The links in the Fens

A club since 1923, playing a modern inland links on 230 acres of Cambridgeshire. Visitors are welcome every day.

Welcome every day

St Ives (Hunts) Golf Club has been a club since 1923 and has played this course since 2010: an inland links, sand-capped and fully drained, with four tees on every hole and visitors welcome every day of the week.

Four tees on every hole

Every hole has four tees, named by their length: 67, 65, 61 and 56. Play it at 6,758 yards or at 5,626, par 72 either way, with paths between every tee and fairway.

The scorecard, by tee

Yards from each tee, par 72.

HoleParS.I.Yards67Yards65Yards61Yards56
149355347329303
245397386366344
3317179163152142
4515536528496457
541407396365334
647386374348324
7313182167162147
8511525513478439
943436425397365
Out363,4033,2993,0932,855
10412372359335312
1154557544519454
12318147136126108
13416304299280257
1442389384350324
1548390379353330
16314187179159144
1746452440416386
18510557547516456
In363,3553,2673,0542,771
Total726,7586,5666,1475,626
A golfer on the tee, driver on the shoulder, looking down the fairway
A flag beyond the long grass

Golf every day for visitors, membership that fits around your week, and a clubhouse with a view over the course.

On the course

Book online with instant confirmation, or ring 01480 499920, option 1. Green fees are not published online: ask the club. To be shown round as a member, ring our General Manager on the same number.

Course
Book a tee time
Before you come
How do I book?

Online, with instant confirmation on screen and by email. Choose 18 holes or the Back 9.

What should I wear?

Golf clothing and golf shoes on the course. Please change out of dirty or wet clothing before coming into the clubhouse.

Can I hire a buggy or trolley?

Yes. Electric buggies and electric trolleys are for hire for 9 or 18 holes or the day. Book ahead on 01480 499920, option 1.

Does the course play in winter?

Yes. The fairways are fully drained and sand-capped with 40 mm of sand, and paths run between every tee and fairway and on from each green to the next tee, so you can play all year round.

Bringing a group?

Every society day is tailored. James Hart, Golf Operations Manager, will put yours together: ring 01480 499920, option 1.

“Definitely a challenge, great practice areas, good food and friendly staff!”

A review quoted on the club's website
The whole course from height in golden light, the Fenland horizon beyond

1 / 6

Holes threaded between lakes and rough at Giffords Farm, from height
The St Ives (Hunts) Golf Club crest, founded 1923

Our story

A club since 1923, and on this course since 2010. In 2007 the club bought 230 acres off the Needingworth Road, and Cameron Sinclair laid out an inland links at Giffords Farm.

One of the first courses in the country built to USGA greens specification, with velvet bent greens, and fairways fully drained and irrigated.

The course
The clubhouse above a green and lake, early morning

The course

Sand-capped forty millimetres deep, so it plays all year.

Course overview

A club, not just a course

Men's, ladies', juniors' and mixed sections, competitions and fixtures, padel, and a clubhouse with a bar and kitchen.

The bar and restaurant look out over the course and Cambridgeshire, with home-made food, locally sourced, and cakes.

Opening times
Two golfers by a buggy against the low sun
Guests raising a toast at a function in the clubhouse
The padel courts and the clubhouse marquee in the morning, from the air
Golfers on a green under a big cumulus sky, from a low drone
The padel courts and clubhouse at sunrise
A bride and groom in the grasses against the evening sky
A golfer at the top of the backswing on a range mat, the range beyond
A golfer putting on a green, the flagstick in the foreground, summer sky
A tee in golden rough at dusk
A lake along a fairway in evening light

Plan a round

Visitors are welcome every day.

Book online with instant confirmation, for 18 holes or the Back 9, or ring us on 01480 499920, option 1. Needingworth Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 4AD.