Top 100 Golf Courses of Britain & Ireland 2009

Position

Course

Move

1

Royal County Down

No move

2

Turnberry (Ailsa) 

Up 1

3

Muirfield 

Up 1

4

Ballybunion (Old)

Up 6

5

Royal Portrush (Dunluce)

No move

6

Royal Birkdale 

Up 1

7

Royal Dornoch (Championship)

Up 4

8

Kingsbarns 

Down 2

9

St Andrews (Old)

Down 7

10

Sunningdale (Old)

Up 9

11

Royal St George's 

Up 6

12

Loch Lomond 

Up 1

13

Carnoustie (Championship) 

Down 5

14

Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin) 

Down 5

15

Lahinch (Old) 

Down 3

16

Royal Lytham & St Annes

Up 4

17

European Club 

Up 1

18

Portmarnock (Old) 

Down 3

19

Waterville 

Down 5

20

Royal Liverpool

Down 4

21

Royal Troon (Old)

Up 3

22

Ganton 

Down 1

23

Walton Heath (Old) 

No move

24

Machrihanish 

Up 5

25

North Berwick (West)

Up 7

26

Royal Porthcawl 

No move

27

Wentworth (West) 

Down 5

28

Royal Aberdeen (Balgownie) 

Up 5

29

Swinley Forest 

Up 14

30

Cruden Bay 

Down 5

31

Old Head 

Up 7

32

St George's Hill (Red & Blue) 

Down 1

33

Carne 

Up 3

34

St Enodoc (Church) 

Up 1

35

Western Gailes

Up 4

36

Tralee 

Up 11

37

Nairn 

Down 7

38

Prestwick 

Up 10

39

Rye (Old)

Up 27

40

Hillside

Down 3

41

Saunton (East) 

Down 7

42

Doonbeg 

Down 1

43

Sunningdale (New) 

Up 2

44

Gleneagles (King's) 

Down 17

45

West Sussex 

Up 26

46

Royal St David's 

Up 8

47

Royal West Norfolk 

Down 3

48

Formby 

Down 6

49

Silloth on Solway 

Down 9

50

Royal Cinque Ports 

Up 11

51

Hankley Common 

Up 25

52

Notts 

Up 4

53

Rosapenna (Sandy Hills)

Up 7

54

Berkshire (Red) 

Up 4

55

Pennard 

Up 10

56

Ballyliffin (Glashedy) 

Up 1

57

Enniscrone (Dunes) 

Up 11

58

Alwoodley 

Up 17

59

Nefyn & District (Old) 

No move

60

Bearwood Lakes 

Up 17

61

County Louth

Up 3

62

Southport & Ainsdale 

New Entry

63

Gullane (No.1)

Down 14

64

Druids Glen 

Down 13

65

St Andrews (New)

Up 32

66

Berkshire (Blue) 

Up 18

67

West Hill 

Up 18

68

Worplesdon 

Down 1

69

St Andrews (Castle)

New Entry

70

Aberdovey

Down 1

71

Aldeburgh 

Up 12

72

Walton Heath (New)

Up 22

73

Island 

Down 20

74

Remedy Oak 

New Entry

75

Burnham & Berrow

Up 11

76

Addington

Up 12

77

Castletown

Up 16

78

Wentworth (East)

Down 23

79

Mount Juliet

Down 31

80

K Club (Palmer)

Down 34

81

Dundonald 

New Entry

82

Machrie 

Down 10

83

County Sligo (Championship)

Down 33

84

Chart Hills 

Down 2

85

Trevose (Championship) 

Up 7

86

Woburn (Marquess)

Down 8

87

Adare Manor 

Down 7

88

Hunstanton

Down 15

89

Carton House (Montgomerie)

Down 23

90

Woking

New Entry

91

Ferndown (Old) 

New Entry

92

Portstewart (Strand) 

Up 4

93

Castlerock (Mussenden) 

Down 3

94

St Mellion (Nicklaus) 

New Entry

95

Queenwood

New Entry

96

Royal Ashdown Forest (Old) 

Up 3

97

Belfry (Brabazon)

Down 23

98

Gleneagles (Queens's) 

Down 46

99

Killarney (Killeen)

New Entry

100

Blairgowrie (Rosemount)

Down 38