Top 100 courses of England 2016

[Liverbirdie]

Because the food is rubbish and that silly 10th hole

The 10th at Wallasey is a great hole - some people just need to learn how to play it.

The food and drink went down great, after my OOM win last year.

 

[MendieGK]

Any courses that we believe should be on the list ?

For me I think Gog Magog is a better course than Northampton County

Also Berkhampstead is better than Ashridge

I really don't enjoy Northants county. Played it twice now and both times walked away unimpressed.

 

[Qwerty]

Personally I think Silloth is above Formby and Hillside.

Id say Hillside is without doubt the best test but if I could play one of them tomorrow in Perfect conditions it'd be Silloth, I just know I'd enjoy it more than the other two.
Hillside is just too much of a Grind for me.

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Id say Hillside is without doubt the best test but if I could play one of them tomorrow in Perfect conditions it'd be Silloth, I just know I'd enjoy it more than the other two.
Hillside is just too much of a Grind for me.

That's the way I look at it, played Silloth in brutal conditions and played formby in reasonable conditions and if I had one choice it would be Silloth every time.

 

[Val]

Id say Hillside is without doubt the best test but if I could play one of them tomorrow in Perfect conditions it'd be Silloth, I just know I'd enjoy it more than the other two.
Hillside is just too much of a Grind for me.

That's the way I look at it, played Silloth in brutal conditions and played formby in reasonable conditions and if I had one choice it would be Silloth every time.

If I had a choice of those 3 in order of favourites on a perfect day I'd be

Formby
Silloth
Hillside

Loved all 3, subjective to what's better but that would be my order of play on a flat calm beautiful summers day.

I think Formby just has a better variation of holes than Silloth and its not the grind Hillside can be.

 

[merv79]

I have played 40.
Hoping to tick off a few more next year (Ganton, Beau Desert, Swinley, Worplesdon)
I am surprised how low Saunton West is ranked, also disappointed to see Broadstone/Ferndown/Parkstone ranked so low. Woking is top 30 but I would rate the 3 Dorset courses as better than Woking.

 

[Marshy77]

Only played it once with the NW golfers but surprised to see Delamere at the halfway mark, thought it was a really nice course and the clubhouse was welcoming but didn't think it was a top 100 course. Even though the wind was brutal and my putting was horrendous I much preffered Caldy, thought that was a cracking course.

 

[Deleted member 17920]

If I had a choice of those 3 in order of favourites on a perfect day I'd be

Formby
Silloth
Hillside

Loved all 3, subjective to what's better but that would be my order of play on a flat calm beautiful summers day.

I think Formby just has a better variation of holes than Silloth and its not the grind Hillside can be.

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[Snelly]

If you could be lucky enough to only play 10 courses (say clubs so 2nd or third course a bonus) in England from here on, what would you choose. Today, my list, with a links, heathland and parkland split, would be (in no particular order):

Heathland: Sunningdale, The Berkshire, Hankley Common, Parkstone
Links: Royal St Georges, Saunton, Formby,
Parkland: Bearwood lakes, Centurion, Queenwood

Substitutes: Swinley Forest, St George's Hill, Broadstone, Royal Cinque ports, Beau Desert, West Hill, Blackmoor, Woodhall Spa, Hillside, Hayling

Mine would be:

Sunningdale, Swinley, St Georges Hill, Hankley Common, West Sussex, Royal Ashdown, Royal St Georges, Ganton, Saunton, Bearwood Lakes.

 

[Birchy]

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Why do you think he posted it

 

[MendieGK]

Mine based on what i've played (45 of top 100) would be (in no order)

Saunton
Woburn (3 great courses)
Notts
Ganton
Woodhall Spa
Alwoodley
Moortown
Burnham & Berrow
Royal Liverpool
Sherwood Forest


Next year i have - Sunningdale x 2, St Georges Hill, Cinque Ports, RSG and Worplesdon lined up, so i would expect those to make the top 10

 

[Deleted member 15344]

RSG
Royal Liverpool
Cinque Ports
Bearwood Lakes
Berkshire
Centurion
Alwoodly
Woburn Dukes
Littlestone
Liphook

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I am surprised how low Saunton West is ranked

I was very surprised to see Hayling ranked higher than Saunton West! Much as I love Hayling, the West is a very good course.

 

[Val]

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You say that like its a bad thing

 

[Liverbirdie]

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It seems to be that people who can't get around Hillside in a man's score, prefer Formby.:smirk:

 

[NWJocko]

It seems to be that people who can't get around Hillside in a man's score, prefer Formby.:smirk:

I went round in +3 with a double on the last and still prefer Formby.....

And still wasn't good enough to beat left handed Dave!!! :rofl:

 

[Backache]

It would be interesting to hear which courses you have played to see how they compare?

The English courses I played were:
Woodhall Spa
Cinque Ports
West Sussex
Notts
Royal Ashdown Forest
Princes
Goodwood
Littlestone

The Irish courses I played
Rosapenna
Narin & Portnoo
Ballyliffin
CastleRock
Portrush
Portstewart
(order of playing rather than order of preference.)
My comments were not meant to be critical of the English courses all of which I enjoyed, rather praising the Irish courses which were all superb.

 

[bluewolf]

If I had a choice of those 3 in order of favourites on a perfect day I'd be

Formby
Silloth
Hillside

Loved all 3, subjective to what's better but that would be my order of play on a flat calm beautiful summers day.

I think Formby just has a better variation of holes than Silloth and its not the grind Hillside can be.

I'd agree with that assessment. Hillside is fantastic, but it can get to be a bit of a slog later in the round.. The back 9 at Silloth is fantastic and if you're playing well can be as good a 9 holes as anywhere in England.. The only weak hole is the dogleg par 4 at the turn.. Formby is stunning though...

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

The English courses I played were:
Woodhall Spa
Cinque Ports
West Sussex
Notts
Royal Ashdown Forest
Princes
Goodwood
Littlestone

The Irish courses I played
Rosapenna
Narin & Portnoo
Ballyliffin
CastleRock
Portrush
Portstewart
(order of playing rather than order of preference.)
My comments were not meant to be critical of the English courses all of which I enjoyed, rather praising the Irish courses which were all superb.

Just asked out of curiosity. Only played both the Rosapenna and Ballyliffen courses on your list. The Tom Morris course at Rosapenna is OK but the other 3 are all very good indeed.

 

[Liverbirdie]

I went round in +3 with a double on the last and still prefer Formby.....

And still wasn't good enough to beat left handed Dave!!! :rofl:

Yep, but you prefer over-rated Fairhaven to Lytham green drive.:whoo: