How much does a round of golf actually cost in the UK?
We pulled verified weekday and weekend green fees from 1,753 UK golf clubs. The average round costs £50. But "average" hides an enormous range — from £5.50 to £1,000 for the same 18 holes.
The number that actually matters: £50
Across every UK club with a published, usable weekday rate — 18-hole courses only, so a nine-hole pitch-and-putt doesn't drag the average down — the mean weekday green fee is £50. That's the number worth anchoring to if you're planning a trip somewhere new and have no idea what to expect.
The middle 50% of clubs (the 25th to 75th percentile) charge between £30 and £70 on a weekday. Pay less than £23 and you're in the cheapest 10% of UK golf. Pay more than £120 and you're in the priciest 10%. Everything in between is, statistically, normal.
Golf is cheaper than most people assume
More than a quarter of UK clubs (27%) charge £30 or less for a weekday round. At the very bottom of the market, Roodlea Golf Club charges £5.50 for 18 holes — less than most people spend on lunch. Golf's reputation as an expensive, exclusive sport is earned at the top of the market, but it isn't the whole market. Most UK golfers are within driving distance of a genuinely cheap round.
...but the ceiling is basically uncapped
235 UK clubs charge £100 or more for a weekday round — about one in seven of every club with a verified fee. At the very top, Turnberry charges £1,000 for a weekday round — 20 rounds at the average UK club for one round there. Gleneagles and Whitemuir both charge £650, Trump International Golf Links £595. Several Open Championship venues sit in the £395–£495 range. We covered that end of the market in more depth in our look at Open venue pricing.
Weekends cost more — but not by as much as you'd think
Among clubs that publish both a weekday and a Saturday rate, the average weekday fee is £59 and the average Saturday fee is £65 — roughly a 10% weekend premium. It's real, but it's smaller than the "weekends are where clubs really make their money" assumption suggests. For most clubs, the bigger factor isn't which day you play — it's whether you're paying as a visitor at all.
Membership pays for itself faster than most golfers think
The average annual membership across UK clubs is £840 (the median is £766 — the average is pulled up by a smaller number of expensive clubs). Against the £50 average visitor fee, that membership pays for itself in 20 rounds — under two rounds a month. Play more than that at your local club and, on average numbers alone, joining is already the cheaper option. Our membership calculator runs the real numbers for your specific club, not the national average.
The open market and the velvet rope
Of the 2,491 clubs we track, roughly 2,296 will simply take your money for a round or a membership. The remaining ~195 — mostly Top 100-ranked or waitlisted clubs — ration access by something other than price: waiting lists, proposal-only membership, or visitor windows so narrow they're barely open at all. We go into that split in detail in the two-tier golf market.
Data from The Stimp database of 2,491 tracked UK golf clubs, of which 1,753 currently have a verified weekday green fee. Averages and percentiles cover 18-hole courses only, to avoid nine-hole layouts skewing the numbers. Weekend-premium figures are limited to clubs publishing both a weekday and Saturday rate. Fee, access and membership data is sourced from club websites and updated as clubs change their pricing. Last updated 19 July 2026.