NCG's Top 100 Value Golf Courses in Great Britain and Ireland
Welcome to our guide to the best value golf courses in Great Britain, courses that combine high quality with fantastic value for money. If your goal when arranging a golf trip is to play the best possible courses while sticking to an overall budget then this is the list for you. Which courses made the list in our Value Top 100? View the full countdown here...
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Best value golf courses top 100: 100-91
100. Fulford
Where is it? North Yorkshire
Architect: Charles MacKenzie
Green fee: £80
What to expect: Parkland on one side of the road and wooded heathland on the other. Recent work from Mackenzie Ebert has increased the challenge.
Memorable for: The quite enormous – and smooth – greens.
99. Duff House Royal
Where is it? Aberdeenshire
Architect: Alister MacKenzie
Green fee: £70
What to expect: A parkland by the sea. It’s a soothingly peaceful setting and a course where there is more than immediately meets the eye.
Memorable for: Incredible MacKenzie green complexes.
98. Tadmarton Heath
Where is it? Oxfordshire
Architect: Cecil Hutchinson
Green fee: £40
What to expect: Hutchinson’s pint-sized treasure lies high above Banbury and uses its gently sloping land to perfection.
Memorable for: Cute short 4s and cunning bunkering.
97. Woodbridge
Where is it? Suffolk
Architect: Davie Grant, Braid, Hawtree
Green fee: £70
What to expect: Touched by several notable hands, this is an elevated heathland, pretty throughout, and with pleasing variety to the holes.
Memorable for: The views across Bromeswell Heath.
96. Littlestone
Where is it? Kent
Architect: Laidlaw
Green fee: £90
What to expect: A long-established links that is never less than honest that rises to new heights over the closing stretch with some wonderfully distinctive holes.
Memorable for: Fast-running, true links. conditions.
95. Royal Aberdeen
Where is it? Aberdeenshire
Architect: Simpson/Braid
Green fee: £195
What to expect: The 2011 Walker Cup venue is one of the great Scottish links. You won’t hit off better turf and the rivetted bunkers are immaculate.
Memorable for: The front nine is an assault to the senses.
Where is it? Perthshire
Architect: James Braid
Green fee: £95
What to expect: Hole after immaculately presented hole flowing back and forth through the forest and then a very entertaining closing stretch.
Memorable for: A quite exceptional opening hole.
93. Ferndown (Old)
Where is it? Dorset
Architect: Harold Hilton
Green fee: £120
What to expect: What many think is the pick of the Dorset courses. A confidently mature heathland that is well bunkered and boasts exceptional levels of presentation.
Memorable for: The short par-4 16th is a classic.
92. Stoneham
Where is it? Hampshire
Architect: Willie Park Jnr
Green fee: £80
What to expect: An unusual piece of land, spanning a valley, was exceptionally well used by Willie Park Jnr. This parkland has been recently renovated to great effect.
Memorable for: Gorgeous, heather-lined bunkers.
91. Camberley Heath
Where is it? Surrey
Architect: Harry Colt
Green fee: £85
What to expect: A hugely characterful Harry Colt classic complete with brilliant short holes and some cute two-shotters.
Memorable for: Some seriously devilish greens.
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Best value golf courses top 100: 90-81
Where is it? Lancashire
Architect: George Lowe, Sandy Herd
Green fee: £65
What to expect: A flat parcel of linksland packed with strong holes. A ball-striker’s paradise with a strong collection of short holes.
Memorable for: The wonderful par-3 9th.
89. Trump International (Aberdeen)
Where is it? Aberdeenshir
Architect: Martin Hawtree
Green fee: £195
What to expect: Dunes on an epic scale and lots of elevated tees that let you appreciate them fully. It’s a 21st-century take on links golf.
Memorable for: The repeated, show-stopping dramatic moments.
88. Ladybank
Where is it? Fife
Architect: Old Tom Morris
Green fee: £80
What to expect: A gentle retreat from Fife’s world-renowned links. Ladybank is one of the best inland courses in Scotland.
Memorable for: The mellifluous pines and tight turf.
87. Shiskine
Where is it? Isle of Arran
Architect: Willie Fernie
Green fee: £26
What to expect: The only 12-holer to be found in a course rakings list. The pride of Arran is a law unto itself – with a handful of show-stopping holes.
Memorable for: Its 12 holes – and much more.
86. Sutton Coldfield
Where is it? Warwickshire
Architect: Alister MacKenzie
Green fee: £55
What to expect: A huge, sprawling heathland. Many fine holes being revealed now a tree and bush-clearing programme is under way.
Memorable for: Having three successive par 5s.
85. Bull Bay
Where is it? North Wales
Architect: Herbert Fowler
Green fee: £35
What to expect: A gorgeous, strategic course on the Anglesey coast, the only one designed by Fowler in Wales. It’s a real treat.
Memorable for: Those sea views from on high.
84. Thorpeness
Where is it? Suffolk
Architect: James Braid
Green fee: £45
What to expect: One of the Suffolk classics. Braid was responsible for many but not all of the holes on this easy-walking heathland.
Memorable for: The windmill behind the 18th green.
83. Tandridge
Where is it? Surrey
Architect: Harry Colt, Frank Pont
Green fee: £70
What to expect: A Colt parkland that has been extensively renovated in recent years and is exceptionally well bunkered.
Memorable for: The 14th from its elevated tee.
82. Worplesdon
Where is it? Surrey
Architect: JF Abercromby/Willie Park JR
Green fee: £140
What to expect: Perhaps the prettiest of the Three Ws and improved by the recent removal of hundreds of trees. Small and perfectly formed.
Memorable for: The idyllic setting around the clubhouse.
Where is it? Cornwall
Architect: Tom Dunn
Green fee: £40
What to expect: The unexpected. The opening holes ease you in gently but once you cross the road let the real games begin at this ancient links.
Memorable for: Joyously bewildering blind approach shots.
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Best value golf courses top 100: 80-71
80. Isle of Purbeck
Where is it? Dorset
Architect: Harry Colt
Green fee: £55
What to expect: A course that defies easy categorisation. It’s moorland, it’s heathland, it’s parkland, it’s woodland and it’s also near the sea.
Memorable for: Wild horses and grand vistas.
79. West Hill
Where is it? Surrey
Architect: Cuthbert Butchart
Green fee: £125
What to expect: The Three Ws are all prettiness personified in golfing terms and West Hill is no exception. Lots of recent work has lifted it further.
Memorable for: Picture-perfect par 4s gliding through heather.
78. St George’s Hill
Where is it? Surrey
Architect: Harry Colt
Green fee: £185
What to expect: A million-dollar heathland surrounded by multi-million-dollar properties. The golf course remains one of Colt’s very best – which is high praise indeed.
Memorable for: The jaw-dropping clubhouse and surrounding real estate.
77. Conwy
Where is it? North Wales
Architect: J Harris, F Pennink
Green fee: £60
What to expect: A North Wales links that should have hosted the Curtis Cup earlier this summer. One of very few seaside courses with a mountain in close proximity.
Memorable for: Coastal and mountain views.
76. Blackmoor
Where is it? Hampshire
Architect: Harry Colt
Green fee: £70
What to expect: This Hampshire heathland is extremely pretty. The host of doglegs call for careful club selection from the tee and reward fades and draws on demand.
Memorable for: Its vintage collection of Colt short holes.
75. Seaton Carew
Where is it? Durham
Architect: Alister MacKenzie, F Pennink
Green fee: £45
What to expect: A characterful links blessed with fantastic turf and land, if not the most attractive surroundings.
Memorable for: Having 22 holes and several routings.
Where is it? Surrey
Architect: Herbert Fowler
Green fee: £195
What to expect: Arguably the gold standard in heathlands. An enormous, sprawling site, almost bereft of trees, and with acres of heather lining the fairways.
Memorable for: Sheer scale – it’s awe-inspiring.
Where is it? Fife
Architect: John Angus, Donald Steel
Green fee: £85
What to expect: The St Andrews links that is nearest the sea. The Jubilee has had a few tweaks over the years and is now a star in its own right.
Memorable for: Views of the Auld Grey Toun.
72. Montrose (Medal)
Where is it? Angus
Architect: Old Tom Morris/Willie Park
Green fee: £100
What to expect: An ancient links in the best traditions. Scorable in places, but it usually gets its own back elsewhere. A pure links.
Memorable for: Rippling fairways and sea views.
71. Broadstone
Where is it? Dorset
Architect: Tom Dunn, Harry Colt
Green fee: £105
What to expect: A gradual climb from lush parkland to more rugged moorland and back down again. Extremely well presented.
Memorable for: Tumbling downhill on the closing stretch.
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Best value golf courses top 100: 70-61
70. Panmure
Where is it? Angus
Architect: James Braid
Green fee: £125
What to expect: Seaside golf as it was meant to be. Historic, exemplary presentation, wonderful turf and the occasional blind shot.
Memorable for: Hogan’s bunker on the all-star 6th.
69. Hayling
Where is it? Hampshire
Architect: JH Taylor, Tom Simpson
Green fee: £85
What to expect: A largely flat links nearer the clubhouse and then some land that heaves and rolls at the far end. Consistently strong.
Memorable for: The drama around the turn.
68. Royal Ashdown Forest (Old)
Where is it? Sussex
Architect: William Lee, Archdeacon Scott
Green fee: £99
What to expect: A trip back in time to the world of AA Milne’s Winnie the Pooh. Small, bunkerless green complexes are a test of your iron play and recovery skills.
Memorable for: Its cute, tricky grass hollows.
Where is it? Lancashire
Architect: James Braid
Green fee: £135
What to expect: Recently renovated by Mackenzie Ebert, S&A, which is bordered by Hillside which in turn runs alongside Birkdale, is a vintage links that can be overlooked but shouldn’t be.
Memorable for: The crater-like Gumbleys bunker on the 16th.
66. Western Gailes
Where is it? Ayrshire
Architect: Unknown
Green fee: £185
What to expect: A links strong enough to host the Open, like its Ayrshire neighbours. The racetrack routing sees you play alongside the sea for long periods.
Memorable for: A truly championship-standard links experience.
65. Royal Dornoch
Where is it? Invernesshire
Architect: Morris/Sutherland/Duncan
Green fee: £195
What to expect: Only one of Planet Golf’s quintessential experiences. Few visitors fail to fall in love with this cute and challenging Highlands links.
Memorable for: The view from the 7th tee.
64. Prestbury
Where is it? Cheshire
Architect: Harry Colt
Green fee: £45
What to expect: An example of the genius of Harry Colt in squeezing a course of this quality into a tiny and, in places, challengingly hilly site.
Memorable for: Twists and turns, climbs and falls.
63. Prestwick
Where is it? Ayrshire
Architect: Old Tom Morris
Green fee: £170
What to expect: At least half a dozen of the most idiosyncratic holes you have ever seen. Truly a one-off. It’s a treasure.
Memorable for: The opening tee shot is terrifying.
Where is it? Fife
Architect: David McLay Kidd
Green fee: £120
What to expect: Clifftop golf with a modern twist. McLay Kidd’s design is bold and imaginative and complements rather than competes with the famous links.
Memorable for: Views of the Auld Grey Toun.
61. Formby
Where is it? Lancashire
Architect: Willie Park Jnr, James Braid
Green fee: £165
What to expect: An institution of a club and more importantly one of England’s finest courses, an unusual mixture of links and woodland.
Memorable for: The precision of the bunkering.
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Best value golf courses top 100: 60-51
Where is it? Kent
Architect: Harry Hunter, JH Taylor & more
Green fee: £170
What to expect: A championship links with more in the way of quirk than you might be expecting. An institution in English golf and a special place to play.
Memorable for: The half-pipe nature of the 12th green.
59. Rye
Where is it? Sussex
Architect: Harry Colt
Green fee: £160
What to expect: A bumpy old links that gives very little after the opening hole that is the only par 5. Known for the quality of its short holes.
Memorable for: The little wooden sleepers that thwart the nervous chipper.
58. Luffness
Where is it? East Lothian
Architect: Old Tom Morris
Green fee: £125
What to expect: Some of the purest links turf in East Lothian – and that’s saying something. Feels like a pocket-sized version of nearby Muirfield.
Memorable for: Views across the Firth of Forth.
Where is it? Suffolk
Architect: James Braid
Green fee: £75
What to expect: An essential stop on a Suffolk golf trip. This is a James Braid heathland that has undergone significant recent work, notably on the bunkering.
Memorable for: A host of distinctive holes.
56. Little Aston
Where is it? West Midlands
Architect: Harry Vardon, Harry Colt
Green fee: £95
What to expect: One of the finest parkland courses in the land. It’s a big old course, beautifully presented, and with enough undulations to ensure continuous variety.
Memorable for: The 17th green alongside the lake.
55. Parkstone
Where is it? Dorset
Architect: Dorset
Green fee: £110
What to expect: The prettiest of the Dorset courses and one packed with variety – expect lakes, heaths, woods, hills and even the occasional rumpled links-style fairway.
Memorable for: Exciting downhill tee shots.
54. Trevose
Where is it? Cornwall
Architect: Guy Campbell, Harry Colt
Green fee: £79
What to expect: Always a spectacular, muscular links with stunning coastal backdrops but these days a more consistent and nuanced course overall.
Memorable for: Those Atlantic waves in the background.
53. Perranporth
Where is it? Cornwall
Architect: James Braid
Green fee: £45
What to expect: As traditional and original an old links as you will find. Don’t try to over-think it – just strap yourself in and embrace the unexpected.
Memorable for: The outrageous blind shots.
52. Brora
Where is it? Sutherland
Architect: James Braid
Green fee: £95
What to expect: One of James Braid’s finest legacies – a minimalist links where the cattle graze among the golfers.
Memorable for: The classic links topography and turf.
51. Hindhead
Where is it? Surrey
Architect: JH Taylor
Green fee: £98
What to expect: A tale of two nines, with the first half playing up and down and across a valley created in the last ice age and the second half more traditional heathland.
Memorable for: The short 6th from its high tee.
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Best value golf courses top 100: 50-41
50. St Andrews (Old)
Where is it? Fife
Architect: Unknown
Green fee: £195
What to expect: Simultaneously familiar to all of us and yet deeply mysterious, the Old Course is a puzzle you’ll never tire of trying to solve.
Memorable for: Being the Old Course.
49. Moortown
Where is it? Yorkshire
Architect: Alister MacKenzie
Green fee: £105
What to expect: Recent tree removal is restoring Moortown’s heathland credentials and offering open vistas. The best stretch is in the middle of the back nine.
Memorable for: MacKenzie’s show hole – the short 10th.
48. Delamere Forest
Where is it? Cheshire
Architect: Herbert Fowler
Green fee: £75
What to expect: A course that has undergone significant renovations in recent years to make the most out of its fine turf and unusual elevated location.
Memorable for: Fowler’s use of the rolling land.
47. Cleeve Hill
Where is it? Gloucestershire
Architect: David Brown
Green fee: £18
What to expect: Disconcertingly undefined tee shots that mean you often don’t realise how important approach angles are until too late.
Memorable for: Simple yet cute green shapes and surrounds.
46. East Devon
Where is it? Devon
Architect: R Tosswill, Fowler, Colt
Green fee: £75
What to expect: Lots of heather, plenty of gorse, some sea views from on high and even a bit of parkland. Great short holes too.
Memorable for: The dramatic, heather-valleyed 17th.
45. Liphook
Where is it? Hampshire
Architect: Croome, Abercromby, Simpson
Green fee: £95
What to expect: A whole new look following recent structural changes but Liphook remans among the prettiest of the south-east heathlands.
Memorable for: Pure fairways lined by heather and pines.
44. Elie
Where is it? Fife
Architect: Old Tom Morris
Green fee: £105
What to expect: A pint-sized links that flows down to the seaside and back with a selection of cunningly designed holes. Heavenly on a summer’s evening.
Memorable for: The periscope on the 1st tee.
43. Royal Porthcawl
Where is it? South Wales
Architect: Ramsay Hunter#
Green fee: £145
What to expect: Undisputedly the finest course in Wales. Presentation is a real strength and the unusual changes in elevation allow for almost constant views of Rest Bay.
Memorable for: An inspiring opening stretch alongside the beach.
42. Goswick
Where is it? Northumberland
Architect: James Braid, Frank Pennink
Green fee: £65
What to expect: England’s most northerly links. Goswick is not all that far from the East Lothian coast and it’s a course that wouldn’t be out of place there.
Memorable for: Big dunes, and plenty of character.
41. Gailes Links
Where is it? Ayrshire
Architect: Old Tom Morris/Willie Park
Green fee: £95
What to expect: An incredibly consistent and well-balanced links that rarely misses a beat, even if it is not the most spectacular in Ayrshire.
Memorable for: The short 6th is an obvious highlight.
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Best value golf courses top 100: 40-31
40. Dunbar
Where is it? East Lothian
Architect: Old Tom Morris
Green fee: £90
What to expect: A links that doesn’t so much hug the coastline as refuse to let it out of its sight for all but the first three and final holes.
Memorable for: Going through the wall to the 4th tee.
39. Aldeburgh
Where is it? Suffolk
Architect: John Thomson, Willie Fernie
Green fee: £85
What to expect: Arguably the best course in Suffolk, among some stern competition. This links is certainly the most testing with a host of long par 4s.
Memorable for: The absence of par 5s.
38. Southerness
Where is it? Dumfriesshire
Architect: P Mackenzie Ross
Green fee: £60
What to expect: Not only is Southerness in a remote spot, it’s also a quiet kind of club. Call in on your way to the Ayrshire coast for a great links experience.
Memorable for: Solitude – and a real golfing test.
37. Castletown
Where is it? Isle of Man
Architect: Morris, A MacKenzie, P Ross
Green fee: £70
What to expect: A thrilling links and moorland hybrid that hugs the cliffs in places and moves inland elsewhere. Lots of variety and wonderfully natural.
Memorable for: The drives over the cliff edges
36. Sherwood Forest
Where is it? Nottinghamshire
Architect: Harry Colt, James Braid
Green fee: £90
What to expect: A combination of woodland and heathland with a truly epic back nine that climbs gently but persistently back towards the clubhouse.
Memorable for: Your first view of the course.
35. Hankley Common
Where is it? Surrey
Architect: James Braid, Harry Colt
Green fee: £125
What to expect: Huge vistas, prime turf and a heathland course on a grand scale. Can we really be in Surrey?
Memorable for: The sheer scale of the common.
34. The Machrie
Where is it? Argyll
Architect: Willie Campbell, DJ Russell
Green fee: £130
What to expect: The reimagined Machrie combines the eccentric charm of the original with a fairer, more nuanced and altogether better-balanced collection of new holes.
Memorable for: Sea views from almost every hole.
33. Gullane (No 2)
Where is it? East Lothian
Architect: W Park/F Pennink
Green fee: £65
What to expect: A links paradise. Much of No 2 is interchangeable, in terms of quality, with No1, as was proved when the Scottish Open was played over a composite course.
Memorable for: The pristine Gullane turf.
32. Beau Desert
Where is it? Staffordshire
Architect: Herbert Fowler
Green fee: £80
What to expect: A subtle, undulating, playful blend of woodland and heathland that is a real test of your short game and putter.
Memorable for: Grass gullies that attract approach shots.
31. West Lancs
Where is it? Lancashire
Architect: CK Cotton
Green fee: £120
What to expect: A raw-boned, earthy north-west links that offers as much as its more feted siblings on that blessed coast but with little pomp and ceremony.
Memorable for: Consistency, class and an unpretentious vibe.
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Best value golf courses top 100: 30-21
30. Cavendish
Where is it? Derbyshire
Architect: Alister MacKenzie
Green fee: £37
What to expect: One of England’s most distinctive courses – a rare blend of vintage design with the backdrop of a national park.
Memorable for: The design genius of MacKenzie.
29. Piltdown
Where is it? Sussex
Architect: Jack Rowe, JH Taylor
Green fee: £50
What to expect: The cutest of heathlands, with tiny greens defended by little run-offs, grass hollows and rises that make chipping ticklishly testing.
Memorable for: Its natural green sites.
Where is it? Argyll
Architect: David McLay Kidd
Green fee: £100
What to expect: A modern recreation of an old-fashioned links. Minimalist and creative, it makes wonderful use of some ideal land to create a course full of charm.
Memorable for: Small greens with few flat spots.
27. Southerndown
Where is it? South Wales
Architect: Fernie, Fowler, Park, Colt, Steel
Green fee: £50
What to expect: Fascinating topography that ranges from rocky, rugged moorland to some greener, softer areas. Lots of interesting holes.
Memorable for: The short 5th, Carter’s Folly
26. Prince’s
Where is it? Kent
Architect: Hutchings, Lucas & more
Green fee: £90
What to expect: Completely reinvented by Mackenzie Ebert, all three nines have been lifted with the most dramatic changes to the Himalaya loop.
Memorable for: Three interchangeable links nines of high quality.
25. North Berwick
Where is it? East Lothian
Architect: Unknown
Green fee: £160
What to expect: Fun, fun, fun. North Berwick strikes pretty much the perfect balance between the unorthodox – to put it mildly – and the classic.
Memorable for: The wall next to the 13th green.
24. Royal Worlington & Newmarket
Where is it? Suffolk
Architect: Tom Dunn, Harry Colt
Green fee: £95
What to expect: Layers of subtlety. All is not as it appears on first view. Maintain your curiosity and the secrets will start to be revealed.
Memorable for: The most feted 9-holer in the land.
23. Royal St David’s
Where is it? North Wales
Architect: Finch-Hatton/More
Green fee: £95
What to expect: A testing and rugged links under the shadow of Harlech Castle. One of the very best links in Wales – an institution.
Memorable for: The historic and romantic location.
22. Cruden Bay
Where is it? Aberdeenshire
Architect: Archie Simpson
Green fee: £145
What to expect: A links that is outrageously entertaining more or less from start to finish. Dearly cherished by all who visit this stretch of the Aberdeenshire coast.
Memorable for: The view on arrival.
21. Tenby
Where is it? South Wales
Architect: James Braid
Green fee: £30
What to expect: An old links that’s comfortable in its own skin. Some of the holes are straightforward, others fiendishly tricky. The views across the of the town are a constant delight.
Memorable for: The 4th, The Bell, is special.
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Best value golf courses top 100: 20-11
20. Seacroft
Where is it? Lincolnshire
Architect: W Fernie
Green fee: £60
What to expect: An out-and-back links that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. If it was slightly further south, in Norfolk, we’d all know more about it.
Memorable for: Greens in the dunes.
19. Burnham & Berrow
Where is it? Somerset
Architect: Herbert Fowler, Harry Colt
Green fee: £120
What to expect: One of the great English courses. Recent improvements to some of the (relatively speaking) weaker holes have raised it another notch.
Memorable for: The sensational opening stretch.
18. Kington
Where is it? Herefordshire
Architect: CK Hutchison
Green fee: £30
What to expect: The kind of turf you dream of striking irons from. This unusual moorland course is strategically fascinating and changes every day.
Memorable for: Short-game puzzles and tight lies.
17. The Addington
Where is it? Surrey
Architect: JF Abercromby
Green fee: £60
What to expect: An endlessly fascinating design over elevated, rolling land now happily being restored to its former glories.
Memorable for: The outrageous, terraced par-5 12th.
16. Woking
Where is it? Surrey
Architect: Dunn, Paton, Low
Green fee: £120
What to expect: The pick of the Three Ws in the eyes of many discerning judges. So many attractive and interesting holes – and very demanding greens.
Memorable for: Low and Paton’s famous bunkers on the 4th.
15. Hunstanton
Where is it? Norfolk
Architect: James Braid
Green fee: £100
What to expect: One half of the great Norfolk double act along with Brancaster. A timeless links that is playful and stern in turns.
Memorable for: The great bunkerless, shelfed-green 17th.
Where is it? Nottinghamshire
Architect: Willie Par Jnr
Green fee: £110
What to expect: Up there with the very best inland courses in England – and that’s saying something. More changes of elevation than at most courses of this quality.
Memorable for: There’s no finer inland course to arrive at.
13. St Andrews (New)
Where is it? Fife
Architect: Old Tom Morris
Green fee: £85
What to expect: Alongside the Old, but a very different type of course: More honest, easier to understand, more consistent.
Memorable for: The high point is the par-3 9th.
12. Ganton
Where is it? Yorkshire
Architect: Vardon, Ray, Braid & more
Green fee: £120
What to expect: One of very few courses that warrants the description ‘inland links’. This land was once beside the sea and you can tell from the turf.
Memorable for: The famous bunker across the 16th fairway.
Where is it? Cornwall
Architect: James Braid~
Green fee: £95
What to expect: A richly characterful links with several holes that fall into the once-played-never-forgotten category. The ripples of the opening fairway set the scene perfectly.
Memorable for: The Church hole (the 10th) alone.
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Best value golf courses top 100: 10-1
10. Pennard
Where is it? South Wales
Architect: James Braid/CK Cotton
Green fee: £65
What to expect: A design that owes everything to nature and the happy geological accident that provided ideal golfing conditions on the Gower Peninsula clifftops.
Memorable for: The evocative ruins and rippling fairways.
Where is it? Devon
Architect: Old Tom Morris
Green fee: £70
What to expect: A golfing playground, occasionally featureless to the untrained eye, but in fact incredibly rich in character. A course to treasure.
Memorable for: Those sleeper-faced bunkers.
Where is it? Devon
Architect: Herbert Fowler
Green fee: £100
What to expect: A links many think is the best in the south-west. It certainly begins in epic style with a truly great opening hole.
Memorable for: The opening tee shot takes some beating.
7. Alwoodley
Where is it? Yorkshire
Architect: Alister MacKenzie
Green fee: £110
What to expect: The Original MacKenzie is an effortlessly classy blend of moorland and heathland. The large, undulating greens are attractive and testing.
Memorable for: The 11th green is a one-off.
Where is it? Norfolk
Architect: Holcombe Ingleby
Green fee: £90What to expect: Perhaps the most idiosyncratic of Britain’s great links. It can, should and will never change. A course to fall in love with.
Memorable for: The beach-straddling walk to the 1st tee.
5. West Sussex
Where is it? Sussex
Architect: Guy Campbell
Green fee: £100
What to expect: An intriguing and extremely attractive heathland with some unusual holes. The short holes are in a class of their own – and they are varied too.
Memorable for: The par-3 6th is stunning.
4. Machrihanish
Where is it? Argyll
Architect: Old Tom Morris.
Green fee: £75
What to expect: Timeless views across to the likes of Gigha and Islay (on a clear day) and a collection of completely original and inimitable holes.
Memorable for: The famous opening tee shot.
3. Aberdovey
Where is it? North Wales
Architect: Colt, Braid, Fowler
Green fee: £50
What to expect: A more playful links than either Royal St David’s or Porthcawl. Aberdovey exudes charm and is a course visitors yearn to come back to.
Memorable for: The short par-4 16th alongside the railway.
Where is it? Lincolnshire
Architect: SV Hotchkin
Green fee: £114
What to expect: Tom Doak has worked his magic to restore Woodhall Spa’s open vistas and heathland characteristics.
Memorable for: The terrifyingly deep, yellow-sanded bunkers
1. Silloth
Where is it? Cumbria
Architect: Grant, Park Jnr, MacKenzie
Green fee: £60
What to expect: A journey through the dunes that begins with the opening tee shot. Like all the best links, it mixes birdie chances with hugely testing par 4s.
Memorable for: The super-cute par-3 9th.
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