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- Location: Wigton, Cumbria
- Founded: 1892
- Designed by: David Grant and Willie Park Jr
- Green fee: £45-£90
- 23/24 ranking: No change
Resplendent along a remote coastline, Silloth on Solway is undoubtedly the best value in the Top 100.
This is a testing course about which you will rarely if ever hear a bad word. With the exception of the short 9th, it is not heavily bunkered, but all are perfectly positioned and many are very tough to escape. Silloth may be remote, but it more than rewards any effort to get here.
– Silloth on Solway review and key info
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- Location: Isle of Islay, Scotland
- Founded: 1891
- Designed by: Willie Campbell
- Green fee: £65-£250
- 23/24 ranking: No change
Golf on whisky-rich Islay dates back to 1891, but it is DJ Russell’s recent wholesale upgrade that has really caught the golfing eye. The recent developments have rightly been attracting ever-more worldwide attention.
Magical green settings abound and with several front-nine tees right beside the beach, it is quite simply a magnificent place to play – thought-provoking too, with several strategic choices to be made.
– The Machrie review and key info
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- Location: Liphook, Hampshire, Surrey
- Opened: 1923
- Designed by: Arthur Croome and Tom Simpson
- Green fee: £135-£160
- 23/24 ranking: Up 2
The new holes designed by Tom Mackenzie for the club’s recent centenary to improve the routing and make for a safer crossing of the busy Portsmouth road have bedded in very well.
They have enhanced what was already a very fine heathland design which is beautifully maintained and a joy to play at any time of the year. Liphook is easily home to one of England’s most impressive and enjoyable recent upgrades.
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- Location: Moortown, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
- Founded: 1907
- Designed by: Alister MacKenzie
- Green fee: £90-£175
- 23/24 ranking: Down 4
The first design project of surgeon-turned-course architect, Dr Alister MacKenzie, has remained in our top 60 since day one.
It boasts attractive bunkering that performs the dual role of strategy and aesthetics as well as anywhere, and far-reaching vistas, with clearing work in recent years bringing a more open feel once more. Probably the finest heathland course in Yorkshire and among the finest in the country.
– Alwoodley review and key info
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- Location: Braunton, Devon, England
- Founded: 1897
- Designed by: Herbert…
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