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: 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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