Kytaja Golf near Helsinki, Finland, a forest lined fairway under the long Nordic light

Best of · Helsinki

The Best Golf Courses in Helsinki

Finland's capital sits inside a ring of fine forest and seaside golf, from a McBroom thirty six hole estate north of the city to two of Jan Sederholm's best Scandinavian designs. Here are the seven best around Helsinki, ranked, with our verdicts and how to get on.

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How we chose

How we ranked the best Helsinki golf courses

Helsinki golf is a tight, leafy, seaside affair, played on a short but intense season that runs from spring into the autumn and peaks under the famous midsummer light, when you can finish a round close to midnight. We weigh the quality of the design and the conditioning first, then the course's standing in Finnish golf and the names behind it, and finally how enjoyable and memorable the round actually is. The verdicts are ours. Several of the best are members' clubs, so we have flagged access plainly and added the resort and city plays a visitor can realistically book.

The headline architects here are international class. The Canadian Tom McBroom laid out Kytaja's thirty six holes north of the city, and the Swedish architect Jan Sederholm, responsible for Himmerland in Denmark and courses across the Nordics, designed both Sarfvik and Espoo. Around them sit Kosti Kuronen's Master Golf in Espoo, the big Pickala resort on the coast, and the accessible city course at Vuosaari, which together make Helsinki a genuinely rewarding base for two or three rounds, often as the opening leg of a wider Nordic golf trip.

Reviewed June 2026 by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Designers, course history and access verified at publication. How we research and review.

The ranking

The seven best golf courses in Helsinki

From McBroom's Kytaja and Sederholm's Sarfvik to the accessible city golf at Vuosaari and the courses worth the short drive out, ranked with our verdicts and the access you need to know.

Kytaja Golf

Hyvinkaa · Tom McBroom · 36 holes

The strongest golf within easy reach of Helsinki, a thirty six hole estate set in deep forest around fifty kilometers north of the city at Hyvinkaa. The Canadian architect Tom McBroom routed the North West and South East courses through pine, birch and water, and the South East in particular is rated among the very best in Finland, second nationally only to Linna. Big, handsome, secluded golf with the scale and conditioning of a destination resort. The course we build a Helsinki trip around.

Sarfvik Golf

Kirkkonummi · Jan Sederholm · private

The most prestigious members' club in the region, set in maritime landscape at Kirkkonummi just west of the city. The Swedish architect Jan Sederholm laid out the Old course in 1984 and the tighter, hillier New course in 1991, and both carry the quick, true greens that are his signature. A serious, well bred parkland test and the club the area's best players measure themselves against. Private, so a visitor plays as a guest or by arrangement, but the round repays the effort to get on.

Master Golf Club

Espoo · Kosti Kuronen · 36 holes

Espoo's leading club and one of the busiest quality venues in the capital region, a thirty six hole property designed by the Finnish architect Kosti Kuronen, who opened the Master course in 1987 and completed the Forest course a decade later in 1997. Mature, well drained parkland golf, immaculately kept and a regular host of national events. A members' club close to the city with two genuinely good courses, and the kind of established Helsinki club golf a visiting guest should seek out.

Espoo Golf Club

Espoo · Jan Sederholm · private

Sederholm's other Helsinki design, a handsome parkland in Espoo that has long been one of the most respected clubs in southern Finland. Tree lined, strategic and beautifully presented, with the same emphasis on angles and putting surfaces that marks the architect's work at Sarfvik. Less famous than its neighbor but a thoroughly enjoyable, well conditioned round, and more than worth a place on a Helsinki itinerary when a guest tee time can be arranged through the club.

Pickala Golf

Siuntio · resort · visitor friendly

The biggest golf complex near Helsinki and the easiest to book, a coastal resort at Siuntio with three full courses, the Seaside, Park and Forest layouts, plus lodging on site. The variety is the appeal: open, breezy seaside holes on one course, sheltered woodland on another, enough golf to fill a long weekend in one place. Not the most exclusive name on this list, but the genuine stay and play option for a visiting group that wants its golf without the private club barrier.

Vuosaari Golf

Helsinki · parkland · semi private

The pick for golf inside the city itself, a par 72 in the Vuosaari district in eastern Helsinki, reachable on the metro and regarded as one of the better courses in southern Finland. Well kept and well drained, with quick greens and a friendly, busy feel, it is the round we send visitors to when they want good golf without a drive out of town. The convenient, bookable choice to round out a Helsinki trip.

Worth the drive: Linna and Nordcenter

Hameenlinna and Raseborg · day trip

Two of the finest courses in the country sit just outside the comfortable Helsinki radius and reward the drive. Linna Golf near Hameenlinna, around an hour north, is regularly voted the number one course in Finland, a modern parkland of real quality. Nordcenter at Raseborg, west toward the coast, offers thirty six holes including the well regarded Benz course. Either makes an excellent day trip and lifts a Helsinki golf week from good to genuinely special.

Costs and access

Access, the season and what it costs

The honest picture in Helsinki is that the most admired courses, Sarfvik, Master Golf and Espoo, are members' clubs, played as a guest or by prior arrangement. That is no barrier to a fine golf trip here, because Kytaja, Pickala and Vuosaari welcome visiting golfers and Pickala is built for stay and play. The season is the bigger planning factor than access: golf runs roughly from May to October, with the courses at their best from June to August, when the long northern days let you tee off late and play deep into the evening.

If a round at a private club is on your wish list, an introduction is the way in, and we can help arrange access where a relationship allows. For everyone else, the figures below are indicative per round green fees for the 2026 season in euros, to help set the budget for a Helsinki trip.

Indicative 2026 green fees around Helsinki, in euros. Private clubs are member and guest access. Always confirm directly before booking.
Course	Access	Indicative green fee
Kytaja Golf	Visitors welcome	EUR90 to EUR130
Pickala Golf	Resort, visitors welcome	EUR55 to EUR95
Vuosaari Golf	Semi private	EUR50 to EUR85
Sarfvik, Master, Espoo	Private	Member and guest only

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Plan the trip

Plan a Helsinki golf trip

A Helsinki golf trip works beautifully as a midsummer escape, when the light lets you play two rounds in a day, or as the opening leg of a wider Nordic tour. We build it from a mix of access: the resort and city courses you can book, plus any private rounds at Sarfvik or Master that an introduction can unlock. Tell us your group, your dates and the courses on your wish list, and we will shape the itinerary, sort the tee times and book the lodging around the golf.

We handle the logistics so the organiser can play. Groups of any size, from a fourball to a full society outing.

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Good to know

Best Helsinki golf courses: common questions

What is the best golf course near Helsinki?

Kytaja Golf at Hyvinkaa, around fifty kilometers north of the city, is the strongest course within easy reach of Helsinki. Its thirty six holes were designed by the Canadian architect Tom McBroom, and the South East course is consistently rated among the very best in Finland, second nationally only to Linna. Sarfvik's New course, a Jan Sederholm design at Kirkkonummi, is its closest rival and the most prestigious members' club in the region.

Can visitors play the best Helsinki golf courses?

Several of the top clubs, including Sarfvik, Master Golf and Espoo, are members' clubs where a visitor plays as a guest or by prior arrangement. Kytaja, Pickala and Vuosaari welcome visiting golfers more readily, and Pickala in particular is built for stay and play. A Nordic golf trip is easiest to arrange through a club introduction or a planner who holds the relationships.

When is the best time to play golf in Helsinki?

The Finnish golf season runs roughly from May to October, with the courses at their best from June to August. Midsummer brings almost endless daylight, so you can tee off late into the evening, which is the signature experience of golf this far north. Spring and autumn are cooler and quieter but very playable.

How much does golf cost around Helsinki in 2026?

Indicative 2026 green fees around Helsinki run from roughly EUR50 to EUR90 at the more accessible courses such as Pickala and Vuosaari, rising to around EUR90 to EUR130 for a visitor round at Kytaja, while the most exclusive members' clubs are played as a guest. Always confirm directly before booking.