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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

The first GB&I Top 100 Courses under £35. • No twilights, must be U-35 for a day+ a week in summer • Far from just a list of Scottish island courses (tho’ rightly plenty of them!) • Almost all 9-holers are U-35 for 18 • It’s here to stay so suggestions for next one v welcome

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

Only four courses in this composite GB&I Top 100 cost less than £100. The good news is next month @TheTodaysGolfer will list 100 brilliant, distinctive courses that are available this summer for £65 or under, without the need for a discount. This is the sort of quality in it ⬇️

UK Golf Guy

@ukgolfguy

1 year

Here are the Summer 2023 green fees for the top 100 courses in 🇬🇧. The average increase since last year is 12.3%, to £200. Some clubs made record profits last year, others are struggling to survive. My thoughts on what’s going on, and an idea, here:

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

Its climate is worse than Britain’s & it is not cheap, but Iceland could be golf’s next big destination. The setting for six courses is epic & the holes themselves are sufficiently compelling to hold interest. Loved the people (they LOVE golf), the fish & chips and the beer too!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

4 years

Is there a better two-course club in the world than Sunningdale? I really, really doubt it. The New is always in the shadow of the Old but seems to now be getting the recognition it deserves. Undiluted class and arguably even more consistent than the Old.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

I’ve droned on about the depth to England’s quality for ages, so have done something about it - a Top 200. Ranked 1-200 & with full descriptions, I think it shines a light on lots of courses pretty much as good as many high-profile names. It dominates new issue of Today’s Golfer!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

The ‘best’ courses v the ones you want to play most This is a list of the Top 100 courses in GB&I I’d want to play tomorrow. It starts with pathetic predictability, then there are surprise inclusions & shock omissions. Would love to know who shares my personal favourites!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

I don’t think I’ve seen anything like the new St Patrick’s Links at @Rosapenna1893 in GB&I. It is more Tara Iti & Bandon Dunes (perhaps no surprise given architect) than anything else here IMO. That is clearly not a bad thing. Privileged to have chance to play it before it opens.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

If I ranked the rankings I do, this would be No.1. What makes a course ‘fun’ is not easy to define in itself, never mind identifying the 100 ‘most fun’ in GB&I. But I think this bold list highlights & promotes courses that are seriously entertaining & anything but obvious choices

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

Green fees at many top courses are now staggering. But there *are* lots of high-class courses at reasonable rates, as Golf World’s GB&I Top 100 £65 & Under abundantly shows. SO much quality golf in it. Fourth pic ⬇️ is the ‘Next 50’; superb courses the mag couldn’t find room for

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

4 months

A reminder of the first GB&I Top 100 Courses Under £35 ranking. Two years on as I start the 2024 list, inflation suggests under £40 is appropriate. Leaning towards doing that, then sticking at £40 even if economics suggest otherwise. £40 feels a good ceiling. Nominations welcome!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

I’m naturally proud of all our rankings - but this one more than most. My Wales panel used to be weaker than my others; now it’s one of the strongest, with *superb* breadth. As a result, new issue of Today’s Golfer has the most comprehensive Wales ranking ever produced. A Top 75

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

11 months

Start with a ferry to Brodick on Arran - play Shiskine and Corrie. Take a ferry from Cloanaig to Kintyre - play @machgolf @MachDunes & Dunaverty. Final ferry from Kennacraig to Islay to play @TheMachrie - IMO comfortably the best golf break in Europe.

Machrihanish Dunes

@MachDunes

11 months

“Kintyre is the fun golf capital of Britain & Ireland” @CJ_Bertram With Mach Dunes, @machgolf & Dunaverty all ranking inside the Top 40 of the recent Top 100 Fun Courses in UK & Ireland list by @TheTodaysGolfer , a trip to Kintyre should be on every golfers bucket list.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

Three videos to finish the Iceland trip: Westman Islands then Siglo then Vik. They sum up the beauty of their locations far better than my words and also still pictures. What a country.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

30 days

Little doubt Wallasey now deserves to be mentioned in same breath as Merseyside coast’s big names. The raw materials were always there & they’re now shining. Offers real adventure because of the kind of dunes & terrain that is more Ireland than England. First video worth a watch!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

Is there a better 1st hole in Britain and Ireland?

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

5 months

GB&I’s Top 100 ‘X Factor’ Courses… Design nuance & subtlety are out, this all about setting, drama, tournament pedigree & conditioning. The Welcome ⬇️ explains more of the rationale & the reason I loved doing a Top 100 with such a different emphasis. 🇮🇪 does especially well!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

Fabulous evening at @StonehamGC - this Willie Park design can surely never have been better presented following tree management and significant investment. Golf on a grand scale, with enviable variety and lots of memorable holes. One of England’s finest & a GB&I Top 100 contender

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

6 years

Three stays in preposterous luxury in 2017: @TrumpDoonbeg - some of the best accommodation in golf (or outside it) @Beachcomber_ Royal Palm, Marrakesh; opulence plus a course 200% better than expected @GleneaglesGolf - the world's No.1 all-round golf resort Yeah, I know 🙄

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

The refreshed Scotland Top 100 is published tomorrow & I naturally think it's a strong list. In fact, I love it! Alongside the ranking there are IMO some wonderful features that make buying a copy of Today's Golfer *even* more worthwhile than usual. Here's a taste of 3 of them...

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

Life can’t get much better than this. @FraserburghGolf absolutely blew me away. It’s the little things in terms of its flowing routing over pure, natural linksland that make it so exquisite. Plus a couple of the most memorable & unique green complexes you’ll ever chip around.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

Sunningdale, sunshine, 36 holes, and a hole-in-one - the GB&I panellist day was everything & more. A real thrill to meet so many people I’ve liaised with for years, enhance relationships and play/talk a lot about golf. Olle, from Malmo, made the ace with a hickory club. Legend.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

9 months

GB&I's Top 100 Links contains a lot of courses that feature in (and are thus described in) other rankings, so I presented this one differently. An essay on my love for the links game plus the thoughts of others (celebrated and less so) on links, then the 1-100 listing at the end.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

In next month’s @TheTodaysGolfer there is a GB&I Top 100 Under £35. You can play the top 10 for £278 and the average for the whole 100 is £28ish. It feels like a good time to release it when you see these prices.

UK Golf Guy

@ukgolfguy

2 years

This Summer sees a record increase in green fees for the UK’s top 100 courses. • The Old Course is up a whopping 38% • The average rise is 8% • Several clubs have already sold out all visitor times Here’s a blog trying to unpick what’s going on -

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

My third trip to Ardfin on Jura in Scotland’s Hebrides - first when it was frankly mud, then when it was finished but not in play - so I know what’s been achieved here by the owner, architect Bob Harrison & the construction team. In short, one of the world’s truly great courses.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

The GB&I T100 is out & highest-ever places for Dornoch, N Berwick, Swinley, Cruden Bay, Woking & Brora indicate its themes. In my biased opinion the features are the strength of the 84 pages & make the mag worth buying - I learnt lots working on them & think most others would too

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

England is seriously under-rated IMO, largely because its inland courses don’t get due credit. Well, they do here! GB&I’s Top 100 Inland Courses is full of characterful entries, with England to the fore. Insight from @CunninGolf & @LOBBandPARTNERS really enhance this debut list.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

The world’s 30 best undiscovered golf destinations… in the travel supplement with the latest @TheTodaysGolfer From Iceland to Isle of Man and Al Ain to Porto, I think there’s something in here for all tastes. I’ve been to 24 of them & have impeccable sources for the missing 6!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

There are two Top 100s this issue. Here are two spreads from the Ireland 100, which has key rises for @NarinPortnooGC & @traleegolflinks plus a historic entry for @Rosapenna1893 There’s also a lovely piece by Mr Irish Courses @kevinmarkham - an invaluable help with the whole T100

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

The Old of @MinchGolfClub sits on Minchinhampton Common, a National Trust area. Opened in 1889, there’s no sand or water, just natural, lie-of-the-land golf routed among village roads which somehow add to the ambience. Often very simple, it has some quirk - and lots of charm.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

Privilege to have the chance to play @JCBGolfCC by Robin Hiseman of @eurogolfdesign today. Little doubt in my mind it is one of the finest courses to be built in Britain in the last 30 years. The thought, detail and imagination that’s gone into it is patently obvious.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

22 days

So happy the next Top 100 ranking is going to be the cover story. *Think* it’s the first time since 2007 a courses feature has been the cover. A LOT of work’s gone into it & there’s so much quality for £40 or under; good golf doesn’t have to be expensive! Who can name the course?

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

4 years

Trust me, these cloudy images don’t do the fun nature of the land of @StockportGC justice. Designed by 1902 Open champion Sandy Herd then renovated by Harry Colt, it has half a dozen holes of the very highest calibre. The rest are ‘just’ excellent. The club and course ooze class.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

Not a great day for images - @delameregolf will look spectacular in fine weather. Brilliant routing & use of slopes of adventurous heathland terrain by Herbert Fowler, with notable recent input from @golfarchitects . Engaging from 1-18. Hats off to greens staff for presentation.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

Some exciting trips already planned/in planning for 2023… @BandonDunesGolf with @FowlerAndy Madrid with @ukgolfguy Comporta Dunes with @DavidMcLayKidd @Rosapenna1893 with @kevinmarkham Denmark & Budersand with @HeronDerek Emphasis of trips determined by 2023’s Top 100s…

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 months

It’d be easy to do rankings on only the GB&I elite I know well. But those superstars aren’t on everyone’s radar. So, here’s the first list of GB&I’s Top 100 Society Venues - ranked on the course, service & value by a specific panel of society golf experts. Very grateful to them!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

Would love for Americans who follow Geoff to have a look at this list & decide to play a few names on it they’d never heard of when they come over rather than head solely for the big-name venues. They would categorically not regret going to Fraserburgh, Cruit, Pennard etc etc etc

Geoff Shackelford

@GeoffShac

3 years

Golf World Top 100: Fun Golf Courses In Great Britain and Ireland

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

The first Top 100 of Continental Europe’s ‘X Factor’ courses. Less emphasis on design subtlety, this is all about setting, drama, conditioning & tournament-hosting pedigree. I enjoyed compiling it (I’ve played 90/100) - do people think it has a place in the Top 100 schedule?

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 months

Continental Europe’s Top 100 Best Value Courses… the courses that offer the highest quality-cost ratio. Created using a formula that combines a course’s position in the main Continental Top 100 with its standard green fee. These are the results & I think they pass the eye test…

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

Bandon Dunes experience starts in decent style… Pacific Dunes is utterly sensational. An epic piece of land used brilliantly by Tom Doak. You hear it touted as exacting but not sure I agree. Playable, varied, engaging, enthralling and, obviously, scenic. A World top-10 course

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

Change of scenery for Bandon Trails, by Coore-Crenshaw. It’s all inland on often steeply undulating terrain. Plenty of trademark C-C cues & the turf was equally as pure as coastal courses. Very scoreable if you drive it well. I’d personally have it No.3 here - a competitive list!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

Every course in the Algarve ranked & reviewed. Includes Ombria, ready for play for months & to which we had special access. Also includes my love for Gramacho! Some obvious names at top but also lots of surprise positions. A valuable resource if planning a trip there. Link ⬇️

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

Especially proud of this month’s ‘Top 100’ in @TheTodaysGolfer - Scotland’s regions. Divided into 10 areas & two cities with 335 courses ranked and described. Two areas attached, one my home region, the other a ranking I’ve wanted to see for ages. Buy the magazine for the rest!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

Not content with ranking 100 courses in a month, in the new @TheTodaysGolfer I’ve ranked 265. Eleven key English counties assessed by brilliant bespoke panels. A taste of the lists’ depth is in these four images. Very proud of what’s been produced. Eleven more to follow in 2023!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

I made this point on a tedious number of occasions in our recent English Top 100, but the depth of quality courses in England is hugely underplayed. This is @PrestburyGolf - which is a *relatively* low profile Harry Colt course but is utterly compelling.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

4 years

Epic Thursday morning so far.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

30 days

I have panellists playing courses (paying their own way) every month of the year. But in the 6 weeks leading up to 2024’s GB&I list we’re playing 40 courses - those at the bottom end/just outside the 2022 list plus those that’ve done key work since then. Today for me: Wallasey.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

Pretty decent first day of the Irish panellist day at the immense @Rosapenna1893 Morning on Old Tom, afternoon on Sandy Hills. Never seen them looking and playing better. St Patrick’s still to come!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

Out with the new issue of @TheTodaysGolfer is an 84-page guide to GB&I's Top 100 Golf Resorts. Add in the Scottish T100 Courses in the magazine & I think it's a compelling offering. Here are 4 spreads from it - I don't mind sharing them as there are 16 others in the supplement!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

I predicted when I played @Rosapenna1893 St Patrick’s just after it opened in 2021 that it’d eventually have only RCD & Portrush above it in Ireland’s ranking. Happy with that prediction…. An epic conclusion to a brilliant few days with the Ireland panel (& some GB&I additions)

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

Took me *way* too long to play Lundin, but it surpassed expectations. Laid out by Old Tom with later input from James Braid, your ball is mostly scampering over characterful, undulating linksland. An Open qualifier, but not unforgiving. Loved the 2nd (first pic) & donut bunker.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

The images tell the story so not sure I need say much more than this is the Dunas course at Terras de Comporta by @DavidMcLayKidd . It has a lengthy backstory but is finally set to open fully this October, with some play from May. A Continental European superstar in the making.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

IMHO the finest course in the Algarve. Much newer Monte Rei understandably has its fans but the Old course in Vilamoura, which is part of @Dompedrogolf , has much more charm and character. Beautifully presented, it oozes class from start to finish.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 month

Round in three hours. Sunny but breezy. Scottish Top 100 course beautifully presented. Great company. And the first time new clubs out in play for 21 years… Superb morning at @archerfieldgolf with @ukgolfguy

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

@ewenmurray77 Hi Ewen, we do this GB&I Top Under £35 - which I think falls under ‘affordable’. There is also an Under £60 one but I’m currently updating that as two years on the green fees are a little out of date. I’ll send on when it’s completed in March.

Best Cheap Golf Courses in Great Britain & Ireland

www.todays-golfer.com

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

The biggest thrill in this ‘job’ is experiencing largely under-rated courses that exceed expectations. That certainly applies to Donegal’s @NorthWestGC . Oozes all that’s great about links; cool features, fabulous turf, exhilarating setting, memorable & distinctive holes. Loved it

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

11 months

The setting for @FairmontSprings is sensational and the Stanley Thompson design does not let the scenery down. First and last pics are Devil’s Cauldron, an all-world par 3. A World Top 100 course and a World Top 100 Resort - the majestic hotel is every bit as good as the golf.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

England’s depth continues to amaze. This is @Brampton_GC in Cumbria, which many will never have heard of. It is so good! A James Braid design on adventurous, glacial, sandy heathy-moorland terrain. Bags of character. Ink it on your itinerary when heading for Silloth and Seascale.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

In Iceland for the @EIGCA AGM so naturally want to see as many courses as possible while here as I’ve heard plenty about them. This is the front nine of Keilir, set on the coast in a lava field near Reyjkavik. Hints of Lofoten, Castletown & even Turnberry Alisa. Promising start…

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

7 years

Long-awaited debut on @GullaneGolfClub No.3 didn't disappoint, not least green complexes & par 3s. Would sit nicely in @GolfWorld1 Scot T100

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

It’s rustic, often the bonkers side of quirky & frequently bewildering - and I know that’s not for everyone. But if you want your golf to be characterful, entertaining & adventurous, you’ll love Painswick. The only two holes remotely the same are the blind par 3s (one is 3rd pic)

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

This is the first ranking ever produced anywhere of the World’s Top 100 Golf Resorts. The second image contains the criteria for how the list was compiled as well as what I define as a resort (boring but important). It’s over 36 pages in the new issue of Today’s Golfer, & online.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

Probably seem like I’m sponsored by Visit Donegal ATM & here is another super-positive despatch. Played @NarinPortnooGC 5 years ago & enjoyed it - but the overhaul by Gil Hanse has lifted it from Ireland Top 100 fixture to GB&I Top 100 contender. Misty images don’t do it justice!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

Very good list IMHO - but then I would say that as it is extremely similar to 2022 @GolfWorld1 GB&I 100. The top 40 especially! Enjoy Fraserburgh and Huntercombe inclusions lower down a lot. I’m sure Peter Snow, I mean @ukgolfguy , will be along with some analysis shortly.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

If you don’t love Elie, we won’t get on. Starts with a blind drive viewed with a periscope & is a mix of fun holes, cool green complexes & exhilarating scenes. The home of James Braid is climbing Golf World’s Scottish T100 for obvious reasons. Scenic & strategic at the same time.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

18 days

Ballybunion Old. It’s not boring. End of a great trip to Ireland. Links golf of the highest calibre and company to match. @BallybunionGN

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

11 days

I learnt a LOT from compiling the Top 100 Courses in London (defined as within the M25). I’ve played fewer than 40 so relied on a bespoke panel that was superb. It’ll bust myths & I hope put some new names on wishlists - West Herts, Cuddington & Northwood are among those on mine!

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

It’s hard to classify @KingtonGolfClub but very easy to fall in love with it. A mix of heathland, moorland and hillside, it has perfect turf, truly great green complexes and several unforgettable holes. The golf is so compelling, I probably missed a lot of the Insta-worthy views.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

Epic day at @Princesgolfclub doing a bit of GB&I Top 100 research. The Shore and Dunes loops have improved with every visit since I first played them 15 years ago. The most recent by @golfarchitects

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

6 months

This month's Top 100 is actually a Top 205. Eleven English counties are ranked and described – Lancashire, Berkshire, Staffordshire, Somerset, Oxfordshire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Leicestershire, Sussex, Northants and Essex – totalling 205 courses. Here's a taste of five of them.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

8 months

Fun, playable & quirky courses have excelled in the GB&I ranking of late. So this is one for those for whom the challenge & their score is paramount: GB&I’s Ultimate Tests. Many of the same names, very different order. Not mindless difficulty, but sensible & exacting challenges.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

St Patrick’s will be the No.1 at @Rosapenna1893 but so good to see Sandy Hills given more width & so much more forgiving - as well as being presented really, really nicely. With the Old Tom - an Irish T100 fixture - this is now a 54-hole links Mecca & one of world’s T100 resorts.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

4 years

Possibly my favourite ranking list to put together. And it should probably be the most important list in GB&I terms - what is better than a course being definitely lots of fun?

NCG Top 100s

@NCGTop100s

4 years

Without further ado, here are NCG's Top 100 Fun Golf Courses in Great Britain and Ireland. See the full list here ➡

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

5 years

My year of travel for @NCGMagazine 50 flights taken 0 missed flights 💁‍♂️ 14 countries visited 4 new countries 19 UK trips 34 new courses played 0 lost clubs 18 cars hired 1 hire car with *some* damage 5 Top 100 ranking lists

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

You might have heard the story of @cleevehillgolf (it is actually better than I realised) but wondered if the course was actually any good or just a bit of nostalgia & romance. Well, I’m pretty sure it’s absolutely brilliant. Breathtaking scenery combined with intriguing holes.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

As enticing a scene as a links IMO.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

5 months

Top 10 targets for 2024 HOME Addington (revisit) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wallasey (revisit) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tralee (revisit) 🇮🇪 Welshpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Hadley Wood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 East Renfrewshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Durness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 AWAY Les Bordes (New) 🇫🇷 Vidauban 🇫🇷 Domaine Imperial 🇨🇭

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

1 year

Next week the refreshed World Top 100 Courses comes out in @TheTodaysGolfer , every one a bucket-list superstar. But in the current issue is a ranking probably much more relevant to more golfers: the Costa del Sol’s Top 60 courses. Hope it helps planning lots of trips to Andalusia

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

6 years

Hard to imagine a better day of golf in February than following S&A with this at the immense links of @Hillside_GC - unless it's always like this on @EngGolfCoast ?

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

Latest Top 100 off to the printers is one of my all-time favourites - GB&I Courses for £60 and Under. Arguably the most useful too, given it will be more relevant to more golfers. Every course is *really* good - despite lots being ruled out that I expected to be eligible.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

7 years

Some were surprised when the Queen's of @Gleneagleshotel was elevated to the @GolfWorld1 GB&I Top 100. They obviously haven't played it.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

10 months

I know I’m the only golfer who doesn’t love/follow No Laying Up so this won’t be a popular ‘take’, but whenever I do see something from them they seem like laddish prats. [In this Ryder Cup, Paul Lawrie collected 3.5 points.]

No Laying Up

@NoLayingUp

10 months

Shots you just don’t see anymore: Paul Lawrie at the ‘99 Ryder Cup

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

My pre-play verdict on St Patrick’s Links by Tom Doak at @Rosapenna1893 which opens this weekend. Very much done on the hoof (the article not the course), but hope it conveys how good it is. IMO the best course to open in Europe since Kingsbarns in 2000.

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: First play of Rosapenna St Patrick’s Links

www.todays-golfer.com

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

Very glad to get back to @dumbarniegolf for a game, two years after my first. If you want bags of playability*, sea views & risk-reward holes, you will love it here. Feels as if it’s already in bucket-list territory for golfers home & abroad. *very welcome in today’s 30mph wind

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

5 years

The renovation of @TheAdareManor is matched in scale only by Turnberry’s Alisa in GB&I terms - and is no less successful. Gone is brutal rough & claustrophobic trees, in have come wide fairways & brilliant green complexes. I’ve now got a third parkland in my personal GB&I Top 100

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

Not worth me saying much other than Brautarholt is topped only by Lofoten for setting of all courses I’ve seen. At least matches Old Head, Thracian Cliffs, Bro Hof, Cape Kidknappers.Spellbinding in all directions on its 12 holes. @EdwinRoald routing maximised site! @golfiniceland

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

I know it’s not for everyone and some people wonder what all the fuss is about, but I love Royal Worlington & Newmarket. ‘The Sacred Nine’ might need a couple of laps to get in your veins, but it oozes character, strategy, playability and nuance for me.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

3 years

Continental Europe courses is my second favourite Top 100 to compile: 1 IMO it’s often done poorly 2 huge opportunity to bust myths 3 diversity of courses/countries If nothing else it’s a bold list that’s been thoroughly researched. Distinctiveness & nuance > solid & ‘manicured’

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

5 months

My job involves a lot of travel. Sometimes it does not go to plan. Learn from my bad experiences - and also get some travel hacks from the good ones⬇️. From Emirates to British Airways, Doha airport to Manchester, and AirBnB to Lastminute..com...

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

The perfect morning. A world-class heathland presented beautifully, gorgeous weather and great company with Gary Johnston of @eurogolfdesign West Hill was a delight as ever, consistently good from 1 to 18 & with its heath characteristics enhanced as part of @LOBBandPARTNERS work.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

7 years

If you rated @TrumpDoonbeg already (I did), fear not, you'll still love the revised links. New downhill short 14th (3rd pic) the key change.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

7 years

Some understandably lament the loss of heritage, but the new @Machrie_Golf is phenomenally good - & with plenty of nuance & charm preserved.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

8 months

Pre-opening play of La Reserve, part of Heritage Le Telfair in Mauritius. Co-designed by Louis Oosthuizen, it’ll host the European Tour in Dec - and as you can see the pros are in for a visual treat. Not standard resort golf. If it was in Continental Europe it’d be in the Top 100

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

6 years

My year of travel for @GolfWorld1 >> • 31 trips of 2+ days • 18 countries • 38 flights • 22 hire cars • 6 ferries • 2 tunnels • 1 speeding ticket (so far) • 1 damaged hire car (while in a car park) • 0 missed flights

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

Shaped by the collective nous of Old Tom, Alister Mackenzie and Mackenzie Ross and with a setting the equal of pretty much anywhere in GB&I, @CastletownGolf has something to delight golfers of all tastes. Imagine these scenes on a sunny summer’s evening….

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

9 months

A couple more pictures of Hamburger - plus the handwritten notes from Colt on what he wanted from the 18 greens, from March 1928.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

2 years

Top 100 Resorts in Continental Europe is with the new issue of @TheTodaysGolfer The first ‘re-rank’ of the new era, so Ups & Downs return! Weighting of categories & value of having 2+ courses on site can be debated but, as I’ve been to 90/100, I think it’s a pretty good guide.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

6 years

This week sees me begin in earnest to write about large expanses of grass for @NCGmagazine rather than @GolfWorld1 . It's been a privilege to write for GW & compile its Top 100s for 8 years but now some exciting times hopefully lie ahead with NCG in its print & digital formats.

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

11 months

@MrTwoFooted Might teach Juergen that even if you keep them longer than you should have, they are still ungrateful when you ease them out the door

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@CJ_Bertram

3 years

Looks the part, doesn’t it...

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Chris Bertram

@CJ_Bertram

10 months

A taste of this month's ranking: the Top 100 Holes in Continental Europe. A considerable task and clearly many, many great holes aren't in - but there are 100 brilliant ones of widely varying appeal in the list, I'm sure of that... from Finland to Turkey & Portugal to Estonia.

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