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Top 100 Links in Great Britain & Ireland 2024

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.

Courses

Rank Course Players
1 St. Andrews Links – The Old Course 828
2 Royal County Down Golf Club – The Championship Links 459
3 Trump Turnberry – The Ailsa 591
4 Royal Dornoch – The Championship Course 570
5 Muirfield 452
6 Royal Portrush Golf Club – The Dunluce Course 464
7 Royal St. George's Golf Club 414
8 Royal Birkdale Golf Club 411
9 North Berwick Golf Club - West Links 595
10 Kingsbarns Golf Links 624
11 Ballybunion Golf Club – The Old Course 431
12 Portmarnock Golf Club – The Championship Course 433
13 Carnoustie Golf Links – The Championship Course 675
14 Lahinch Golf Club – The Old Course 398
15 Cruden Bay Golf Club – The Championship Course 495
16 Royal Troon Golf Club – The Old Course 438
17 Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort – The St. Patrick’s Links 117
18 Cabot Highlands - former Castle Stuart Golf Links 438
19 Trump International Scotland 390
20 Waterville Golf Links 308
21 Skibo Castle - The Carnegie Club 130
22 Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club 345
23 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club 397
24 Royal Liverpool Golf Club 383
25 Prestwick Golf Club 481
26 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club – The Balgownie Course 418
27 Royal Porthcawl Golf Club 316
28 Machrihanish Golf Club – The Championship Course 341
29 St. Enodoc Golf Club – The Church Course 216
30 Rye Golf Club – The Old Course 207
31 Royal West Norfolk Golf Club 157
32 Machrie Golf Links 177
33 Formby Golf Club 315
34 Silloth on Solway Golf Club 182
35 Saunton Golf Club – The East Course 220
36 Western Gailes Golf Club 376
37 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club – Championship Course 223
38 Island Golf Club 256
39 County Louth Golf Club 203
40 Carne Golf Links – The Hackett 205
41 European Club 311
42 Trump Ireland Doonbeg 236
43 Royal St. David's Golf Club 230
44 Pennard Golf Club 192
45 County Sligo Golf Club – The Championship Course 246
46 Hunstanton Golf Club 156
47 Nairn Golf Club – The Championship Course 441
48 Gullane Golf Club – Nr. 1 442
49 Hillside Golf Club 275
50 West Lancashire Golf Club 220
51 Prince's Golf Club – The Composite - Himalayas, Shore and Dunes Courses (all 27 holes) 308
52 Tralee Golf Club 298
53 Machrihanish Dunes 253
54 Ballyliffin Golf Club – The Glashedy Links 227
55 Enniscrone Golf Club – The Dunes Course 231
56 Aberdovey Golf Club 187
57 Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort – The Sandy Hills Links 204
58 Dumbarnie Links 189
59 The Golf House Club Elie Links – Elie and Earlsferry 296
60 Brora Golf Club 342
61 Royal North Devon Golf Club 207
62 St. Andrews Links – The New Course 554
63 Portstewart Golf Club – The Strand Course (Championship) 267
64 Southport & Ainsdale G.C. 260
65 Renaissance Club 237
66 Ballyliffin Golf Club – The Old Links 219
67 Castletown Golf Links 44
68 Hayling Golf Club 117
69 Dundonald Links 370
70 St. Andrews Links – The Castle Course 342
71 Southerness Golf Club 181
72 Panmure Golf Club 268
73 Dunbar Golf Club - East Links 338
74 Castlerock Golf Club – The Mussenden Course 171
75 Portsalon Golf Club 127
76 Narin & Portnoo Golf Club 122
77 Wallasey Golf Club 185
78 Seacroft Golf Club 92
79 Berwick-upon-Tweed (Goswick) Golf Club 179
80 Trevose Golf & Country Club 168
81 Conwy Golf Club 172
82 Littlestone Golf Club – The Championship Links 153
83 Seaton Carew Golf Club 101
84 Shiskine Golf Club 145
85 Murcar Links Golf Club 247
86 Fraserburgh Golf Club 171
87 Luffness New Golf Club 166
88 Moray Golf Club – The Old Course (Lossiemouth) 233
89 Glasgow Gailes Golf Club 253
90 Ashburnham Golf Club 118
91 Perranporth Golf Club 108
92 Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort – The Old Tom Morris Links 173
93 Saunton Golf Club – The West Course 192
95 Connemara Championship Golf Links – The Championship Course 126
95 Gullane Golf Club – Nr. 2 406
96 Dooks Golf Club 175
97 Tenby Golf Club 115
98 Pyle and Kenfig Golf Course 156
99 Donegal Golf Club 173
100 Montrose Links – The 1562 Course / Medal 273

Ranking

Player Courses
1. Joseph Andriole 100
2. Pam Allen 99
2. Rex Tattersall 99
2. Ed Battye 99
5. Kirk Baert 98
5. Brian Ward 98
5. Michael Bailey 98
8. Erlend Malfait 97
8. Thomas Dean 97
8. Clyde Johnson 97
11. Rob Smith 95
11. Stuart Bendoris 95
13. James Pinkstone 93
14. Chris Bertram 91
14. Jim McCann 91
16. Dan Hare 90
16. Alan B Ferguson 90
18. Sean Arble 89
18. Harris Kaplan 89
18. Oiva Kuva 89