I was amazed to see, having played the course, that Royal Worlington & Newmarket made it into the top 100 courses as the course itself is nothing special and the quality of some of the clubhouse facilities is poor. When you look at the near miss list I have played Princes rently, which has and will be a final open qualifying course, and it is quite frankly streets ahead of Royal Worlington in virtually every respect. The Royal Worlington clubhouse is far below the facilities at Walton Heath yet the latter is described as in need of an imminent upgrade.

Thank you for your comments. Opinions of course vary and we encourage debate on the Top 100.

Undoubtedly Royal Worlington is unusual and that makes it somewhat of a connoisseurs course which could lead it to be overlooked by those with a one dimensional outlook of what makes a great course but the four panel members who visited Royal Worlington during the latest assessing period were in agreement that it offered a unique experience and therefore justified it's place in our Top 100. In addition to the year round test and fabulous design of the 9 holes and the charming clubhouse the locker rooms and facilities at Royal Worlington have benefited from a refurbishment which took place around a year ago.

Princes had many visits in this period - including 5 from senior members of the editorial team - and was very close to making the final list but again it was a unanimous decision from the panel that it did not feature.