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Top 100 Links in Great Britain & Ireland 2025

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 848
2 Royal County Down Golf Club – The Championship Links 469
3 Trump Turnberry – The Ailsa 606
4 Royal Dornoch – The Championship Course 583
5 Muirfield 460
6 Royal Portrush Golf Club – The Dunluce Course 478
7 Royal St. George's Golf Club 424
8 Royal Birkdale Golf Club 426
9 North Berwick Golf Club - West Links 607
10 Ballybunion Golf Club – The Old Course 440
11 Kingsbarns Golf Links 638
12 Carnoustie Golf Links – The Championship Course 691
13 Portmarnock Golf Club – The Championship Course 443
14 Lahinch Golf Club – The Old Course 404
15 Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort – The St. Patrick’s Links 123
16 Cruden Bay Golf Club – The Championship Course 506
17 Royal Troon Golf Club – The Old Course 455
18 Cabot Highlands - former Castle Stuart Golf Links 446
19 Trump International Scotland 402
20 Waterville Golf Links 313
21 Royal Liverpool Golf Club 399
22 Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club 353
23 Skibo Castle - The Carnegie Club 135
24 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club 411
25 Prestwick Golf Club 494
26 Royal Porthcawl Golf Club 322
27 Royal Aberdeen Golf Club – The Balgownie Course 429
28 Machrihanish Golf Club – The Championship Course 349
29 St. Enodoc Golf Club – The Church Course 221
30 Rye Golf Club – The Old Course 214
31 Royal West Norfolk Golf Club 160
32 Machrie Golf Links 180
33 Formby Golf Club 329
34 Silloth on Solway Golf Club 197
35 Saunton Golf Club – The East Course 226
36 Western Gailes Golf Club 384
37 Burnham & Berrow Golf Club – Championship Course 231
38 Island Golf Club 265
39 County Louth Golf Club 212
40 Carne Golf Links – The Hackett 208
41 Royal St. David's Golf Club 240
42 European Club 317
43 Trump Ireland Doonbeg 242
44 Tralee Golf Club 309
45 County Sligo Golf Club – The Championship Course 251
46 Hunstanton Golf Club 160
47 Nairn Golf Club – The Championship Course 453
48 Gullane Golf Club – Nr. 1 453
49 Hillside Golf Club 285
50 Prince's Golf Club – The Composite - Himalayas, Shore and Dunes Courses (all 27 holes) 318
51 Dumbarnie Links 201
52 Pennard Golf Club 196
53 West Lancashire Golf Club 227
54 Machrihanish Dunes 261
55 Ballyliffin Golf Club – The Glashedy Links 230
56 Enniscrone Golf Club – The Dunes Course 234
57 Aberdovey Golf Club 194
58 Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort – The Sandy Hills Links 207
59 Portstewart Golf Club – The Strand Course (Championship) 276
60 The Golf House Club Elie Links – Elie and Earlsferry 306
61 Brora Golf Club 353
62 Wallasey Golf Club 196
63 St. Andrews Links – The New Course 569
64 Southport & Ainsdale G.C. 267
65 Castletown Golf Links 46
66 Renaissance Club 245
67 Southerness Golf Club 189
68 Ballyliffin Golf Club – The Old Links 222
69 Narin & Portnoo Golf Club 123
70 Hayling Golf Club 118
71 Royal North Devon Golf Club 215
72 St. Andrews Links – The Castle Course 357
73 Dunbar Golf Club - East Links 348
74 Panmure Golf Club 277
75 Dundonald Links 379
76 Trevose Golf & Country Club 173
77 Castlerock Golf Club – The Mussenden Course 176
78 Seacroft Golf Club 94
79 Portsalon Golf Club 128
80 Murcar Links Golf Club 252
81 Berwick-upon-Tweed (Goswick) Golf Club 187
82 Seaton Carew Golf Club 106
83 Conwy Golf Club 179
84 Littlestone Golf Club – The Championship Links 158
85 Shiskine Golf Club 151
86 Fraserburgh Golf Club 175
87 Saunton Golf Club – The West Course 194
88 Moray Golf Club – The Old Course (Lossiemouth) 237
89 Luffness New Golf Club 171
90 Glasgow Gailes Golf Club 257
91 Ashburnham Golf Club 121
92 Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort – The Old Tom Morris Links 175
93 Connemara Championship Golf Links – The Championship Course 127
94 Perranporth Golf Club 115
95 Gullane Golf Club – Nr. 2 416
96 Dooks Golf Club 182
97 Tenby Golf Club 118
98 Pyle and Kenfig Golf Course 161
99 Donegal Golf Club 177
100 Montrose Links – The 1562 Course / Medal 282

Ranking

Player Courses
1. Joseph Andriole 100
2. Pam Allen 99
2. Kirk Baert 99
2. Rex Tattersall 99
2. Michael Bailey 99
2. Ed Battye 99
7. Brian Ward 98
8. Erlend Malfait 97
8. Thomas Dean 97
8. Clyde Johnson 97
11. Rob Smith 95
11. Stuart Bendoris 95
11. James Pinkstone 95
14. Chris Bertram 91
14. Dave Wilson 91
14. Jim McCann 91
17. Dan Hare 90
17. Olle Dahlgren 90
17. Alan B Ferguson 90
20. Sean Arble 89