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Top 100 Golf Courses in the UK and Ireland

Welcome to the most prestigious and most definitive ranking of the best golf courses in Great Britain and Ireland.

As always, we want to hear your views on the list. Do you agreewith our ranking? Should your favourite course be in? Do you feel a course doesn’t deserve its place? Are there any hidden gems you want to see included? Please email your comments to golf.world@bauermedia.co.uk, or write to us at Golf World, Media House, Lynchwood, Peterborough, PE2 6EA. We look forward to the debate which lies ahead.

1-10

The top 10 courses in the UK and Ireland are just a click away... Find out who made it to the number one spot and who only just missed the cut.

11-20

The penultimate part of our list contains some real crackers, including Royal Dornoch, Ballybunion and The European Club.

21-30

The third instalment of the greatest courses in the UK and Ireland includes Royal Troon, County Louth and Lahinch.

31-40

We continue with our countdown with Alwoodley, Formby, Doonbeg and more...

41-50

As we near the halfway mark, we have some stunning courses, including Royal Cinque Ports, Castle Stuart and Cruden Bay.

51-60

In 51-60 we have Silloth-On-Solway, Woburn (Marquess Course), Blairgowrie Rosemount and more...

61-70

In our next installment of the greatest courses in the UK and Ireland, we feature Donegal, The Machrie and Burnham & Berrow.

71-80

In this part we see courses such as Adare Manor, The Renaissance and Mount Juliet make the list.

81-90

Counting down from 90 to 81 we see stunning courses including Royal Ashdown Forest, Lough Erne and Rosapenna.

91-100

We kick off the Golf World Top 100 Courses in the UK and Ireland with The Dukes, St Andrews. Find out who else made it on the list.

Thursday, 17 May 2012