Mains of Park, Glenluce,
Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway DG8 0NN
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Visit websiteThe Course:
18 holes. Seaside links. Gently undulating terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Coastal duneland (Wigtown Bay) and open grazing land.
Designer:
Original nine holes designed by Charles Hunter, professional at Prestwick GC (1894). Extended to 18 holes by Gordon Cunningham (1978).
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1.5 mi SW of Glenluce / 10 mi E of Stranraer.
Wigtownshire County
Wigtownshire County Golf Club: known locally as "The County", here you'll find a flattish links golf course that sits alongside Wigtown Bay, while also facing inland towards the soft Galloway Hills.
This friendly, welcoming and nicely presented club doesn't put on airs and graces as it serves-up an enjoyable and easy-walking links layout. Scenic views occur throughout the round, with the back-nine arguably containing the more interesting and varied holes.
Around the turn on this out-and-back layout, the Water of Luce river estuary provides a wonderfully scenic and natural backdrop to the holes. On both the front and back nines you'll also play holes that run directly alongside the shoreline of Wigtown Bay, itself part of the much larger Luce Bay. Such bay-hugging holes include the doglegging par-4 4th (St Helena), par-5 6th (Blackthorn), and long par-4 15th (Piltanton).
The often circular, domed, subtly-sloping greens are not too onerously bunker defended, a trait they share with the generally good-width fairways. One small surprise, is the amount of walking back you have to do from several greens to the subsequent teeing grounds. Perhaps this was necessitated by the extension to 18-holes in 1978.
Pick of the holes: although not directly bayside, the straightaway short par-4 14th (The Mains) is a lovely hole, played to a slightly elevated green that's bunker-defended left and right.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2025].
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire (if booked in advance).
Limited
Wigtownshire, otherwise formerly known as the County of Wigtown, is an historic Scottish county. It lost its county status in 1975, when it was folded into the unitary council area of Dumfries & Galloway. The old county town of Wigtown, is much smaller than the larger port town of Stranraer, which was also part of Wigtownshire.
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