Parnu Bay Golf Links

Klubi tee 1, Reiu,

Tahkuranna, Pärnumaa (Pärnu County)

  • Office

    +372 443 3030
  • Pro shop

    +372 443 3030
  • Golf pro

    Gert Velsberg (PGA Golf Professional).

About the course

  • The Course:

    18 holes. Seaside links. Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.

  • Surroundings:

    Coastal lagoons, meadowland and forest alongside Parnu Bay (Gulf of Riga).

  • Designer:

    Lassi Pekka Tilander (Finland).

Back
tees
Club
tees
Front
tees
Metres
6143
5390
4682
Par
72
72
72
SSS or slope
73.4
70.2
70.0

At the same location:

Above distances are for the championship course. Also at Parnu Bay is a 5-hole par-3 short course.

Location

Latitude:

58.327091

Longitude:

24.586600

How to get there:

10 km SE of Pärnu.

Pärnu Bay Golf Links

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.

Est. 2015

Pärnu Bay Golf Links: Just two kilometers from the city of Pärnu is Tahkuranna, a place where the forest meets the sea and home of the Pärnu Bay Golf Links. Tahkuranna takes its Estonian name from the area's sandstone substratum. On this easy-draining sandy sub-soil, this wonderfully natural "true" links (rather than "links-style") course is laid out.

Tilanders' well-crafted design occupies a wonderfully diverse environment of sandy terrain, coastal lagoons, meadowland and forest. The course is relatively flat, characterised by gently rippling terrain rather than towering windswept sand dunes. Here you'll find wide fairways, expansive sand areas, fescue grasses and multi-tiered greens that are home to mesmerising slopes and borrows.

From the course, and especially on the immensely scenic closing three-hole stretch, wonderfully scenic views can be enjoyed overlooking the Gulf of Riga's Pärnu Bay. The same enchanting views can also be enjoyed from Pärnu Bay's ultra-modern, glass-walled clubhouse.

List of courses: Estonia

Visitors

Who can play and when?

Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends during the golf season.

Must book in advance.

Green fees

Visitor fee, 18-holes in golf season (May thru' Oct): €70-€120. Dynamic pricing system applies.

Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2023].

Other information

Players generally walk this course.

Practice facilities

Excellent

Did you know?

Pärnu Bay is part of the Gulf of Riga (aka Gulf of Livonia), a large bay on the eastern side of the Baltic Sea. The Gulf considerably adds to the coastlines of both Estonia and to the south its neighbour, Latvia.

Published ranking

Estonia's No.1 course (Golf Digest, 2022).
Continental Europe's 19th best course (Golf World, 2025).

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