The Best Golf Courses in Denmark
Denmark is one of Europe's quiet golf surprises: heathland classics in Jutland, a modern Nicklaus championship course on Funen and a deer park club older than almost any in Scandinavia. Our ranked eight, with verdicts and how to play them.
Photograph: Holstebro Golfklub, Kristian Grud, via Google
How we ranked them
Danish golf rewards the curious. The country has no coastline of towering dunes to rival Scotland, but it has fast draining sandy heathland in Jutland that produces firm, springy, links like golf inland, and a clutch of modern resort courses good enough to host the DP World Tour. We weighed the quality and conditioning of the golf, the strength of the wider setting and its lodging, how readily a visiting group can get on, and tournament pedigree where it adds to the test. The result is a list that runs from the modern and the manicured to the historic and the wild.
Every fact here, the designers, the host events and the indicative green fees, was checked at the time of writing in June 2026 by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Fees move with the season and the year, so treat the numbers as a guide and always confirm directly before booking. The verdicts are ours. If your group wants any of these built into a costed itinerary, with the ferries and the short internal hops handled, that is exactly what our concierge does.
The 8 best golf courses in Denmark
Great Northern
Denmark's first Nicklaus Design course, laid out in the harbor town of Kerteminde on the island of Funen, and the country's most ambitious modern championship venue. Wide, strategic and immaculately presented, it is good enough to bring the DP World Tour to Denmark in 2026, which tells you all you need to know about the conditioning and the test. For a visiting golfer it is the easiest of the great Danish courses to admire on first acquaintance, and a natural centerpiece for a trip that takes in Funen and the bridges to Zealand.
Holstebro Golfklub, Skovbanen
For the purists, the best course in the country. Erik Schnack laid out the Skovbanen, the Forest course, on classic Jutland heathland in the early 1970s, and it has ranked consistently among the top one hundred in Europe ever since. Heather, pine and sandy turf give it a fast, firm, almost Surrey heathland character, with subtle greens that reward the thoughtful player over the long hitter. It sits well off the tourist track in the far west of Jutland, which only adds to the sense of discovery when you finally play it.
Lubker Golf
A Robert Trent Jones junior design of par 71 and around 7,026 yards on the rolling Djursland peninsula near Aarhus, voted the best course in Denmark in 2024 and the host of the Danish Golf Championship on the DP World Tour that same year. The resort wraps a hotel, spa and twenty seven holes around the championship eighteen, with broad fairways, big greens and water in play, an excellent modern stay and play base for a group that wants its golf and its comforts in one place.
HimmerLand, New Course
The longtime home of the Made in HimmerLand event on the DP World Tour, played here from 2021 to 2023, and the standout of northern Europe's largest golf resort with its forty five holes near Aalborg. The New Course is a muscular, tournament ready test reworked to championship standard, set in rolling forest and lake country, with a full resort of lodges, spa and practice facilities alongside. The best base in the north of Jutland and a course that lets a club golfer walk the same holes the tour has played.
Esbjerg Golfklub, Marbaek
A wonderful mix of wooded parkland and open heathland near Esbjerg on the west coast, laid out by Frederik Dreyer in 1975 and a fixture in Denmark's top tier. Copious heather defines the more exposed holes, while stands of pine frame the sheltered ones, and the whole course drains fast on its sandy base. Quieter and less polished than the resort names above it, Marbaek is a connoisseur's round and a fine companion to Holstebro on a west Jutland heathland tour.
Rungsted Golf Klub
One of Denmark's oldest and most important courses, designed in 1936 by Major Charles A. MacKenzie, brother of the great Alister MacKenzie of Augusta and Cypress Point fame. A classic, mature parkland on the coast north of Copenhagen, all dog legs and clever green complexes, it carries a sense of history few Danish courses can match and sits an easy half hour from the capital, which makes it the natural choice for a golfer basing in or near Copenhagen.
Kobenhavns Golf Klub
The oldest golf club in Scandinavia, founded before 1900, with the rare distinction of playing through the Dyrehaven, a UNESCO listed royal deer park north of Copenhagen where herds of deer roam freely across the course. The golf is gentle rather than testing, but no round in the country is more atmospheric or more historic, and its setting among ancient oaks and grazing deer a few miles from the city center makes it an essential, charming addition to any Copenhagen golf trip.
Silkeborg Ry Golfklub
Denmark's largest golf facility, twenty seven holes among the lakes and forests of the Søhøjlandet, the country's gentle lake district near Aarhus. Frederik Dreyer and Henrik Jacobsen shaped the original nines through rolling, wooded terrain with water never far away, and the result is one of the most scenic inland rounds in the country. An easy, enjoyable test that pairs naturally with Lübker and HimmerLand for a Jutland golf week built around Aarhus.
Designers, host history and yardages verified June 2026 by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Course profiles are added across the site as the directory grows. Always confirm visitor access and fees directly before booking.
Where they are, and indicative costs
The great Danish courses cluster in two areas. Jutland, the mainland peninsula, holds the heathland and the resorts: Holstebro and Esbjerg in the west, Lübker, HimmerLand and Silkeborg around Aarhus and Aalborg. The islands of Funen and Zealand hold Great Northern and the historic Copenhagen clubs. A car and the short bridge and ferry hops tie them together, so a week can comfortably mix a Jutland heathland leg with a Copenhagen city finish.
| Item | Indicative 2026 | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Green fee, leading courses | Around DKK 600 to DKK 1,000 | Roughly 80 to 135 euros, higher at the championship resorts |
| Resort stay and play | Varies by season | Lübker and HimmerLand bundle rooms and rounds |
| A week, all in | Around £1,800 to £3,200 per person | Hotels, several rounds, a car, excluding flights |
Indicative third party figures for the 2026 season, shown to set expectations only. We are a guide, not an operator, and never quote our own pricing. Always confirm directly before booking.
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Denmark golf questions
What is the best golf course in Denmark?
It depends on what you value. Holstebro's Skovbanen is the purists' choice, a classic Jutland heathland course that has ranked among the top one hundred in Europe for decades. For modern championship golf, Great Northern on Funen and Lübker near Aarhus lead the way, both good enough for the DP World Tour. Our ranking weighs the golf, the setting and the ease of access together.
When is the best time to play golf in Denmark?
May to September is the season, with the long Nordic summer days giving light until late evening in June and July. The sandy heathland courses drain well, but spring and early autumn can be cool and breezy, so pack layers. Winter golf is limited by short daylight and frost. Always confirm course conditions and opening before you travel.
How much does a golf trip to Denmark cost in 2026?
Indicative 2026 green fees at the leading courses run from roughly DKK 600 to DKK 1,000, about 80 to 135 euros, with the championship resorts higher. A week with hotels, several rounds and a car typically lands from around £1,800 to £3,200 per head excluding flights. Always confirm directly before booking.
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