Phil Ree

Nomad golfer at the wrong end of Kent. Have played all Open venues, now back to planning golf on every continent.

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Canterbury Golf Club 30/08/2022

13^th

Canterbury is a pleasant walk and round of golf although not exactly strategic, besides risking tree trouble with driver or playing safely with irons – or playing irons i...

Machrihanish (Championship) 30/05/2022

2^nd 19^th 44^th

Machrihanish has a front nine to rival almost anywhere. Its set of greens might be the best and most fun I’ve seen, they are wacky but natural and fit the lumpy, crested...

Machrihanish Dunes 27/05/2022

4^th 26^th 83^rd

If you don’t mind a course being rustic or having preferred lies, you will love this. It’s up, down and sideways, it’s blind shots, quirk, and some of the most wacky natu...

Dunaverty 26/05/2022

5^th

For a seaside course this is a hard walk, it is more clifftop than links. It’s short, fun and scoreable in the right conditions but we played in harsh winds which took so...

Trump Turnberry (Ailsa) 26/05/2022

1^st 2^nd 3^rd 8^th

Everyone knows about the Ailsa so I’ll keep this as a short as the iron I toed off the 14th tee. What surprised me about Turnberry was the quality and variety and greens,...

Trump Turnberry (King Robert the Bruce) 26/05/2022

6^th 40^th

Personally I’d rank RTB far lower than 40th in Scotland. The new holes on the coast are stunning, the 9th that plays across the ravine is in particular although I’m not s...

Glasgow (Gailes Links) 24/05/2022

7^th 47^th

Unfortunately I found Gailes a little flat and uninspiring. The heather gives it a nice heathland vibe but a lot of holes merged into one. A couple of the late semi-blind...

Dundonald 23/05/2022

5^th 30^th 100^th

I am surprised Dundonald doesn’t split opinion more. It is objectively good but it’s clearly man-made and doesn’t play like the Ayrshire links it claims to. It is the opp...

Kilmarnock (Barassie) 20/05/2022

11^th 71^st

This is a very under-ranked course in my opinion. I've played 8 of the top 9 in Ayrshire and definitely recommend here over Glasgow Gailes, Robert The Bruce, St Nicholas...

Troon (Lochgreen) 20/05/2022

18^th

Lochgreen is a mixed bag, as you’d expect. The highlights are the hillier links holes between 4 and 9, the worst are the lush parkland ones from 11 to 13. That’s fine tho...

Croham Hurst 03/05/2022

43^rd

Croham is a pleasant old parkland with a few less than memorable holes but enough variety and hills to maintain interest and make it worth a visit.Greens don’t roll entir...

Castlerock (Bann) 29/03/2022

4^th 16^th

I did see on here a while back that a nine-hole ranking may come about, and Bann would likely be near the top of it. It has wild dunes, scenery and short fun holes which...

Castlerock (Mussenden) 29/03/2022

2^nd 5^th

Castlerock has a bit of everything – a burn, a railway, a couple blind shots, some elevated tees, hilltop holes, flat areas, plus some big dunes … As the land is obviousl...

Portstewart (Strand) 25/03/2022

1^st 3^rd 80^th

A lot’s already been written about Portstewart’s front nine and all of it’s correct. So I’ll instead focus on hole 9 onwards, which although different they’re certainly n...

Royal Portrush (Valley) 24/03/2022

2^nd 6^th

The Valley is a solid course with a few highlights, particularly I thought its new holes. Much of the course plays parallel to the beach so you’re enduring the same wind,...

Royal Portrush (Dunluce) 23/03/2022

1^st 2^nd 6^th 11^th

The Dunluce is an adventure. I didn’t play the old layout but I’d say the new one builds and crescendos extremely well, whilst using more of the biggest dunes earlier in...

Seaton Carew (Old) 26/01/2022

1^st 72^nd

I played Seaton on a cold January afternoon and it is ideal winter golf, as you’d expect for a highly ranked links layout. Frost and frozen ground apparently aren’t an is...

Muirfield 10/11/2021

1^st 3^rd 4^th 14^th

Muirfield has that intangible quality that won’t have you taking constant photos but will hold your interest at a high level throughout. It’s a bit more like an understat...

Gullane (No.1) 10/11/2021

3^rd 22^nd 64^th

Ranking-wise I’d say Gullane 1 is a little underrated – the only semi-weak holes are by the clubhouse, which isn’t abnormal. The views are some of the best around and the...

Montrose (1562) 01/10/2021

3^rd 53^rd

Montrose has a famous front nine but its back nine is just as interesting, only without the views. I played on a day windy enough to be blowing my bag over, and it was st...

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