Full List: Top 100 Golf Courses UK & Ireland 2023/24
Golf Monthly's full list of the UK and Ireland's Top 100 courses


Full Top 100 Courses UK&I List
- 1. Royal County Down Golf Club Championship Course, Northern Ireland - no change
- 2. St Andrews Links Old Course, Scotland - no change
- 3. Trump Turnberry Resort Ailsa Course, Scotland - up 1
- 4. Muirfield, Scotland - down 1
- 5. Royal Birkdale Golf Club, England - up 2
- 6. Royal Dornoch Golf Club Championship Course, Scotland - no change
- 7. Carnoustie Golf Links Championship Course, Scotland - down 2
- 8. Royal Portrush Golf Club Dunluce Links, Northern Ireland - no change
- 9. Sunningdale Golf Club Old Course, England - no change
- 10. Sunningdale Golf Club New Course, England - no change
- 11. Royal St George's Golf Club, England - no change
- 12. Royal Liverpool Golf Club, England - no change
- 13. Woodhall Spa Golf Club Hotchkin Course, England - up 5
- 14. Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, England - down 1
- 15. Kingsbarns Golf Links, Scotland - no change
- 16. Royal Aberdeen Golf Club Balgownie Course, Scotland - no change
- 17. Royal Troon Golf Club Old Course, Scotland - no change
- 18. Trump International Golf Links Scotland - down 4
- 19. The European Club, Ireland - no change
- 20. Cabot Highlands Castle Stuart Golf Links, Scotland - up 1
- 21. Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Wales - up 1
- 22. Waterville Golf Links, Ireland - down 2
- 23. Ballybunion Golf Club Old Course, Ireland - up 2
- 24. The Golf Course at Adare Manor, Ireland - down 1
- 25. St George's Hill Golf Club Red & Blue Course, England - down 1
- 26. Lahinch Golf Club Old Course, Ireland - no change
- 27. Burnham & Berrow Golf Club Championship Course, England - up 1
- 28. Portmarnock Golf Club Red & Blue Course, Ireland - down 1
- 29. North Berwick Golf Club, Scotland - up 1
- 30. Hankley Common Golf Club, England - up 2
- 31. Hillside Golf Club, England - no change
- 32. Old Head Golf Links, Ireland - up 1
- 33. Walton Heath Golf Club Old Course, England - down 4
- 34. Ganton Golf Club, England - no change
- 35. Swinley Forest Golf Club, England - up 4
- 36. Gleneagles Golf Resort King's Course, Scotland - up 2
- 37. Nairn Golf Club Championship Course, Scotland - down 2
- 38. Hollinwell The Home of Notts GC, England - down 1
- 39. St Enodoc Golf Club Church Course, England - down 3
- 40. Dumbarnie Links, Scotland - no change
- 41. The Berkshire Golf Club Red Course, England - up 1
- 42. Formby Golf Club, England - down 1
- 43. Prestwick Golf Club, Scotland - up 1
- 44. Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort Sandy Hills Course, Ireland - up 2
- 45. Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, England - up 8
- 46. Western Gailes Golf Club, Scotland - up 1
- 47. Trump International Golf Links Doonbeg, Ireland - down 4
- 48. Tralee Golf Club, Ireland - no change
- 49. Royal St David's Golf Club, Wales - down 4
- 50. Gleneagles Golf Resort Queen's Course, Scotland - up 8
- 51. Silloth on Solway Golf Club, England - no change
- 52. The Machrie Hotel & Golf Links, Scotland - no change
- 53. Liphook Golf Club, England - up 2
- 54. Alwoodley Golf Club, England - down 4
- 55. Saunton Golf Club East Course, England - down 6
- 56. The Berkshire Golf Club Blue Course, England - no change
- 57. Walton Heath Golf Club New Course, England - down 3
- 58. West Sussex Golf Club, England - down 1
- 59. Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club, England - up 3
- 60. Worplesdon Golf Club, England - up 3
- 61. Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort St Patrick's Links, Ireland - new entry
- 62. County Louth Golf Club, Ireland - down 3
- 63. Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, England - down 3
- 64. Gullane Golf Club No.1 Course, Scotland - down 3
- 65. Rye Golf Club Old Course, England - no change
- 66. Cruden Bay Golf Club Championship Course, Scotland - up 3
- 67. Machrihanish Golf Club Championship Course, Scotland - down 3
- 68. Moortown Golf Club, England - down 2
- 69. West Hill Golf Club, England - up 2
- 70. Ballyliffin Golf Club Glashedy Course, Ireland - down 2
- 71. The Island Golf Club, Ireland - up 1
- 72. Hunstanton Golf Club, England - down 5
- 73. Woburn Golf Club Marquess' Course, England - no change
- 74. Prince's Golf Club Shore & Himalayas Course, England - up 2
- 75. St Andrews Links New Course, Scotland - down 5
- 76. Carne Golf Club Wild Atlantic Dunes Course, Ireland - re-entry
- 77. West Lancashire Golf Club, England - up 4
- 78. Saunton Golf Club West Course, England - down 3
- 79. Trevose Golf Club Championship Course, England - no change
- 80. Aldeburgh Golf Club Championship Course, England - down 3
- 81. Parkstone Golf Club, England - down 1
- 82. Blairgowrie Golf Club Rosemount Course, Scotland - down 8
- 83. Woking Golf Club, England - no change
- 84. Royal North Devon Golf Club, England - up 1
- 85. Woburn Golf Club Duke's Course, England - up 1
- 86. County Sligo Golf Club Colt Championship Links Course, Ireland - up 4
- 87. Aberdovey Golf Club, Wales - down 9
- 88. Ferndown Golf Club Old Course, England - down 1
- 89. Wallasey Golf Club, England - new entry
- 90. Sherwood Forest Golf Club, England - down 6
- 91. Murcar Links Golf Club, Scotland - up 3
- 92. Enniscrone Golf Club Dunes Course, Ireland - up 3
- 93. Woburn Golf Club Duchess' Course, England - down 1
- 94. The Grove, England - down 3
- 95. Mount Juliet Golf Club, Ireland - down 7
- 96. Broadstone Golf Club, England - down 3
- 97. Tandridge Golf Club, England - re-entry
- 98. Portstewart Golf Club Strand Course, Northern Ireland - down 1
- 99. Dundonald Links, Scotland - new entry
- 100. Gleneagles Golf Resort PGA Centenary Course, Scotland - new entry
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, X and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 and 2025 Masters from Augusta National and was there by the 18th green to watch Rory McIlroy complete the career grand slam. He has also covered five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
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