National Club Golfer Top 100 GB&I

National Club Golfer produced their first ever Great Britain & Ireland Top 100 list in November 2019. The project had been in the making for a long time following national rankings over previous years. In 2024 an updated version was published.

It is a lively collection of courses with a number of venues included that do not figure in the comparable Golf Monthly, Golf World and Top 100 website rankings.

Indeed there are six courses in total that are included in this list but don't feature at all in the other three publications. A trio of English links (Seacroft, Seaton Carew & Goswick Links), a duo of Scottish links (Luffness New & Panmure) and Conwy in Wales are the other inclusions. We welcome this freshness and are delighted to see these excellent links featured at the expense of inferior inland courses.

However, three glaring omissions, all of which feature in the other three lists, are three Irish links; Rosapenna Sandyhills, Enniscrone & Portstewart. It is a very brave decision not to include these. Broadstone and West Hill are also not to be seen here whereas they do feature in all three of the other lists.

In summary the list is a welcome edition to the usual rankings and hopefully provides some freshness.

Golf Empire founder, Ed Battye, has played the majority of courses on the list (99 out of 100) and below you can find links to his golf course reviews with his own personal thoughts. It should also be noted that he was a member of the panel which produced this list.

You can also check out our combined Great Britain & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses from the four main rankings.