Guildford<\/a> and Surrey more widely is known across the country for its golf courses and clubs but in 2026 it has a competitor in the form of its virtual counterpart.<\/p>\nThe Links Lounge has opened in Guildford with seven high-tech virtual bays from GOLFZON, inside an air conditioned facility which also features a bar with beers on tap, large seating areas and a pool table.<\/p>\n
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Inside the Links Lounge in Guildford(Image: The Links Lounge)<\/p>\n
While real-life golf relies on how good the weather is, virtual golf clubs are more similar driving ranges, pubs or pool and snooker lounges. Links Lounge is open seven days a week, from 8am until 10pm.<\/p>\n
“We do not see this as a replacement to the real thing, but rather an expansion of the opportunities to play when time, or our Great British weather may not allow.” They say on their website.<\/p>\n
The virtual bays allow you to play with your own set on more than 260 courses from around the world. Two of the bays even have moving base plates.<\/p>\n
Walk-ins at the Lounge cost \u00a330 per hour during off-peak times and \u00a345 during peak times, which can be split between up to six people.<\/p>\n
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It is one of a few virtual golf lounges in Surrey(Image: The Links Lounge)<\/p>\n
Memberships are also available, these offerings range from \u00a399 a month to \u00a31,950 a year. The Lounge also features corporate meeting rooms, and can host company events and days-out.<\/p>\n
The Links Lounge only opened in July but its reviews on Google show a positive reception. reviewers described the virtual bays as “state of the art technology” and credited their realism.<\/p>\n
Others suggested it is “what Guildford has been crying out for” and described staff as “friendly and helpful”.<\/p>\n
You can find the Links Lounge in the Slyfield Industrial Estate at 2 Thornberry Way, Guildford GU1 1DQ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beer on tap, a large seating area and full air-conditioning is always great There are seven virtual bays…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1133311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,190358,308411,79,220653,16,15],"class_list":["post-1133310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-guildford","tag-slyfield","tag-sports","tag-things-to-do-in-surrey","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1133311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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