You know if you want to play the very best courses in summer, you are going to have to dig deep in Great Britain and Ireland.
But is there still value to be had when prices are at their peak? Does playing in high season have to cost a fortune? And where a better price exists, how do golfers actually find them?
We’ve already shown how much you’ll will pay to play the best courses in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales when green fees are at their absolute maximum.
This time, we’ve compiled the best prices in the public domain – to give you a guide to which courses provide great value relative to their position in our NCG Top 100s rankings.
To produce this, we’ve looked at the courses in our Great Britain & Ireland list, focusing on the top 250.
The green fee must be available for individuals between May and September. That can include twilight rates, but cannot include resident, county, specific country, open, or group prices.
So while a course may offer a Scottish or Irish resident rate, for example, that restricted green fee is not included in this list.
To rank courses on their ‘value’, we have taken the best green fee price we can find and then added it to the course’s position in the list to produce an overall score.
For example, an off-peak green fee after 2pm at Cleveland is £40. Its position in the top 250 is 247th. It receives an overall score of 287.
For Irish courses, we converted Euros into pounds using the latest exchange rate – rounding up or down at the nearest 50p.
Our aim is to provide a combination of best prices allied to the opinion of our esteemed and knowledgeable panel.
Where two or more courses have the same overall score, the course with the cheaper green fee is ranked higher. This, after all, is a feature aimed at saving you money.
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What are the headlines from our Top 100 Value Golf Courses list?
The best value golf course from our GB&I rankings is the East course at Saunton. Its twilight rate of £105 is available after 4pm at the Devon layout and is a £70 reduction on the peak May to September green fee of £175.
That price, added to its high position of 41st in our GB&I list, results it an overall score of 146 and puts it top of our overall value standings.
The other podium places were filled by Ganton in 2nd and Royal Worlington & Newmarket in 3rd. At 28th in our list, Ganton offers a twilight price of £120 for those who play after 4pm – a huge saving on its regular round rate of £235 – for a score of 148.
Golfers who tread the Sacred Nine, meanwhile, can play 18 holes for £60 after 4pm compared to its standard rate of £120. It’s 93rd position in our GB&I rankings gives it an overall score of 153.
The top five are completed by Burnham and Berrow (best green fee £110 + 45th ranked equalling 155) and Seaton Carew (£65 + 92 = 157)
The Hartlepool club’s green fee is indicative of some of the outstanding prices that can still be found, even among the most highly regarded courses in Great Britain & Ireland.
The cheapest green fee we uncovered across the entire 250 is Kington at just £26. The most expensive visitor green fee at the Herefordshire layout is a mere £45 at peak time on weekends or Bank Holidays – for a course our panel ranks 145th in GB&I.
There are plenty of other examples of remarkable affordability if golfers are prepared to be flexible. You can play Yelverton in twilight for £30, which is the same price charged by Bull Bay and Peterhead (£30). Other courses with great fees include Shiskine (£32), Elgin (£35), Tain (£40), Cleveland (£40), Seascale (£42), Headfort New (£44), Askernish (£47.50), Borth & Ynyslas (£49), Clyne, and Perranporth (£50).
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In Bull Bay’s case, the £30 green fee isn’t even a twilight price. That’s what the North Wales course – ranked 165th in our GB&I list – charges every day except Saturday, when the price rises by just £5.
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NCG’s GB&I Value List 2026
Scoring: Course, Green Fee (£s) + Position in NCG GB&I 250 = Overall Score
Saunton (East): £105 + 41 = 146
Ganton: £120+ 28 = 148
Royal Worlington & Newmarket: £60 + 93 = 153
Burnham & Berrow: £110 + 45 = 155
Seaton Carew: £65 + 92 = 157
Seacroft: £55 +109 = 164
Aberdovey: £85 + 80 = 165
Kington: £26 + 145 = 171
Royal St David’s: £100 +72 = 172
Royal North Devon: £70 +103 = 173
Silloth-on-Solway: £120 + 57 = 177
Machrihanish: £120 + 60 = 180
Ashburnham: £65 + 119 = 184
Ferndown: £90 + 95 = 185
Conwy: £90 + 99 = 189
Aldeburgh: £105 + 84 = 189
Southerness: £80 + 114 = 194
Goswick: £100 + 94 = 194
Bull Bay: £30 + 165 = 195
Perranporth: £60 + 136 = 196
Boat of Garten: £60 + 137 = 197
Tenby: £90 + 107 = 197
Pennard: £110 + 87 = 197
East Devon: £65 + 135 = 200
Hayling: £85 + 115 = 200
Ipswich (Purdis Heath): £90 + 110 = 200
Sherwood Forest: £125 + 76 = 201
Askernish: £47.50 + 157 = 204.50
Trump International Ireland (Doonbeg): £148 + 58 = 206
Liphook: £135 + 78 = 213
West Hill: £125 + 90 = 215
Alwoodley: £185 + 32 = 217
Thorpeness: £35 + 183 = 218
Cavendish: £65 + 153 = 218
Blairgowrie (Rosemount): £90 + 128 = 218
Southerndown: £95 + 124 = 219
Trevose: £130 + 89 = 219
Seascale: £42 + 179 = 221
Knole Park: £75 + 146 = 221
Broadstone: £120 + 101 = 221
Notts (Hollinwell): £175 + 46 = 221
Woodbridge (Heath): £80 + 142 = 222
St Enodoc: £175 + 47 = 222
Cruden Bay: £205 + 19 = 224
Royal Dornoch: £215+ 10 = 225
Elie: £165 + 61 = 226
Isle of Purbeck: £55 + 172 = 227
Pyle & Kenfig: £110 + 117 = 227
Royal Aberdeen: £189 + 40 = 229
Ladybank: £80 + 151 = 231
Piltdown: £90 + 141 = 231
Machynys Peninsula: £85 + 147 = 232
Gullane No 2: £100 + 132 = 232
Saunton (West): £105 + 129 = 234
St Andrews (New): £155 + 79 = 234
Dunbar: £145 + 91 = 236
Lanark: £60 + 178 = 238
Beau Desert: £120 + 118 = 238
Royal Porthcawl: £195 + 44 = 239
The Machrie: £185 + 55 = 240
Littlestone: £120 + 121 = 241
Yelverton: £30 + 212 = 242
West Sussex (Pulborough): £175 + 67 = 242
Cruit Island: £70 + 173 = 243
Leven Links: £80 + 163 = 243
Royal County Down (Annesley): £120 + 123 = 243
Hunstanton: £175 + 68 = 243
Prince’s: £175 + 71 = 246
Dunstanburgh Castle: £35 + 213 = 248
Clyne: £50 + 198 = 248
Dundonald: £150 + 98 = 248
Nairn: £195+ 54 = 249
Druids Glen: £79 + 171 = 250
Nefyn: £69 + 182 = 251
Mount Juliet: £83 + 168 = 251
The Addington: £155 + 96 = 251
Shiskine: £32 + 221 = 253
Carne: £171 + 85 = 256
Sheringham: £105 + 152 = 257
Stoneham: £120 + 139 = 259
St Annes Old Links: £105 + 155 = 260
Fortrose & Rosemarkie: £85 + 176 = 261
Brora: £120 + 143 = 263
Delamere Forest: £150 + 113 = 263
Gleneagles (King’s): £225 + 38 = 263
Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin): £245 + 18 = 263
Peterhead: £30 + 236 = 266
Blackmoor: £150 + 116 = 266
Elgin: £35 + 232 = 267
Castletown: £165 + 102 = 267
Parkstone: £185 + 82 = 267
Tain: £40 + 229 = 269
Hankley Common: £220 + 49 = 269
Woking: £200 + 69 = 269
Royal Cromer: £85 + 185 = 270
Panmure: £195 + 77 = 272
Duff House Royal: £55 + 218 = 273
Montrose (1562): £130 + 144 = 274
Murcar: £170 + 105 = 275
Headfort (New): £44 + 233 = 277
Huntercombe: £145 + 131 = 276
Moray (New): £70 + 207 = 277
Moray (Old): £150 + 127 = 277
Borth & Ynyslas: £49 + 230 = 279
Sutton Coldfield: £110 + 169 = 279
Royal Ashdown Forest (Old): £160 + 120 = 280
Prestwick St Nicholas: £90 + 191 = 281
St Andrews (Eden): £80 + 202 = 282
Little Aston: £180 + 104 = 284
Cleveland: £40 + 247 = 287
Kilmacolm: £65 + 222 = 287
Hindhead £180 + 108 = 288
Gleneagles (Queen’s): £225 + 63 = 288
Golspie: £95 + 195 = 290
Crowborough Beacon: £65 + 228 = 293
Formby Ladies: £80 + 214 = 294
Bude & North Cornwall: £60 + 235 = 295
Lough Erne: £125 + 174 = 299
Lundin Links: £120 + 180 = 300
West Kilbride: £125 + 175 = 300
Portsalon: £166 + 134 = 300
Spey Valley: £120 + 181 = 301
North West: £131 + 170 = 301
Blackwell: £140 + 161 = 301
Worplesdon: £220 + 81 = 301
Porthmadog: £60 + 242 = 302
St Andrews (Castle): £190 + 112 = 302
County Sligo: £280 + 23 = 303
Malone: £100 + 206 = 306
Walton Heath (Old): £275 + 31 = 306
Royal Cinque Ports: £285 + 21 = 306
Gullane No. 3: £70 + 237 = 307
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Ashridge: £115 + 192 = 307
Llandrindod Wells: £60 + 248 = 308
Moortown: £225 + 83 = 308
Prestbury: £150 + 159 = 309
Kilspindie: £120 + 190 = 310
Rosapenna (Sandy Hills): £210 + 100 = 310
Fraserburgh: £150 + 162 = 312
Cabot Highlands (Castle Stuart): £285 + 27 = 312
Chart Hills: £90 + 223 = 313
West Lancs: £250 + 64 = 314
Fairmont St Andrews (Torrance): £90 + 225 = 315
St Andrews (Jubilee): £155 + 160 = 315
Formby: £285 + 30 = 315
Luffness New: £210 + 106 = 316
Camberley Heath: £150 + 167 = 317
The Island: £284 + 33 = 317
Carton House (Montgomerie): £114 + 204 = 318
Trump Turnberry (Ailsa): £315 + 3 = 318
Copt Heath: £75 + 245 = 320
Blairgowrie (Lansdowne): £90 + 231 = 321
Rosapenna (St Patrick’s): £306 + 15 = 321
Nairn Dunbar: £105 + 216 = 321
Celtic Manor (Twenty Ten): £97 + 227 = 324
Irvine: £125 + 199 = 324
Rosapenna (Old Tom Morris): £175 + 150 = 325
Gailes Links: £180 + 149 = 329
North Berwick: £320 + 9 = 329
Connemara: £192 + 138 = 330
Wallasey: £235 + 97 = 332
Lindrick: £130 + 203 = 333
County Louth: £285 + 48 = 333
Luffenham Heath: £90 + 244 = 334
Gullane No 1: £285 + 50 = 335
Fulford: £160 + 177 = 337
The Berkshire (Red): £275 + 62 = 337
Tandridge: £175 + 164 = 339 *only maximum midweek green fee shown
Southport & Ainsdale: £270 + 70 = 340
Turnberry (King Robert the Bruce): £145 + 197 = 342
St George’s Hill: £300 + 42 = 342
Dooks: £210 + 133 = 343
Downfield: £110 + 234 = 344
Royal Troon (Portland): £135 + 210 = 345
Western Gailes: £310 + 36 = 346
Ballyliffin (Old): £262 + 86 = 348
The Berkshire (Blue): £275 + 73 = 348
Monifieth (Medal): £160 + 189 = 349
Walton Heath (New): £275 + 75 = 350
Royal Dublin: £197 + 156 = 353
Ballyliffin (Glashedy): £288 + 66 = 354
Newmachar (Hawkshill): £110 + 246 = 356
Hillside: £300 + 56 = 356
St Andrews (Old): £355 + 2 = 357
North Hants: £120 + 239 = 359
Enville (Highgate): £120 + 240 = 360
Waterville: £349 + 20 = 369
Crail (Balcomie): £170 + 201 = 371
Carnoustie (Championship): £360 + 14 = 374
Ceann Sibeal: £175 + 200 = 375
Remedy Oak: £160 + 217 = 377
Enniscrone: £254 + 125 = 379
Prestwick: £340 + 39 = 379
Carnoustie (Burnside): £135 + 250 = 385
Strandhill: £170 + 215 = 385
Royal Portrush (Valley): £200 + 186 = 386
Cork: £170 + 220 = 390
Donegal: £245 + 148 = 393
The Belfry (Brabazon): £205 + 193 = 398
Muirfield: £395 + 4 = 399
Dumbarnie: £350 + 53 = 403
Royal St George’s: £400 + 6 = 406
Lahinch (Old): £393 + 13 = 406
The K Club (Palmer): £227 + 184 = 411
Royal Lytham & St Annes: £400 + 12 = 412
Killarney (Killeen): £196 + 219 = 415
Coombe Hill: £175 + 241 = 416
Castlerock (Mussenden): £250 + 166 = 416
Narin & Portnoo: £262 + 154 = 416
Ballybunion (Old): £393 + 24 = 417
Portmarnock: £415+ 7 = 422
Royal Portrush (Dunluce): £420 + 5 = 425
Royal Liverpool: £400 + 29 = 429
Royal Troon (Old): £395 +35 = 430
Gleneagles (PGA Centenary): £225 + 211 = 436
Jameson Golf Links: £300+ 140 = 440
Ardglass: £250 + 194 = 444
Scotscraig: £225 + 224 = 449
Trump International Scotland (Old Course): £425 + 25 = 450
Royal County Down: £450 + 1 = 451
Sunningdale (Old): £450 + 8 = 458
Portstewart (Strand): £335 + 126 = 461
Sunningdale (New): £450 + 16 = 466
Tralee: £393 + 74 = 467
Old Head of Kinsale: £437 + 51 = 488
Kingsbarns: £486 + 17 = 503
Royal Birkdale: £495 + 11 = 506
Adare Manor: £481 + 65 = 546
The following clubs either ask golfers to apply for green fee prices, don’t offer visitor tee times, are being redeveloped, or had yet to publish their summer 2026 prices when the list was compiled and checked on March 10. They are listed by their ranking position only: Swinley Forest (22); Royal West Norfolk (26); Loch Lomond (34); Skibo Castle (37); Rye (43); The European (52); Ardfin (59); The Renaissance (88); New Zealand (111); JCB (122); Machrihanish Dunes (130), Archerfield (Fidra) (158); The Grove (187); Ballybunion (Cashen) (188); Archerfield (Dirleton) (196); Centurion (205); Cleeve Hill (208); Royal Wimbledon (209); Northants County (226); Berkhamsted (238); Ranfurly Castle (243); London Club (Heritage) (249).
What does this Top 100 courses list really reveal?: Our verdict
Looking beyond the numbers, this exercise reveals a great deal about how green fees are working in 2026.
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Courses that are ranked highly and willing to offer twilight or afternoon green fees perform exceptionally well – with Saunton (East) and Ganton the obvious examples.
But the wider pattern, particularly among courses inside the Top 100, is just how few of these options are now offered at the very elite courses.
That scarcity is no real surprise. Demand remains very high and there is little commercial incentive to give discounts.
But for golfers who enjoy nothing more than an evening stroll around a great course – combined with a more forgiving green fee – it does feel as though those opportunities are becoming rarer.
Lots of clubs appear more focused on encouraging golfers to stay on site for longer by promoting day rate options.
At the very top end, for example, Muirfield’s 18-hole rate is £395. But you can play 36 holes and enjoy the famous lunch for £605.
Further down the rankings, a round at Huntercombe costs £145, but it is only another £30 to play all day. Gullane No. 2 is £100 for a single round during the week, but £130 for an all-day pass.
How many golfers actually take up these offers remains to be seen, but for those that do there is an obvious added opportunity for clubs in food and beverage spend.
Seasons are not uniformly defined at lots of clubs. While we used fixed dates of May to September for our price comparisons, some still treat May as off-peak or shoulder, while others define peak pricing as running from April until the end of October.
One thing we can say is that some golf clubs could do more to make their green fee prices better visible to visitors. A number had yet to publish their 2026 rates when this list was compiled, while others didn’t show them clearly at all – instead asking golfers to click around booking engines to uncover relevant prices.
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Consequently, if any prices here are found to be incorrect we would welcome clubs to get in contact.
Others ask golfers to correspond directly for green fee prices. While that may add a sense of tradition or mystique at historic venues, in an increasingly online and cashless world it feels inconvenient for golfers trying to plan a visit.
It is no surprise the biggest courses, with expensive green fees and little need for discounting, sit towards the bottom of a value-based list. But just as interesting are courses that perform ‘poorly’ despite being ranked outside the top tier, largely because they offer limited flexibility on price.
The message overall, though, is positive.
There are plenty of opportunities to play some of the best courses in Great Britain & Ireland without spending a fortune.
You can play 69 – more than 25% of the entire list – for £100 or under. Many are much less than £100. You may need to shop around and choose your times carefully, but the rewards are well worth it.
You can also save by playing on the NCG Top 100s Tour
If these green fee prices haven’t whetted your appetite enough to take a trip, you can also have a great experience – and win great prizes – by taking part in NCG Top 100s Tour.
This year, we’re off to 62 of the courses in our GB&I Top 250 and tee-times are being snapped up quickly.
NCG Top 100s Tour is the UK’s leading series of competitive events for amateur golfers and, as well as visiting some of the best layouts, you can bag substantial reductions compared to peak, and even discounted, green fees.
While the best price we’ve found at Western Gailes is £310, you can book it from £175 on May 6 with NCG Top 100s Tour, while you can save £50 at Hollinwell on April 22, with prices starting from £125.
Golfers who sign up to NCG Top 100s Tour events get a welcome gift and bacon roll on arrival, as well as a one-course meal following play. They also compete for fantastic prizes from TaylorMade with the chance to compete at a prestigious Grand Final at the end of the season.
There are further savings for golfers who book multi-events as we take on various swings, book in groups of four or more players, or who sign up for our membership package.
To see the full list of events and to book a spot, visit our NCG Top 100s Tour website.
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Now have your say
What do you think of this list of best prices at courses in our GB&I rankings? Are they prices you are willing to pay, or are they not discounted enough to get you to open your wallet? Are there good prices to be had at Top 100 courses? Let us know in the comments, email me at s.carroll@nationalclubgolfer.com, or get in touch on X.