Military connections

Five welcoming golf clubs whose roots are intertwined with the armed forces

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Army

GF: 18 holes: £85 Mon-Thu

Golf in England was very much in its infancy in the early 1880s, but its popularity was beginning to spread thanks to the influence of Scottish expats such as those serving in the army. The 1st Battalion, the Cameronians, was based in nearby Aldershot, and in 1883 it proposed the creation of a new golf club, just the second in Hampshire. Over the years it has had five clubhouses, six titles and eight courses, with its current design dating back roughly half a century. The par-71 layout stretches to 6,631 yards from the purple tees and opens with the first of just two three-shotters. It runs through pine and birch over beautiful, crisp, sandy soil.

© Southwick Park

GF: 18 holes: £26-£42