The new Top 100 Course in UK & Ireland

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You could take 100 forummers and ask them all for their top 100 and I bet there would be very few courses that make all the lists and there will almost certainly be a different top 10 on every one. It is such a difficult thing to categorise and I understand the way GM do it (and other mags and online sites) and to be honest it seems as good a way as any.

It makes fascinating reading even if a few comments towards Jezz and GM were perhaps a tad OTT. I've not played nearly enough of the top 100 to be totally objective and played a shameful number of Scottish courses so don't feel qualified to make any assumptions on which are better than others.

However it is a great feature, and having spoken to Mike on a couple of occasions is something he looks forward to each year. There isn't a right answer to the definitve top 100 (or indeed the next 100 either) but I love the way it divides opinion and everyone has their own take on the subject. The debate is almost a better read than the list

You could take 1000 golfers and ask them for their top ten and I'd be surprised if you had two top tens the same.