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

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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 Harris
Mike Harris
Content Director

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 worldwide), equipment (he's always in search of something shiny 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 six golf clubs: Hartley Wintney, Royal Liverpool, Royal North Devon, Prince's, Royal Norton and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.

Mike's current What's In The Bag? 

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 10° - Fujikura Ventus Blue 5S - Golf Pride MCC Plus4 grip

Fairway woods: TaylorMade Sim Max 3/15° - Fujikura Ventus Blue 6S & TaylorMade Stealth 7/20° - Fujikura Ventus Red 6S - Golf Pride MCC Plus4 grips

Utility Iron: TaylorMade Stealth UDI 3/21° - Aldila Ascent 90HY - Golf Pride MCC Plus4 grip

Irons: TaylorMade P790 (5-PW)  - Fujikura Axiom 75R - Golf Pride MCC Plus4 grips

Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 50°, 54° and 58° - KBS Tour Hi-Rev 2.0 shafts - Golf Pride MCC Plus4 grips

Putter: Evnroll ER2B - Gravity Grip 

Ball: TaylorMade - Tour Response (Yellow) 

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