NCG’s Top 100 Value Golf Courses in Great Britain and Ireland
Our rundown of the best value golf courses in Great Britain continues…
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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