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Mike Brooks

I’ve been an avid golfer since I was about 15 years old, living in Edinburgh. I am a member at Archerfield, North Berwick and Royal Dornoch and play off 9. I love playing new courses and have set myself a challenge of playing the top 100 courses in GB&I and as many of the top 100 courses in the world as possible.

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Royal Dornoch (Championship) 05/05/2022

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The championship course at Dornoch is sublime. It combines charm, challenge, beauty and tradition in a way that is hard to match elsewhere in the British Isles or indeed,...

Anfi Tauro 22/02/2022

1^st 17^th 84^th

Any discussion of Anfi Tauro as a golf course needs to consider the terrain that it was built on. Gran Canaria is far from a natural place for a golf course given its roc...

Yas Links 21/01/2022

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I have played Yas Links 7 or 8 times, with the last time 2 years ago to the day. Watching the top pros playing it has brought back some great memories and prompted me to...

Crete 21/10/2021

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Crete only has one golf course so is not going to be a golfing destination. However if you are on the island and fancy a game then this is a very nice course to play. I p...

Quinta da Marinha 20/10/2021

12^th 38^th

QDM has possibly the most unusual routing of any course I’ve ever played. The 7th tee is adjacent to that of the par 3 6th meaning you play the 6th and then just walk bac...

Praia D'El Rey 20/10/2021

4^th 8^th 48^th

Unfortunately we played the course on a misty day so did not get the benefit of the views which I understand are one of the major plus points of the course. However, we a...

Oitavos Dunes 20/10/2021

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Oitavos Dunes is a very playable course, in decent nick and good for holiday golf. However there is nothing particularly special about it and, like many others, I find it...

Penha Longa (Atlântico) 20/10/2021

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Penha Longa was my personal favourite of the five courses we played on our recent trip to the Lisbon coast. I really liked the variety of holes and changes of elevation....

West Cliffs 06/10/2021

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We were very much looking forward to playing West Cliffs given its high ranking and other positive reviews. Unfortunately for our group it didn’t live up to the billing....

Trump Turnberry (Ailsa) 19/06/2021

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When I played Turnberry a couple of times 10-15 years ago I felt it was a very good course but did not reach the heights of the best Open courses, such as Muirfield and C...

Royal Aberdeen (Balgownie) 19/06/2021

1^st 9^th 21^st 52^nd

RA is a classic links course, almost in the 9 out, 9 in style. As others have noted the front 9 is very strong whilst the back 9 is weaker. I particularly liked the par 3...

Carnoustie (Championship) 19/06/2021

1^st 6^th 12^th 28^th

Carnoustie ranks alongside Portrush and Muirfield as one of the best tests of golf in the British Isles in my view. Every hole presents its own challenge and it’s possibl...

Castle Stuart 20/05/2021

2^nd 8^th 19^th 53^rd

I have now played Castle Stuart five times and every time I play it my appreciation grows. “Visual experience” is the first section in the yardage book introduction and r...

JCB 05/05/2021

1^st 40^th 93^rd

I was very much looking forward to playing JCB given how hard it is to get on to, the positive comments from some of the initial reviews and its stated intention of tryin...

Liphook 05/05/2021

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Liphook is a charming and beautifully presented course, incorporating a great variety of holes. The combination of pine trees, heather, white sand and the occasional lake...

Bearwood Lakes 05/05/2021

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Bearwood Lakes is not on many people’s bucket list of courses to play. It doesn’t (yet) feature in any of the top 100 GB&I listings and it doesn’t have the reputation of...

Queenwood 05/05/2021

7^th 27^th 65^th

Queenwood is the most beautiful and immaculately presented course that I have had the good fortune to play. Everything about it oozes class. The pristine condition remind...

St George's Hill (Red & Blue) 05/05/2021

3^rd 9^th 28^th 67^th

Before you hit a ball at SGH it is clear you are in a special place. The drive through the estate to the clubhouse, past the opulent houses, is like no other. The clubhou...

Royal Ashdown Forest (Old) 05/05/2021

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I think it’s fair to say I didn’t fully appreciate RAF on my first visit. This was probably because it was the hottest day of the year, I played terribly and it’s a cours...

Ganton 10/01/2021

1^st 8^th 25^th 77^th

I am loath to make too firm a judgement of a course having only played it once, especially when I arrived tired after a long drive, but I found Ganton underwhelming. It i...

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