[Scott Warren]

Seeing as it is too cold and snowy for golf in the parts of the world where many DG participants live, I thought this might be a fun winter exercise.

Someone commented, I think it may have been Andrew Summerell in his GTK thread, that a combined GB&I/Australian Top 50 might be interesting.

There are two ways to do this depending how familiar you are with each country's courses.

1. Make a combined top 50 list using the two countries. I have put the top 75 of the GB&I Top 100 and the top 25 of the Aussie Top 50 below for reference.

2. If you are familiar with enough courses on one list, but only a few on the other, where would you slot them into the list of the country you know well. If you do this, perhaps a different font colour (or bolded) for the inserted courses will make them easy to spot in the list.

I'll be really interested to see what some of the more well-travelled members come up with.

Aus top 25
1. Royal Melbourne (West)
2. Kingston Heath
3. Barnbougle Dunes
4. New South Wales
5. Royal Melbourne (East)
6. The National (Moonah)
7. Royal Adelaide
8. Metropolitan
9. Victoria
10. St Andrew's Beach
11. Newcastle
12. Kooyonga
13. Woodlands
14. Kennedy Bay
15. Commonwealth
16. The Lakes
17. 13th Beach (Beach Course)
18. Lake Karrinyup
19. Peninsula (North Course)
20. Royal Sydney
21. The National (old Course)
22. Barwon Heads
23. Moonah Links (Legends)
24. The Dunes
25. Magenta Shores

GB&I top 75
1. Turnberry
2. R Co. Down
3. R Birkdale
4. TOC
5. Muirfied
6. Carnoustie
7. R Portrush
8. Woodhall spa
9. Loch Lomond
10. Sunningdale old
11. Dornoch
12. Kingsbarns
13. Waterville
14. Ballybunion
15. Hoylake
16. R St George's
17. R Lytham & St Anne's
18. Portmarnock
19. European
20. Wentworth West
21. Walton Heath Old
22. Saunton East
23. R Troon
24. Sunningdale new
25. Nairn
26. County Louth
27. Ganton
28. Lahinch
29. West Sussex
30. Gleneagles Kings
31. Formby
32. North Berwick West
33. Berkshire Red
34. Prestwick
35. Alwoodley
36. R Aberdeen
37. Doonbeg
38. St Enodoc
39. R Cinque Ports
40. R Porthcawl
41. Western Gailes
42. R St Davids
43. Hillside
44. Notts
45. Machrihanish
46. R West Norfolk
47. Carne
48. Silloth-on-Solway
49. St George's Hill
50. Cruden Bay
51. Rye
52. Swinley Forest
53. Woburn Marquess
54. Wentworth East
55. Little Aston
56. Gullane #1
57. Co. Sligo
58. Blairgowrie
59. Donegal
60. Ballyliffen
61. The Island
62. Machrie
63. Woburn Duke's
64. Berkshire Blue
65. Aldeburgh
66. Walton Heath New
67. The Castle Course
68. Hunstanton
69. Burnham & Berrow
70. Mt Juliet
71. Old Head
72. Ferndown Old
73. Adare
74. Hankley Common
75. Lindrick

[Andrew Summerell]

My list is based on personal preference. I tend to like the more traditional & I love links golf, so the numbers will be all over the place.

TOC
Royal Melbourne (West)
North Berwick West
Dornoch
R Portrush
Swinley Forest
Muirfield
Kingston Heath
R St George's
Carnoustie
Barnbougle Dunes
Turnberry
R Cinque Ports
New South Wales
R Birkdale
Sunningdale new
Sunningdale old
Prestwick
R Lytham & St Anne's
Woodhall spa
Cruden Bay
Western Gailes
Nairn
Royal Melbourne (East)
Royal Adelaide
Walton Heath Old
Machrihanish
Newcastle
Hoylake
R Aberdeen
R Troon
The National (Moonah)
Ganton
Formby
Berkshire Red
St George's Hill
Rye
R Porthcawl
Woking
Commonwealth
R St Davids
Hillside
St Andrew's Beach
Woodlands
R West Norfolk
Gullane #1
Machrie
Walton Heath New
Victoria
Burnham & Berrow

[Andrew Thomson]

apart from a handful of Kiwi courses, Pebble Beach, Bethpage and Valderrama, my world list is pretty much an Australian/GB & I list.

My Top 5 wouldn't change, which would be RCD, Dornoch, RMW, Portrush, North Berwick West.

I find it impossible to 'rank' British courses, as most of them I've only played once and other factors would too heavily influence my thoughts.

RCD though is the best course I have played anywhere though.

[Kevin Pallier]

Scott

I believe we have discussed something similar to this on another forum at some stage ?

Anyway - rather than list 1 thru 50 I'll give you a rough listing of "groups" where I rate both Aust / GB&I courses

(NB: These are always subject to change as I mull over courses on an almost daily basis) 

Australian courses are bolded

St. Andrews (Old)
Royal County Down
Muirfield
Royal Dornoch

Kingston Heath
Royal Melbourne (West)
Royal St. George's
Sunningdale (Old)
Swinley Forest
North Berwick (West)

New South Wales
Barnbougle Dunes
Royal Birkdale
Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin)
Sunningdale (New)
Ganton
St. George's Hill
Ballybunion (Old)
Lahinch (Old)
Royal Portrush (Dunluce)
Carnoustie (Championship)
Royal Troon (Old)
Royal Porthcawl

Notts (Hollinwell)
Royal Lytham & St. Annes
Royal Liverpool
Walton Heath (Old)
Royal West Norfolk
Rye (Old)
Saunton (East)
Portmarnock (Old)
Waterville
Kingsbarns
Turnberry (Ailsa)
Loch Lomond
Cruden Bay
Western Gailes
Newcastle
Royal Adelaide
Royal Melbourne (East)
Victoria
The National (Moonah)
Commonwealth
Woodlands
St. Andrews Beach
Peninsula (North)
The Golf Club Kennedy Bay

The Lakes
Gleneagles (Kings)
Royal Aberdeen (Balgownie)
Prestwick

[James Boon]

Scott,

A great idea though I can't really add to it as I've never been down under. However, I hope a few others can post here as I'm interested to know where some of these Australian courses sit in comparison to our courses over here?

Cheers,

James

[Mike_Clayton]

 This is slightly off topic but easier to compare because they are 'related'
Heathlands / Sandbelt top 15

Royal Melbourne West.
Kingston Heath
Sunningdale Old
Walton Heath
Swinley Forest
Woking
Royal Melbourne East
Sunningdale New
Victoria
West Sussex
St Georges Hill
Worplesdon
The Berkshire
Metropolitan
Peninsula North

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