. Full review to follow with the Spain & Portugal book.

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Live — 63 Courses
Spain

Spain

The full Costa del Sol roster, from Marbella's compact par-3 facilities to championship rounds at Valderrama, Finca Cortesín, Alcaidesa, Aloha, Atalaya and La Cala — full reviews to come with the Spain & Portugal book.

Browse Spanish Courses →
Live — 11 Courses
United Arab Emirates

UAE

Dubai and Abu Dhabi's championship desert courses: Emirates, Dubai Creek, Arabian Ranches, The Els, Four Seasons, Jumeirah Golf Estates and The Montgomerie, among others.

Browse UAE Courses →

How Our Ratings Work → — the same rating system applies across every country in PGGC Online.

Membership

Read online, country by country — or all at once

Buying the physical book and reading online are kept separate: a membership doesn't include a printed copy, and owning a book doesn't unlock the online edition.

Single Country

Full online access to one country's guide — start with Ireland, the only country currently live.

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All Countries

One membership, every PGGC country — present and future — as each is added to the library.

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What's Next

More countries, as they're ready

Spain's Costa del Sol course data is now complete above; full reviews for Spain and Portugal will follow once the Spain & Portugal Pocket Guide book is to hand.