The next best 100 golf courses
This is an alphabetical list of what, in our view, are the 100 next best courses in the UK & Ireland
We consider and assess many more than 100 golf courses in our ranking process and invariably some ultimately just miss out. This is an alphabetical list of what, in our view, are the 100 next best golf courses in the UK & Ireland - some slipping out of the Top 100 as newcomers hit the scene, some bubbling away as they continue to improve and others coming onto our radar for the first time. Have we got it right? We think so, but if you think otherwise, write and tell us what other courses should be featured here...
The Addington Ardglass Ashburnham Ashridge Archerfield (Dirleton) Archerfield (Fidra) Ballybunion (Cashen) Beau Desert The Belfry (PGA National) Berwick-upon-Tweed Blackmoor Boat of Garten Bovey Castle Broadstone Brocket Hall (Palmerston) Brora The Carrick on Loch Lomond Carton House (Montgomerie ) Carton House (O'Meara) Castlerock (Mussenden) Castletown Celtic Manor (Twenty Ten) Chart Hills Connemara Conwy County Sligo Coxmoor Crail (Craighead) Crowborough Beacon Delamere Forest Donegal The Duke's St Andrews Dunbar Dundonald East Sussex National (West) Elie Enniscrone Enville (Highgate) Fairmont St Andrews (Torrance) Ferndown (Old) Forest of Arden (Arden) Fulford Glasgow Gailes Gleneagles (PGA Centenary) Goodwood (The Downs) Hanbury Manor Hayling Hindhead Huddersfield Ipswich Isle of Purbeck K Club (Palmer Smurfit) Killeen Castle Kilmarnock Barassie La Moye Leven Lindrick Little Aston Littlestone London (Heritage) London (International) Luffenham Heath Luffness New Lundin Machynys Peninsula Monifieth Murcar North Hants New Zealand The Oxfordshire Parkstone Pennard Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links Portstewart (Strand) Prince's (Shore & Dunes) Pyle and Kenfig Remedy Oak Renaissance Club Rockliffe Hall Rosapenna (Old Tom Morris) Royal Ashdown Forest (Old) Royal Wimbledon Seaton Carew Seacroft Sheringham Slaley Hall (Hunting) Southerness Southerndown Spey Valley St Andrews Links (Jubilee) St Mellion (Nicklaus) Stoke Park (Colt & Alison) Tandridge Tenby Turnberry (Kintyre) West Surrey Wallasey Wentworth (Edinburgh) Wisley (Garden & Mill) Woburn (Duke's)
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Mike has been a journalist all his working life, starting out as a football writer with Goal magazine in the 1990s before moving into men’s and women’s lifestyle magazines including Men's Health, In 2003 he joined Golf Monthly and in 2006 he became only the eighth editor in Golf Monthly’s 100-plus year history leading the brand until July 2023. He is now Content Director overseeing Golf Monthly and two other iconic sports brands, FourFourTwo and Rugby World.
His three main passions in golf are courses (he's played over 500 courses worldwide), equipment (he's always in search of something shinny to give him an edge) and shoes (he owns more pairs than he cares to mention!).
Mike’s handicap index hovers at around 10 and he is a member of four golf clubs: Hartley Wintney, Royal Liverpool, Royal North Devon and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Mike's current What's In The Bag?
Driver: TaylorMade Stealth Plus+ 9° - Fujikura Ventus Blue 5S
Fairway woods: TaylorMade Sim Max 3/15° - Fujikura Ventus Blue 6S & TaylorMade Stealth 7/20° - Fujikura Ventus Red 6S
Utility Iron: TaylorMade Stealth UDI 3/21° - Aldila Ascent 90HY
Irons: TaylorMade P790 (5-PW) - Nippon Tour NSPro 950S
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 50°, 54° and 58° - KBS Tour Hi-Rev s2.0 hafts
Putter: Evnroll ER2B (Gravity Grip)
Ball: TaylorMade Tour Response (Yellow)
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