My 50 Course UK bucket list (and a bit about me...)
Partly for my own benefit, to document what I have been up to and create a way of remembering my experiences, I have decided to create this blog to write a bit about each golf course as I play it.
Before I run through the list, I thought it might be a good idea to give a bit of an overview of my background in golf. I grew up as a junior playing Silverstone GC (Northamptonshire) which was a magical time for many of us, with 7 or 8 of us getting down lower than 6, able to practice for days at a time as our parents would drop us off on the way to work and pick us up on the way home. After this, I went off to university in Bournemouth where my game (predictably) dropped off for a few years before playing in the golf team in my final year. 3 more years at Silverstone followed before moving down to Woking and joining West Hill - where I have learned a lot about my game and the importance of keeping the ball in play, where I remain a true 6 handicap which seems to travel a lot more robustly than it did in the past!
While I say that I haven't played enough of the UK's Golf Courses, I have been fortunate enough to play plenty of great golf courses, these are not included on the list in case you wondered why places like Royal St Georges are missing! So, here's the list;
England:
1. Sunningdale (Old)
2. St George's Hill
3. Cinque Ports
4. Wentworth (West)
5. Walton Heath (Old)
6. Formby
7. Saunton
8. The Berkshire
9. Hillside
10. Burnham & Berrow
11. Hunstanton
12. Hankley Common
13. Worplesdon
14. Hindhead
15. Royal Lytham & St Annes
16. Southport & Ainsdale
17. Ganton
18. Hollinwell
19. Rye
20. Broadstone
21. Remedy Oak
22. New Zealand
23. Royal Liverpool
24. Hayling Island
25. North Hants
Wales:
26. Royal Porthcawl
Scotland:
27. St Andrews Old
28. Trump Turnberry
29. Carnoustie
30. Dornoch
31. Trump International
32. Cruden Bay
33. Western Gailes
34. Prestwick
35. Nairn
36. Gullane
37. Machrihanish (Dunes)
38. Castle Stuart
39. Brora
40. Kilspindie
41. North Berwick
42. Muirfield
Ireland:
43. Royal County Down
44. Lahinch
45. Waterville
46. Old Head
47. Adare Manor
48. Ballybunion
49. Ballyliffin
50. Portrush
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