The Best Golf Courses in Wigan, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (2025)

Bolton's answer to Augusta, rolling pine lined holes with fast undulating greens. Always in great condition, the course has 2 loops of 9 that bring you back to the clubhouse, great if you only have time for 9 holes or are meeting friends. With some of the best views across Lancashire & Cheshire away to North Wales, always worth a visit.

Bolton old links was a really good folf course. Some really deep difficult bunkers well placed. Must avoid at all cost. Greens were absolutely amazing. Some tee shots are blind, but hole map on every tee helps. Course knowledge is definitely an advantage here. Fairways are generous and rough is punishing. A great course overall.

Bolton Balloon Fairies was asked to create a Balloon Wall around our 4 foot LED Numbers and what a gorgeous room they have for hire for functions. It's an upstairs room and is very large holding a couple of hundred people. Car park is spacious and bars are on both floors. Highly recommend 👌

Fantastic course we'll maintained greens a fantastic very fast only took the front nine to get used to them🤣

Excellent course it's in great condition and great service and very nice members and staff always will be my go to golf club

Excellent course Great facilities Wonderful staff

Great golf course, tricky back 9! Nicely kept and fun to play

Dean Wood is an established course with two contrasting 9's .The 1st9 is mature tree lined parkland course with undulating fairways with fairway bunkers. The 2nd9 is completely different basically 9 holes in a valley but not exhausting walk. Which I found a challenge. Lateral streams & not a flat piece of ground. Therefore course management comes into play? Greens were good & ran true. Fairways were in good condition as well. With driving nets & practise putting chipping greens. Good Club house & Pro Shop with friendly staff. Overall a very good course will definitely play again and worth a visit

Not bad condition for November. Boggy in spots but greens were good. Think £28 is a bit high for the time of year and condition. Played February. Greens were still good but it was plugging a lot. Lost a couple of balls that landed not far off the fairway. Not many places let you play full greens and tees this time of year so fair enough considering the weather

Fabulous, well priced course. Buggy hire extremely reasonable. The course is laid out very well as has some really challenging holes. A good test around. The greens are impeccably kept and the bunkers bar one are near perfect. Play advised......

First time I played this course and I found it a very pleasent well maintained course but very tricky, with some course knowledge I would of shot better. After playing this course around 10 times over the last few months, I decided to come back to this review and add to it. The greens at Hart Common are some of the best I've played, and consistent throughout. Fairways are also very well kept. Some great bunkers well placed. Again this is a tricky course keep it on the fairway and you'll be rewarded.

Proper golf in January no mats no temp greens helpful staff and friendly members would join this course if it was 20 miles closer

Excellent golf course, always a pleasure to play here. Fabulous landscape, trees, fairways, and greens, we very much look forward to our annual trip. Nice welcoming club house. And the weather stayed fine!

Absolutely superb. First time here. Well established course in stunning surroundings. In great condition, especially the greens. 6 stars

Awesome course, staff and members, a massive credit to greenstaff, 👏 I would highly recommend, a real treat, can't wait to go back

Went on a society day and have no complaints at all. Course was excellent, green's were superb. Food and service after golf was top class a very enjoyable day.

Amazing greens for February. Course was great. Nice layout, a mix of holes and incredible condition for the time of year

Great welcome in the pro shop , very friendly .Only played 9 holes as a visitor but wow , the best greens I've played hands down all year. The front 9 had some really lovely holes ,especially the par 3 9th. Will 100% be going back 100% credit to the greenstaff. Pics of the 9th green and also looking back to the 9th tee. Superb hole.

Nice course. Good, inviting fairways from the tee box. Some long par 4s and a 210 yrd par 3. 16th drives over the 4th green, so it can cause a little bit of a wait. 6th has a ditch right on driver distance running across fairway be careful. 9th hole par 3 very tough, good-looking hole. Overall, it was very nice, not too hilly course. Proshop and clubhouse are very good.

Excellent golf course in superb condition. Greens Staff very competent keeping the course in great condition.

Even late in the season the course was really well presented, nice tightly mown fairways & some lovely run off areas around the greens. Definitely a plotters golf course, lots of holes require placement from the tee to allow clear shots into the greens.

Amazing experience from the quality of the course to the hospitality of the kitchen and bar staff, will definitely recommend this course to friends

Great true greens even after rain. Nice club house decent facilities. Very good course

Oct 7th 24 Just back from a first visit to this club. Great condition all round. The best greens I've played all season. Unfortunately no bar or food on today.( like most clubs on Monday.) A bit of a long narrow lane up to the club but will definately return

Wow, what a fantastic course with great views all the way round. Superb variety of holes and some tricky par 3s too, and plenty of wildlife to admire. Bit of up and down but nothing to steep so great exercise too. Will be back again, hopefully when the weather is a little less windy.

Very nice course! First time we'd played this today and it won't be the last! Course in really good condition, it was pouring down with rain all round but still held up! Credit to the greenkeepers greens were in top condition! Full breakfast after the round, made to feel very welcome and all staff friendly! Good value for money, I'd say it's a course you definitely have to play in the area 👍🏻

A quirky course that will test every aspect of your golf game and legs! Great views from 19th and a fine pint await those who venture here. Staff friendly and attentive.

Fantastic course,great food afterwards, be warned for those who have walking difficulty,this course is a tough walk but glad i did it.

Such a wonderful venue for an informal family celebration. service, food and setting were second to none. Staff were so accommodating and helpful and pricing was very reasonable. My wife had a memorable seventieth birthday as a result. All twenty one guests were highly impressed and will visit again, with one considering taking up golf! At Houghwood, ofcourse.😁

Great golf course but not for the faint hearted, panoramic views across West Lancashire make the climb on some holes well worthwhile. Love the food and members bar overlooking the with green. Very friendly throughout.

Excellent 3 course Sunday lunch in beautiful surroundings. I highly recommend

Lovely little course, well looked after! Managed to drive the 9th hole last round so its my favourite place at the minute!

What a great little course. 1st time here today and loved it. We will 100% be back! Price is more than fair at £8 for 9 holes or £13 for 18. Like that you get the option after paying and playing 9 you can pay the £5 and go again if you want.

Brilliant course. Nice having a par 4 to start and end the round. Makes it feel bigger than it is.

Really nice for a par 3 course, greens not the fastest but in good condition. The closest to a normal course co ditions I have seen on a par 3 course. Would really recommend for short game practice. £9 for 9 or £14 for 18 holes. The only negative it when I went they only accepted cash and no card payments.

Visited Gathurst Golf Club today with work colleagues. The ground is meticulously maintained. All staff were friendly and helpful. At the end of our game we were looked after at the bar by Matthew. Overall a fantastic day from start to finish, couldn’t recommend enough.

Course is in impeccable condition. Well done to all the green keepers and the artisans along with the work that goes behind the scenes to produce such a great course. Friendly staff and excellent facilities.

Cracking course. Not the longest but some great holes. I managed a good few pars which I was made up with. I got a bit confused with some of the tees and some are adjacent to each other but members pointed me in the right direction. Some good downhill drives and driveable par 4 which I nearly managed one of them. Would definitely return