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A wild, timeless links laid between the dunes and the Dyfi estuary — the beloved home of Bernard Darwin and, to many, the spiritual heart of Welsh golf.

Tom Fazio's reimagining of the Robert Trent Jones Sr parkland on the Maigue estate — host of the 2027 Ryder Cup and the most lavishly conditioned course in Ireland.

Robert Trent Jones Sr's bold 1984 links beside Ballybunion's famed Old Course — even bigger dunes and wilder ground, sweeping along the undisturbed Atlantic shoreline.

Tom Simpson links between towering dunes and the Atlantic in Co. Kerry. World-famous, raw and exhilarating — the par-4 11th ("Watson's") tumbling along the shoreline is one of golf's great holes.

Golf’s greatest test. Eight Opens, the Barry Burn, and a closing stretch that has broken champions.

The friendliest of the Carnoustie three. Links turf, wetlands and the best place here to learn the game.

The quiet equal of its famous neighbour. Ben Hogan qualified for his only Open here in 1953.

Northern Ireland's most overlooked classic — a Ben Sayers/Harry Colt links through Causeway Coast dunes, headlined by the fearsome par-3 4th, ‘Leg o’ Mutton’.

The only course ever built to host a Ryder Cup — stage of Europe's 2010 win in the Usk Valley. A bold, water-laced parkland made for matchplay drama.

Championship links on the Morfa peninsula beneath Conwy Mountain — an Open final-qualifying venue where the fairways run out to the estuary and the open sea.

Old Tom Morris on the eastern tip of Fife. A short, joyful links where the beach is in play and the par-3 14th tumbles from clifftop tee to the shore.

Crail's modern championship links by Gil Hanse, threading clifftop fairways through medieval drystone walls with panoramic views to the Isle of May and Bass Rock.

Eddie Hackett's remote links at the tip of the Dingle Peninsula — the most westerly course in Ireland. A meandering burn crosses 13 holes beneath views to the Blasket Islands; authentic, unpretentious links in a living Gaeltacht.

One of Ireland's oldest links, founded 1889 and reshaped by Martin Hawtree — a hidden gem on the dunes at the head of Dingle Bay, ringed by the Reeks and the Dingle mountains.

Greg Norman's modern links above Doughmore Bay in Co. Clare, reworked by Martin Hawtree, set among some of Ireland's biggest dunes. A priceless jewel between Lahinch and Ballybunion — and host of the 2026 Amgen Irish Open.

A modern links with the scale of a championship venue. Three hundred man-made dunes, sweeping Firth of Forth views, and the natural successor to Kingsbarns.

James Braid's home links on the Fife coast. A quirky, par-70 classic with a blind opening drive played by submarine periscope and only two par 3s.

'The Hidden Gem' of England's Golf Coast — a classy blend of duneland links and pinewood heathland, with one of the world's most admired clubhouses.

Widely called the finest British course never to host an Open — Greg Norman rated its back nine 'the best in Britain'. Tommy Fleetwood's home links, a stone's throw from Birkdale.

The jewel of Killarney — a six-time Irish Open host laid beside Lough Leane beneath the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, with water on nearly every hole and deer roaming the fairways.

A modern links that plays older than its years. The North Sea is in view from every hole.

A rare inland gem in a county of links. Old Tom Morris's heathland classic in the sheltered Howe of Fife, threading narrow fairways between heather and Scots pine, and a seven-time Open final-qualifying venue.

Old Tom Morris / Alister MacKenzie / Martin Hawtree links on Liscannor Bay in Co. Clare — "the St Andrews of Ireland." Quirky, blind and gloriously fun, with the famous Klondyke and Dell holes and the Cliffs of Moher nearby. 2026 Walker Cup host.

One of the oldest links in the world and a former Open final-qualifier. A classic Old Tom Morris layout closing over the demonic Scoonie Burn, separated from neighbouring Lundin only by the historic Mile Dyke.

A classic, history-soaked links on the edge of Romney Marsh — Laidlaw Purves, James Braid and Alister MacKenzie all left their mark. Few big dunes, but firm, fast greens and a brutal closing three. The quiet, affordable fourth of Kent’s links.

James Braid's clifftop links beside the Firth of Forth. An Open final-qualifying venue where the opening holes hug the beach and the 14th tee reveals the whole course.

Clifftop links on the Llŷn with the sea in view from every tee — the famous Point holes tumble out along a narrow headland to a pub above the beach. Pure exhilaration.

Stone walls, blind shots, and the original Redan. Pure quirky links joy.

A par-72 spectacle on a 220-acre headland near Kinsale, jutting two miles into the Atlantic with clifftop holes 300 feet above the ocean. Not a true links but unlike anywhere else in golf — pure drama on every hole, framed by a lighthouse.

Carnoustie's quietly brilliant neighbour — an Old Tom Morris/James Braid links of tight fairways and small greens, where Ben Hogan tuned up for his 1953 Open.

Cliff-top links in the sky above Three Cliffs Bay — a wild, quirky Gower classic beside a ruined castle, with the sea far below. Nowhere else plays quite like it.

Portstewart's par-68 second course, winding along the banks of the River Bann — a relaxed, characterful round when the Strand has been conquered.

The opening seven holes thread through some of the most monumental dunes in golf.

Royal St George's spirited next-door neighbour and host of the 1932 Open. Twenty-seven holes of pure links across Sandwich Bay — Shore, Dunes and Himalayas — reworked by Mackenzie & Ebert and welcoming visitors seven days a week.

The longest links in Wales, tumbling through the vast dunes of Kenfig Burrows above a buried medieval town. Big, raw and gloriously wind-blown.

The finest Open links in England — ten Opens and counting, a fair, thrilling test threading flat fairways between towering Sefton dunes. Hosts the 154th Open in 2026.

“Deal” — a raw, traditional Kent links with one of the most ferocious back nines in golf. A two-time Open host and the quietest, most authentic of the Sandwich trio.

Often ranked the best course in the world. Mournes brooding overhead, gorse everywhere.

A pilgrimage in the Scottish Highlands. The most natural links you will ever play.

Hoylake — one of England's oldest links and a 13-time Open host, where subtle, fast-running ground and internal out-of-bounds punish the imprecise. Tiger's 2006 stage.

'A beast of a course, but a just beast' (Bernard Darwin) — an 11-time Open venue where Seve, Jones and Locke triumphed, ringed by 200-plus bunkers just steps from the clubhouse.

The only links in the world where the sea is visible from every hole.

The 2019 & 2025 Open venue. A wild, wind-shaped masterpiece on the Causeway Coast.

Portrush's underrated second links — a genuine championship test, recently reworked with three new holes, and the ideal 36-hole partner to the Dunluce.

Links laid beneath the ramparts of Harlech Castle, ringed by the dunes of Morfa Harlech with Snowdonia rising behind — the most beautiful setting in Welsh golf, and a fearsome par 69.

The South of England's answer to St Andrews. A wild, sprawling Open links at Sandwich — huge dunes, the deepest bunkers in golf and greens that ask everything. A 15-time Open host.

One of the world's oldest clubs, founded in 1817 by the men who became the R&A. A James Braid links-heathland hybrid that plays firm and fast, 10 miles from St Andrews and a six-time Open final-qualifier.

'S&A' — a James Braid championship links and rare two-time Ryder Cup host (1933, 1937), threading narrow dune-lined fairways that demand precision off the tee.

Harry Colt’s heathland masterpiece in the wooded private estates of Weybridge — 27 holes of pine, heather and sharp elevation change. Exclusive, immaculate and one of England’s very finest inland courses.

Harry Colt’s 1923 companion to the Old — wilder, higher and more exposed, with a heather-clad run through the heath that many rate the equal of its famous neighbour.

Willie Park Jnr’s 1901 heathland — the blueprint every inland course that followed has chased. Heather, pine and Bobby Jones’s ‘perfect round’. Endlessly playable, endlessly admired.

Harry Colt’s own favourite — the course he called his ‘least bad’. A secluded, almost mythical heathland hidden in the pines near Ascot, with five of the finest par 3s in golf and barely a soul in sight.

The tougher of The Berkshire’s two Fowler heathland courses — a more conventional routing with one of the sternest closing five-hole stretches in the UK&I Top 100, set in rolling pine and heather near Ascot.

Herbert Fowler’s 1928 heathland and the more talked-about of The Berkshire’s two courses — a unique 6-6-6 layout (six par 3s, 4s and 5s) through majestic Crown Estate pine. Variety and birdie chances at every turn.

Arnold Palmer's first European design, on a spectacular headland at West Barrow, Co. Kerry. A gentler links front nine gives way to a thunderous back nine through towering dunes — the par-3 'Shipwreck' 16th unforgettable. Ryan's Daughter beach scenes were filmed here.

An Old Tom Morris links through some of England's finest dunes, and the birthplace of the Stableford scoring system — unpretentious, improving fast, and a genuine bucket-list sleeper.

Herbert Fowler’s 1904 heathland under a vast Surrey sky — in the World’s Top 100 every year since rankings began in 1938. Host of the 1981 Ryder Cup and the 2023 AIG Women’s Open; “wonderfully pure” in Jack Nicklaus’s words.

Eddie Hackett / Tom Fazio links on a remote dune-land isthmus by Ballinskelligs Bay, Co. Kerry. Surrounded by ocean, river and mountain, with a celebrated back nine and a bronze statue of Payne Stewart at the 18th. Often called Ireland's finest true links.

One of England's ten oldest clubs (1873) and a raw, elemental links at Blundellsands — fast greens, genuine rough, and Antony Gormley's iron men watching from Crosby beach.

Surrey’s oldest heathland (1893) and a landmark in strategic course design — Low and Paton’s famous cross-bunkers on the 4th changed how architects think. Subtle, severe greens and springy heather underfoot.

J.F. Abercromby’s 1908 heathland (greens and bunkers by Willie Park Jnr) — the highest-ranked of Surrey’s ‘Three Ws’. Sand-based, superb in winter, with a celebrated par-3 10th over Bridley Pond beneath the rhododendrons.