Following a changing of the guard in the spring of 2021 and the recruitment of a number of new readers to the Golf Monthly Top 100 panel, the process to review every course on the contender list began. The window for visits and reviews this time around ran from July 2021 through to the end of October 2022, a period of 16 months, during which time we returned to every single course being considered for inclusion in the updated rankings.
We have always felt it vital to make our list as fresh and contemporary as possible, and by making sure that we review each and every one of the courses during the cycle, we are using information that is as up to date and complete as possible. A few weeks before the cut-off date, I headed to Southport to meet up with a group of our enthusiastic and dedicated assessors in order to discuss anything and everything related to how we look at golf courses. Happily, this was to coincide with playing two of our wonderful contenders, Wallasey and Hillside. An extra benefit would be presentations by both clubs regarding their recent and ongoing course development work.
There are now approaching 40 readers on the Top 100 panel, and this was to be our first get-together as a group, with the exception of a fledgling day out more than 15 years ago. The idea had been conceived by two of our longstanding panellists, Peter Hurst from Lee Park in Liverpool and Gordon Ross, who is a member at Broadstone in Dorset.
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Shropshire
Jeremy Ellwood returns to one of England's least populated counties to stay and play at The Astbury and tick a couple more courses off his list
Alison Root
Alison Root is Golf Monthly's women's golf editor. You can find her on Instagram @rootalison
Pennyhill Park
Mike Harris visits this grand Exclusive Collection hotel in Surrey, one of the most luxurious places to stay if you're planning to play some of the south-east's top courses
AYLA GOLF CLUB
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Wayne Riley
I've enjoyed the professional events so far in 2025, but I want to take a step away from the pro game in this column. In two issues, Golf Monthly will reveal its list of the Top 100 Courses in the UK and Ireland, so here are my thoughts on some of the best golf courses on this side of the pond.
Burnham and Berrow
Somerset doesn't boast the quantity of top-quality courses you feel it perhaps should, but its jewel in the crown, Burnham and Berrow, sits in splendid isolation some 40 minutes from Bristol.
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It's been two years since the roaring success of Ping's last family of drivers.
Undiscovered Portugal
The popular golfing country has plenty more fascinating courses to the north of its Algarve and Lisbon strongholds
A DECADE AT THE TOP
Before stepping down as CEO of The R&A, Martin Slumbers spoke to Fergus Bisset about his time at the helm before reflecting on photos of key moments from those years...
"WHO WANTS TO BE SECOND BEST AT ANYTHING?"
His stock may have risen significantly over the past couple of years, but Bob Macintyre tells David Facey he has his sights set firmly on the very pinnacle of the game
