Golf courses and places to stay – Estonia

Regions

Harju County

Harju County around Tallinn is the heart of golf in Estonia: this catalogue lists 3 courses — Estonian Golf & Country Club on the coast at Jõelähtme, Niitvälja Golf towards Keila, and Rae Golf just south-east of the capital. All three are 18-hole courses, and the nearest is Rae Golf, about 19 km from the centre of Tallinn as the crow flies; Estonian Golf & Country Club is about 22 km away and Niitvälja about 28 km. According to the clubs' own rate cards the visitor green fee for 18 holes runs from €29 to €149 depending on the course and the time of day. Northern Estonia also has Ojasaare at Viru-Kabala, but its own site describes it as a Pitch & Putt course (nine greens, eighteen tee boxes), so it is not in this catalogue. There are no Estonian cottages in the catalogue yet — an owner can add one free of charge.

3 courses · 54 holes

Pärnu County

Pärnu is Estonia's best-known seaside resort town, and this catalogue lists 2 courses on either side of it: White Beach Golf at Valgeranna, about 7 km north-west of the centre as the crow flies, and Pärnu Bay Golf Links at Reiu, about 8 km to the south-east. Both are 18-hole courses. The green fee for 18 holes is €29–89 at White Beach and €75–120 at Pärnu Bay according to the clubs' own rate cards. Pärnu is about 125 km from Tallinn as the crow flies. The county also has Uus-Meremäe at Pivarootsi, but its own domain redirects to an Instagram profile and the club publishes neither a hole count nor a price on a site of its own, so it is not in this catalogue.

2 courses · 36 holes

Saaremaa

On the island of Saaremaa this catalogue lists 1 course: Saaremaa Golf & Country Club at Merikotka 35 on the edge of Kuressaare. By its own description the course is an 18-hole par 72 measuring 6 310 metres from the back tees, and the green fee for 18 holes is €52–100. The island is reached from the mainland by the ferry between Virtsu and Kuivastu and then across the causeway from the island of Muhu. Kuressaare is about 186 km from Tallinn and about 120 km from Pärnu as the crow flies.

1 course · 18 holes

Southern Estonia

In southern Estonia this catalogue lists 1 course: Otepää Golf & Country Club at Mäha in Otepää parish, Valga County, about 41 km from Tartu and about 181 km from Tallinn as the crow flies. By its own description it is a full-length 18-hole par 73; holes 1–9 opened to players in the summer of 2006 and holes 10–18 with the clubhouse were finished in July 2007, and the tenth hole is a par 6. The visitor green fee for 18 holes is €75 on weekdays and €85 from Friday to Sunday. Võru County also has Rõuge Golf, but its own site states that the course has four greens and nine routings — four physical holes, which does not meet this catalogue's nine-hole threshold.

1 course · 18 holes