Top 100 Golf Courses Great Britain & Ireland (2025)

These are the Top 100 Courses in Great Britain & Ireland according to Top100GolfCourses.com as of March 2025. Courses that I have played are bold/linked and ones that I have at least tentatively scheduled to play are highlighted.

1. Royal County Down (Championship) – Newcastle, Northern Ireland
2. St Andrews Links (Old) – St Andrews, Scotland
3. Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce) – Portrush, Northern Ireland
4. Muirfield – Gullane, Scotland
5. Trump Turnberry (Ailsa) – Girvan, Scotland
6. Royal Dornoch Golf Club (Championship) – Dornoch, Scotland
7. Royal St. George’s Golf Club – Sandwich, England
8. Sunningdale Golf Club (Old) – Ascot, England
9. Ballybunion Golf Club – Ballybunion, Ireland
10. Lahinch Golf Club (Old) – Lahinch, Ireland
11. Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship) – Carnoustie, Scotland
12. Rosapenna (St Patrick’s) – Downings, Ireland
13. Sunningdale Golf Club (New) – Ascot, England
14. North Berwick Golf Club – North Berwick, Scotland
15. Kingsbarns Golf Links – St Andrews, Scotland
16. Ardfin – Isle of Jura, Scotland
17. St Enodoc Golf Club (Church) – Wadebridge, England
18. Swinley Forest Golf Club – Ascot, England
19. Cabot Highlands (Castle Stuart) – Inverness, Scotland
20. Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club – Lytham St Annes, England
21. Royal Porthcawl Golf Club – Porthcawl, Wales
22. Cruden Bay Golf Club (Championship) – Peterhead, Scotland
23. Ganton Golf Club – Scarborough, England
24. Portmarnock Golf Club (Championship) – Portmarnock, Ireland
25. Trump International Golf Links – Scotland – Aberdeen, Scotland
26. Royal Birkdale Golf Club – Southport, England
27. St George’s Hill Golf Club (Red & Blue) – Weybridge, England
28. Royal Aberdeen Golf Club (Balgownie) – Aberdeen, Scotland
29. Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club – Deal, England
30. Prestwick Golf Club – Prestwick, Scotland
31. West Sussex Golf Club – Pulborough, England
32. Rye Golf Club (Old) – Rye, England
33. Woodhall Spa Golf Club (Hotchkin) – Woodhall Spa, England
34. Royal Troon Golf Club (Old) – Troon, Scotland
35. Royal West Norfolk Golf Club – King’s Lynn, England
36. Walton Health Golf Club (Old) – Tadworth, England
37. Machrihanish Golf Club (Championship) – Machrihanish, Scotland
38. Royal Liverpool Golf Club – Wirral, England
39. Gleneagles (Kings) – Auchterarder, Scotland
40. Loch Lomond Golf Club – Dumbartonshire, Scotland
41. Alwoodley Golf Club – Leeds, England
42. European Club – Brittas Bay, Ireland
43. Western Gailes Golf Club – Irvine, Scotland
44. Hollinwell – Nottingham, England
45. Waterville Golf Links – Waterville, Ireland
46. Dumbarnie Links – Leven, Scotland
47. Silloth on Solway Golf Club – Wigton, England
48. The Island – Donabate, Ireland
49. The Berkshire Golf Club (Red) – Ascot, England
50. County Louth Golf Club – Droghede, Ireland
51. Hillside Golf Club – Southport, England
52. Formby Golf Club – Liverpool, England
53. Saunton Golf Club (East) – Braunton, England
54. Nairn Golf Club (Championship) – Nairn, Scotland
55. Wentworth Club (West) – Surrey, England
56. Hankley Common Golf Club – Farnham, England
57. County Sligo Golf Club (Championship) – Sligo, Ireland
58. Trump International Golf Links – Ireland – Doobeg, Ireland
59. Machrie – Isle of Islay, Scotland
60. Adare Manor Golf Club – Adare, Ireland
61. Gullane Golf Club (No 1) – Gullane, Scotland
62. Burnham & Berrow Golf Club (Championship) – Burnham-on-Sea, England
63. Carne Golf Links (Wild Atlantic Dunes) – Belmullet, Ireland
64. Ballyliffin Golf Club (Glashedy Links) – Ballyliffin, Ireland
65. Rosapenna (Sandy Hills) – Downings, Ireland
66. Woking Golf Club – Woking, England
67. Tralee Golf Club – Ardfert, Ireland
68. Queenwood Golf Club – Chertsey, England
69. Hunstanton Golf Club – Norfolk, England
70. Enniscrone Golf Club (Dunes) – Enniscrone, Ireland
71. Liphook Golf Club – Liphook, England
72. Worplesdon Golf Club – Woking, England
73. Skibo Castle (Carnagie Links) – Dornoch, Scotland
74. The Renaissance Club – North Berwick, Scotland
75. Old Head Golf Links – Kinsale, Ireland
76. Portstewart Golf Club – Portstewart, Northern Ireland
77. West Hill Golf Club – Woking, England
78. Narin and Portnoo Links – An Fhearthainn, Ireland
79. Pennard Golf Club – Swansea, Wales
80. Gleneagles (Queen’s) – Scotland
81. Royal St David’s Golf Club – Harlech, Wales
82. Machrihanish Dunes – Campbeltown, Scotland
83. Parkstone Golf Club – Poole, England
84. The Berkshire Golf Club (Blue) – Ascot, England
85. Aberdovey Golf Club – Aberdovey, Wales
86. West Lancashire Golf Club – Liverpool, England
87. Prince’s Golf Club (Shore & Dunes) – Sandwich, England
88. The Addington Golf Club – Croydon, England
89. Broadstone Golf Club – Broadstone, England
90. JCB Golf & Country Club – Uttoxeter, England
91. Hindhead Golf Club – Hindhead, England
92. Walton Heath Golf Club (New) – Tadworth, England
93. Castletown Golf Links – Isle of Man, Malew
94. Delamere Forest Golf Club – Cheshire, England
95. Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club – Southport, England
96. Moortown Golf Club – Leeds, England
97. Wallasey Golf Club – Wallasey, England
98. Royal Dublin Golf Club – Dublin, Ireland
99. Brora Golf Club – Brora, Scotland
100. St Andrews Links (New) – St Andrews, Scotland