Jurmala Course

Latvia's golf scene is compact but quietly serious, and the Jurmala Course — named for the famous seaside resort town just down the road — sits in the flat, forested country between Riga and the Gulf of Riga coastline. This stretch of western Latvia is defined by pine woods, sandy soils, and the kind of cool Baltic light that makes summer rounds feel almost Scandinavian. The parish of Babīte and the Mārupe municipality form a low-lying corridor where the land rarely rises, but the trees and occasional wetlands do the work of creating definition and pressure.

Golf arrived relatively late in Latvia following independence in 1991, and the courses that emerged here tend to serve a community that takes the game genuinely, rather than treating it as a resort amenity. A layout in this location would almost certainly play through pine and birch, with sandy subsoils that drain well and reward a ground game.

For visiting players, the draw is the proximity to both Riga's culture and Jūrmala's beaches — a round here slots naturally into a Baltic itinerary that has plenty to offer beyond the 18th green.