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Welcome to the most prestigious and most definitive ranking of the best golf courses in Great Britain and Ireland.
71 Ferndown (Old)Put Ferndown, host of the 1989 Women’s Open, in the middle of the Surrey sandbelt and you could well be paying double the price. |
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72 Adare ManorIt is located in 800 acres of wonderful parkland in grounds which were once the ancestral home of the Earls of Dunraven. |
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73 The RenaissanceSet on the banks of the Firth of Forth a wedge away from Muirfield, The Renaissance is Tom Doak’s first design in Scotland; and it’s a cracker. |
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74 Hankley CommonUnlike its Surrey neighbours, where the courses play through deep forests of pine and birch, the overwhelming sensation at Hankley is one of wide-open space. |
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75 Mount JulietThe course that Jack built opened in 1991 and little more than two decades later it was hosting a WGC event, won by Tiger Woods Unsurprisingly given Nicklaus’ involvement it is very American in feel. |
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76 Old Head of KinsaleIn calm conditions it is one of the most thrilling courses in GB&I. In inclement weather, it is virtually unplayable. Laid out on a headland protruding two miles into the Atlantic, it opened in 1997 and has divided opinion since. |
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77 LindrickThe stage on which GB I won the Ryder Cup against the odds in 1957, this is a glorious heathland course which was laid out by Tom Dunn on common ground in 1891. |
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78 Celtic ManorWith water hazards on half of its holes, the course presents many risk-and-reward dilemmas; perfect for matchplay. One of the features is its variety with many of the early holes having a linkslike feel. |
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79 Tralee‘Created by God, designed by Arnold Palmer’ it says on the scorecard and it is impossible to improve on that description. |
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80 WokingTom Dunn sculpted the course out of fairly uninspiring heather and gorse-laden land in 1893 – the first course of its type in the area. |