The United Kingdom is blessed with many golfing venues that have tournament pedigree, and you can play several of them this year on the NCG Top 100s Tour!
Every year, golf courses around the country play host to tournaments in both the professional and amateur games, including annual events such as the Open Championship, AIG Women’s Open, Senior Open Championship, Amateur Championship and Women’s Amateur Championship.
Every four years, the Walker Cup and Curtis Cup are held on these shores, while the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup also visit the United Kingdom as well.
Ryder Cups, Solheim Cups, major championships, tour events and major amateur competitions – we can give you a big of everything in 2026 on the NCG Top 100s Tour…
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Which tournament venues can you play on the NCG Top 100s Tour in 2026?
You name it, Royal Lytham & St Annes has hosted it! It has hosted the Open Championship, Senior Open Championship and the AIG Women’s Open on multiple occasions, and is set to host the latter once more in 2026. The Ryder Cup has also been played at Royal Lytham in 1961 and 1977, with the North West venue having also hosted the Walker Cup and Curtis Cup, along with five editions of the Amateur Championship.
It remains a firm favourite of golf lovers, not just from the United Kingdom, but from further afield as well. The iconic clubhouse, stunning holes, and one of the toughest finishing stretches in championship golf – what’s not to love about Royal Lytham?
Tournaments Hosted:
– Ryder Cup (1961, 1977)
– The Open Championship (1926, 1952, 1958, 1963, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1988, 1996, 2001, 2012)
– AIG Women’s Open (1998, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2018, 2026*)
– Senior Open Championship (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2019)
– Walker Cup (2015)
– Curtis Cup (1976)
– Amateur Championship (1935, 1955, 1986, 2007, 2022)
- Book your spot to play at Royal Lytham & St Annes on the NCG Top 100s Tour on April 16th, 2026 here.
- You can play at Royal Lytham & St Annes as part of our Fylde Coast Swing, which also incorporates events at Fleetwood, Fairhaven and St Annes Old Links.
Notts Golf Club, or Hollinwell, as it is more commonly known, is one of the finest versions of heathland golf in England. Situated in the heart of Nottinghamshire, it is a visual delight, as well as a golfing delight.
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The venue played host to the John Player Classic throughout the early 1970s, for what was the biggest prize in tournament golf at the time. Hollinwell has also been a staple of amateur golf, with the Brabazon Trophy and the English Amateur Championship both being hosted at the Nottinghamshire venue on multiple occasions.
Tournaments Hosted:
– British Masters (1957)
– John Player Classic (1970, 1972, 1973)
– Brabazon Trophy (1959, 1975, 1983, 1992, 2015, 2024)
– Women’s Amateur Championship (1978)
– Jacques Leglise Trophy (2007)
– English Amateur Championship (1935, 1964, 1996, 2004)
- Book your spot to play at Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) on the NCG Top 100s Tour on April 22nd, 2026 here.
Lindrick is one of several stunning venues in South Yorkshire, but it is the only course in the region that can say it has hosted the Ryder Cup. It did so in 1957, as Dai Rees captained Team GB&I to a famous victory.
The venue, which sits just outside Sheffield, has also hosted the Women’s British Open, and both the British Masters and Martini International on the European Tour. The Curtis Cup and the Women’s Amateur Championship are among the other events that Lindrick has been a proud host of.
Tournaments Hosted:
– Ryder Cup (1957)
– Women’s British Open (1977, 1988)
– British Masters (1966, 1977)
– Martini International (1982)
– Curtis Cup (1960)
– Women’s Amateur Championship (2003)
– English Women’s Amateur Championship (2017)
- Book your spot to play at Lindrick on the NCG Top 100s Tour on April 23rd, 2026 here.
- You can play at Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) and Lindrick as part of our South Yorkshire & Nottinghamshire Swing, which also incorporates an event at Hallamshire.
One of the highlights of northern Scotland is the Championship Course at Nairn, a layout which winds its way along the bay, bringing the North Sea into play throughout much of the front nine. It also has one of the most famous halfway houses in golf, ‘The Bothy’.
Nairn is also one of just nine venues in the United Kingdom that has hosted both the Amateur Championship and the Women’s Amateur Championship, along with the Walker Cup and Curtis Cup – the quartet of major amateur events in the country.
Tournaments Hosted:
– Walker Cup (1999)
– Curtis Cup (2012)
– Amateur Championship (1994, 2021)
– Women’s Amateur Championship (1979, 2025)
– Jacques Leglise Trophy (1989, 2004)
– Vagliano Trophy (1991)
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- Book your spot to play at Nairn on the NCG Top 100s Tour on May 19th, 2026 here.
- You can also play at Nairn as part of our Highlands Spring Swing, which also incorporates events at Fortrose & Rosemarkie, and the Old Petty Course at Cabot Highlands.
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The Gleneagles Resort in central Scotland can proudly say that they have three world-class courses, making it arguably the greatest 54-hole venue in the United Kingdom. The PGA Centenary Course is one of those, alongside the King’s and the Queen’s.
It is a course that has its own slice of history as well, as the only European layout to have played host to both the Ryder Cup and the Solheim Cup, doing so in a five-year span in the 2010s. On both occasions, Team Europe were victorious over the travelling American side.
Tournaments Hosted:
– Ryder Cup (2014)
– Solheim Cup (2019)
- Book your spot to play at the PGA Centenary Course on the NCG Top 100s Tour on June 9th, 2026 here.
- You can also play the PGA Centenary Course as part of our Perthshire Swing, which also incorporates events at Auchterarder and Gleneagles (Queen’s).
Moortown is one of several stunning golf courses in and around the Yorkshire city of Leeds, but it is the only one of those that can say that they have hosted the sport’s biggest match play competition.
The Ryder Cup’s history began in 1927, with the first edition of the event being held at the Worcester Country Club in Massachusetts. Two years later, Moortown played host to the first Ryder Cup on European soil. It has since gone on to also host the Senior Open Championship and the Brabazon Trophy as well!
Tournaments Hosted:
– Ryder Cup (1929)
– Senior Open Championship (1974, 1989)
– Brabazon Trophy (1957, 1968, 1974, 1999, 2009)
– English Amateur Championship (1938, 1962, 1980)
- Book your spot to play at Moortown on the NCG Top 100s Tour on July 20th, 2026 here.
Like Moortown, Alwoodley is one of Yorkshire’s golfing greats – and the birthplace of Dr Alister MacKenzie‘s golf course design career. Alwoodley was his first design, and he was one of the founding members of the club, along with being club captain shortly before the First World War.
Today, Alwoodley is a tough but fair heathland course, that offers birdie chances, but can easily snatch them away in the blink of an eye. It is a course that has hosted the Brabazon Trophy and the English Amateur Championship in the 21st Century.
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Tournaments Hosted:
– Brabazon Trophy (2019)
– English Amateur Championship (2003, 2015)
– English Women’s Amateur Championship (1971, 2007)
- Book your spot to play at Alwoodley on the NCG Top 100s Tour on July 23rd, 2026 here.
The only venue on this list that can say they played host to the European Tour for more than two decades is Fulford Golf Club, situated just outside the city of York. It did so from 1971 through to 1991, under the guise of three different tournaments, having already hosted the Martini International during the 1960s.
The course, which remains somewhat an out-and-back layout as you cross over the A64, also hosted the Ladies British Open in 1976. Over the course of its history, winners at Fulford include Tony Johnstone, Lee Trevino, Greg Norman, Tom Weiskopf, Sam Torrance and Sandy Lyle.
Tournaments Hosted:
– Ladies British Open (1976)
– Martini International (1967)
– Benson & Hedges (1971-1978, 1980-1989)
– Sun Alliance PGA Match Play (1979)
– Murphy’s Cup (1990, 1991)
- Book your spot to play at Fulford on the NCG Top 100s Tour on July 24th, 2026 here.
- You can also play at Moortown, Alwoodley and Fulford as part of our Yorkshire Swing, which also incorporates events at Sand Moor and Headingley.
Located in the southwestern corner of England, the Trevose Golf & Country Club is a pristine links course overlooking the Celtic Sea and Atlantic Ocean. It has hosted the European Legends Tour on three occasions in the last decade, along with playing host to the Brabazon Trophy this century as well.
Tournaments Hosted:
– Farmfoods European Legends Links Championship (2019, 2021, 2022)
– Brabazon Trophy (2008)
- Book your spot to play at Trevose on the NCG Top 100s Tour on July 29th, 2026 here.
- You can also play at Trevose as part of our Cornwall Swing, which also incorporates events at Perranporth and West Cornwall.
In the category of the new version of American links-style courses, Dundonald Links is more than just a golf course. Thanks to its on-site accommodation, it is now the perfect base for a golf trip to the Ayrshire coastline. In the last decade, the layout has played host to both the men’s and women’s Scottish Opens, hosting the latter eight times since 2015.
Tournaments Hosted:
– Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open (2017)
– Women’s Scottish Open (2015-2017, 2022-2026*)
- Book your spot to play at Dundonald Links on the NCG Top 100s Tour on September 29th, 2026 here.
- You can also play at Dundonald Links as part of our Ayrshire Autumn Swing, which also incorporates events at Kilmarnock Barassie and Prestwick St Nicholas.
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