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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 831
2 Royal County Down Golf Club – The Championship Links 459
3 Trump Turnberry – The Ailsa 593
4 Royal Dornoch – The Championship Course 571
5 Muirfield 452
6 Royal Portrush Golf Club – The Dunluce Course 465
7 Royal St. George's Golf Club 413
8 Royal Birkdale Golf Club 412
9 North Berwick Golf Club - West Links 596
10 Kingsbarns Golf Links 626
11 Ballybunion Golf Club – The Old Course 432
12 Portmarnock Golf Club – The Championship Course 432
13 Carnoustie Golf Links – The Championship Course 677
14 Lahinch Golf Club – The Old Course 399
15 Cruden Bay Golf Club – The Championship Course 498
16 Royal Troon Golf Club – The Old Course 439
17 Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort – The St. Patrick’s Links 118
18 Cabot Highlands - former Castle Stuart Golf Links 438
19 Trump International Scotland 391
20 Waterville Golf Links 308
21 Skibo Castle - The Carnegie Club 132
22 Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club 344
23 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club 397
24 Royal Liverpool Golf Club 383
25 Prestwick Golf Club 482
26 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club – The Balgownie Course 420
27 Royal Porthcawl Golf Club 315
28 Machrihanish Golf Club – The Championship Course 344
29 St. Enodoc Golf Club – The Church Course 216
30 Rye Golf Club – The Old Course 206
31 Royal West Norfolk Golf Club 156
32 Machrie Golf Links 179
33 Formby Golf Club 316
34 Silloth on Solway Golf Club 181
35 Saunton Golf Club – The East Course 220
36 Western Gailes Golf Club 377
37 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club – Championship Course 223
38 Island Golf Club 258
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 247
46 Hunstanton Golf Club 156
47 Nairn Golf Club – The Championship Course 442
48 Gullane Golf Club – Nr. 1 444
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) 307
52 Tralee Golf Club 299
53 Machrihanish Dunes 256
54 Ballyliffin Golf Club – The Glashedy Links 227
55 Enniscrone Golf Club – The Dunes Course 231
56 Aberdovey Golf Club 188
57 Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort – The Sandy Hills Links 204
58 Dumbarnie Links 193
59 The Golf House Club Elie Links – Elie and Earlsferry 299
60 Brora Golf Club 345
61 Royal North Devon Golf Club 207
62 St. Andrews Links – The New Course 556
63 Portstewart Golf Club – The Strand Course (Championship) 267
64 Southport & Ainsdale G.C. 259
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 371
70 St. Andrews Links – The Castle Course 345
71 Southerness Golf Club 182
72 Panmure Golf Club 270
73 Dunbar Golf Club - East Links 340
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 147
85 Murcar Links Golf Club 248
86 Fraserburgh Golf Club 172
87 Luffness New Golf Club 166
88 Moray Golf Club – The Old Course (Lossiemouth) 234
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. 2 409
96 Dooks Golf Club 176
97 Tenby Golf Club 115
98 Pyle and Kenfig Golf Course 156
99 Donegal Golf Club 173
100 Montrose Links – The 1562 Course / Medal 274

Ranking

Player Courses
1. Joseph Andriole 100
2. Ed Battye 99
2. Pam Allen 99
2. Rex Tattersall 99
5. Brian Ward 98
5. Michael Bailey 98
5. Kirk Baert 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. Jim McCann 91
14. Chris Bertram 91
16. Dan Hare 90
16. Alan B Ferguson 90
18. Harris Kaplan 89
18. Oiva Kuva 89
18. Sean Arble 89