GolfWeek – Top 50 Classic UK & Ireland

2023

Royal County Down (photo courtesy of club)
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Great Britain and Ireland
GolfWeek – Top 50 Classic UK & Ireland - 2023

GolfWeek Magazine in America defines classic courses as those built before 1960. Their ranking panel has narrowed the best 50 old courses in the UK and Ireland to the list below.

 

Royal County Down
St Andrews – Old Course
Royal Dornoch
Muirfield
Royal Portrush – Dunluce
Sunningdale – Old
Ballybunion – Old
Trump Turnberry – Ailsa
Royal St George's
North Berwick – West Links
Royal Birkdale
Swinley Forest
Lahinch
Carnoustie Golf Links
Royal Porthcawl
Woodhall Spa – Hotchkin
Sunningdale – New
Ganton
Royal Lytham & St Annes
St George's Hill
Cruden Bay
Rye
Royal Troon – Old
Royal Aberdeen
St Enodoc – Church
Alwoodley
Portmarnock
Walton Heath – Old
Royal Cinque Ports
Machrihanish
Prestwick
Royal Liverpool
Royal West Norfolk
Notts – Hollinwell
Western Gailes
Wentworth – West
Gleneagles – Kings
Wallasey Golf Club
Royal Worlington & Newmarket
West Sussex
Silloth on Solway
Portstewart – Strand
Gullane – No 1
Woking
Burnham & Berrow
Formby Golf Club
The Island Golf Club
Walton Heath – New
County Louth – Baltray
Wentworth – East