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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 980
2 Royal County Down Golf Club – The Championship Links 521
3 Trump Turnberry – The Ailsa 704
4 Royal Dornoch – The Championship Course 678
5 Muirfield 536
6 Royal Portrush Golf Club – The Dunluce Course 538
7 Royal St. George's Golf Club 510
8 Royal Birkdale Golf Club 521
9 North Berwick Golf Club - West Links 702
10 Kingsbarns Golf Links 717
11 Ballybunion Golf Club – The Old Course 493
12 Portmarnock Golf Club – The Championship Course 502
13 Carnoustie Golf Links – The Championship Course 784
14 Lahinch Golf Club – The Old Course 446
15 Cruden Bay Golf Club – The Championship Course 584
16 Royal Troon Golf Club – The Old Course 518
17 Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort – The St. Patrick’s Links 161
18 Cabot Highlands - former Castle Stuart Golf Links 513
19 Trump International Scotland – The Old Course 466
20 Waterville Golf Links 355
21 Skibo Castle - The Carnegie Club 147
22 Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club 429
23 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club 498
24 Royal Liverpool Golf Club 478
25 Prestwick Golf Club 558
26 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club – The Balgownie Course 502
27 Royal Porthcawl Golf Club 381
28 Machrihanish Golf Club – The Championship Course 404
29 St. Enodoc Golf Club – The Church Course 284
30 Rye Golf Club – The Old Course 255
31 Royal West Norfolk Golf Club 198
32 Machrie Golf Links 214
33 Formby Golf Club 409
34 Silloth on Solway Golf Club 265
35 Saunton Golf Club – The East Course 285
36 Western Gailes Golf Club 441
37 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club – Championship Course 296
38 Island Golf Club 300
39 County Louth Golf Club 252
40 Carne Golf Links – The Hackett 244
41 Brittas Bay Club - former European Club 349
42 Trump Ireland Doonbeg 280
43 Royal St. David's Golf Club 299
44 Pennard Golf Club 241
45 County Sligo Golf Club – The Championship Course 284
46 Hunstanton Golf Club 205
47 Nairn Golf Club – The Championship Course 523
48 Gullane Golf Club – Nr. 1 524
49 Hillside Golf Club 357
50 West Lancashire Golf Club 298
51 Prince's Golf Club – The Composite - Himalayas, Shore and Dunes Courses (all 27 holes) 398
52 Tralee Golf Club 356
53 Machrihanish Dunes 303
54 Ballyliffin Golf Club – The Glashedy Links 267
55 Enniscrone Golf Club – The Dunes Course 271
56 Aberdovey Golf Club 244
57 Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort – The Sandy Hills Links 244
58 Dumbarnie Links 259
59 The Golf House Club Elie Links – Elie and Earlsferry 351
60 Brora Golf Club 419
61 Royal North Devon Golf Club 251
62 St. Andrews Links – The New Course 669
63 Portstewart Golf Club – The Strand Course (Championship) 316
64 Southport & Ainsdale G.C. 341
65 Renaissance Club 272
66 Ballyliffin Golf Club – The Old Links 259
67 Castletown Golf Links 64
68 Hayling Golf Club 153
69 Dundonald Links 441
70 St. Andrews Links – The Castle Course 423
71 Southerness Golf Club 231
72 Panmure Golf Club 322
73 Dunbar Golf Club - East Links 404
74 Castlerock Golf Club – The Mussenden Course 204
75 Portsalon Golf Club 151
76 Narin & Portnoo Golf Club 147
77 Wallasey Golf Club 263
78 Seacroft Golf Club 123
79 Berwick-upon-Tweed (Goswick) Golf Club 221
80 Trevose Golf & Country Club – The Championship Course 219
81 Conwy Golf Club 227
82 Littlestone Golf Club – The Championship Links 183
83 Seaton Carew Golf Club 149
84 Shiskine Golf Club 178
85 Murcar Links Golf Club 300
86 Fraserburgh Golf Club 213
87 Luffness New Golf Club 198
88 Moray Golf Club – The Old Course (Lossiemouth) 283
89 Glasgow Gailes Golf Club 312
90 Ashburnham Golf Club 151
91 Perranporth Golf Club 151
92 Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort – The Old Tom Morris Links 204
93 Saunton Golf Club – The West Course 239
95 Connemara Championship Golf Links – The Championship Course 147
95 Gullane Golf Club – Nr. 2 489
96 Dooks Golf Club 212
97 Tenby Golf Club 145
98 Pyle and Kenfig Golf Course 195
99 Donegal Golf Club 202
100 Montrose Links – The 1562 Course / Medal 324

Ranking

Player Courses
1. Pam Allen 100
1. Joseph Andriole 100
1. Michael Bailey 100
4. Rex Tattersall 99
4. Ed Battye 99
4. Kirk Baert 99
4. Rob Smith 99
8. Antonin J. Grimm 98
8. Oiva Kuva 98
8. Brian Ward 98
8. Clyde Johnson 98
12. Erlend Malfait 97
12. Thomas Dean 97
14. James Pinkstone 95
14. Stuart Bendoris 95
16. Paul Kirkup 94
17. Dave Wilson 91
17. Chris Bertram 91
17. Jim McCann 91
20. Olle Dahlgren 90