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- Location: Donabate, County Dublin, Ireland
- Founded: 1890
- Designed by: Fred W. Hawtree, Eddie Hackett and Martin Hawtree
- Green fee: €250-€270
- 23/24 ranking: Up 1
A fine links in an idyllic setting ten miles from Dublin surrounded on three sides by water. Perhaps less well-known than it deserves to be, this superb and recently improved course weaves through some of the most awe-inspiring dunes of any older links.
Its reputation continues to grow as those improvement works, which take fuller advantage of the magnificent front-nine terrain, fully bed in.
– The Island review and key info
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- Location: Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
- Founded: 1891
- Designed by: James Braid
- Green fee: £90-£150
- 23/24 ranking: Down 5
Hunstanton is a classic out and back links, with the holes largely played on either side of a sand dune ridge running down the middle of the layout.
The conditioning of the course is always excellent and sand dunes are a real feature on most holes, as are the traditional pot bunkers. It’s a challenging and characterful links with a selection of fine par 3s.
– Hunstanton review and key info
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- Location: Woburn, Buckinghamshire, England
- Opened: 2000
- Designed by: Ross McMurray, Clive Clark, Peter Alliss and Alex Hay
- Green fee: £160-£345
- 23/24 ranking: No change
The youngest and most varied of Woburn’s three Top 100 layouts, this is a grand-scale golf course, winding its way through 200 acres of glorious countryside with plenty of majestic woodland separating the holes.
Since opening in 2000, this excellent design has hosted the British Masters four times and the Women’s British Open twice. Large greens, exquisitely crafted holes and stirring approaches are the hallmark here.
– Woburn Marquess’ review and key info
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- Location: Sandwich, Kent, England
- Founded: 1906
- Designed by: Charles Hutchings, Guy Campbell, John Morrison and Martin Ebert
- Green fee: £80-£155
- 23/24 ranking: Up 2
All three nines at Prince’s have benefited from a transformational and hugely impressive upgrade under the expert guidance of Martin Ebert.
Sand scrapes abound, and while it is very difficult to say which two loops are the best, each of the Shore and Himalayas nines has a delightful new par 3 facing out to sea. Prince’s is a brilliant, sandy and very playable reimagining that is enjoyable by all.
– Prince’s Shore & Himalayas review and key info
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