Golf was invented and bred on the links. Most links have been around for a hundred years or more
The British Golf Museum defines a links as: “Land near the coast characterized by undulating terrain, often associated with dunes, infertile sandy soil and indigenous grasses such as marram, sea lyme, and the fescues and bents which, when properly managed, produce the fine textured turf for which links are famed.”
There is something special about links courses that inland courses cannot replicate.
Links golf is the essence of this game. This list of the TOP 100 links courses in the UK & Ireland is inspired by www.golfworldtop100.com
The proximity of the Sea, turf, sand dunes, terrain, grass, heathers, burrows, and wind... Nothing is better in golf than genuine, pure, authentic links places.
* Castle Course is included in this list as links, but we do not consider it as links in the True Links category.
Player | Courses | ||
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1. | Joseph Andriole | 100 | |
2. | Rex Tattersall | 99 | |
2. | Ed Battye | 99 | |
4. | Pam Allen | 98 | |
4. | Michael Bailey | 98 | |
4. | Kirk Baert | 98 | |
7. | Thomas Dean | 97 | |
7. | Clyde Johnson | 97 | |
7. | Erlend Malfait | 97 | |
7. | Brian Ward | 97 | |
11. | Rob Smith | 95 | |
11. | Stuart Bendoris | 95 | |
13. | James Pinkstone | 92 | |
14. | Chris Bertram | 91 | |
14. | Jim McCann | 91 | |
16. | Alan B Ferguson | 90 | |
17. | Sean Arble | 89 | |
18. | Harris Kaplan | 88 | |
18. | Paul Kirkup | 88 | |
20. | Cliff Thorburn | 87 |