Scratch Open Golf Competitions in the UK

Browse Elite & Low-Handicap Golf Tournaments by Region

Scratch open golf competitions are designed for low-handicap and elite amateur golfers seeking high-level competition across England, Scotland and Wales. These events are typically played from championship tees under strict tournament conditions.

Browse amateur scratch open golf competitions by region below. Competitions are commonly played as Strokeplay formats, often over 36+ holes, and attract strong competitive fields.

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England

39 areas · 56 Scratch opens

Durham 6 Lancashire 6 Surrey 5 Cheshire 4 Hampshire 4 Yorkshire (West) 4 Kent 3 Warwickshire 3 Yorkshire (North) 3 Hertfordshire 2 Middlesex 2 Oxfordshire 2 Cornwall 1 Cumbria 1 Essex 1 Leicestershire 1 Lincolnshire 1 Norfolk 1 Northumberland 1 Shropshire 1 Staffordshire 1 Sussex 1 Yorkshire (East) 1 Yorkshire (South) 1 Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Derbyshire Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Herefordshire Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Somerset Suffolk Wiltshire Worcestershire

Scotland

6 areas · 5 Scratch opens

Heartland Perth & Kinross, Angus, Fife 3 Central Glasgow, Lanark, Renfrew, Stirling 1 South West Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Argyll 1 Highlands Inverness, Caithness, Ross-shire, Moray North East Aberdeenshire, Banffshire South East Edinburgh, Lothians, Borders

Wales

3 areas · 3 Scratch opens

North Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd 2 South Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire 1 Mid Powys, Ceredigion

Other

2 areas

Northern Ireland 0 Isle of Man 0