Thomas Dean

I'm a member of Hindhead Golf Club based down in the Heathland belt of Surrey, England. Playing to a handicap of 7, most of my golf experience has been limited to the UK and Ireland, of which, I've played around a third of the top 100 courses.

Favourite courses played to date include Cruden Bay, Royal St George's, Royal Birkdale, Ganton, Royal Dornoch and St Enodoc.

Reviews

Sort by Rating Filter by country

Crans-sur-Sierre (Severiano Ballesteros) 07/06/2018

5^th

I’m a sucker for some nice scenery on a golf course, and this is something that Crans-sur-Sierre provides by the bucket load. Playing golf in the mountains was a treat an...

Worplesdon 07/06/2018

9^th 30^th 71^st

Worplesdon was the missing piece in my 3W jigsaw, so obvious comparisons were made during the round with nearby Woking and West Hill. One immediate area where Worplesdon...

Hunstanton 19/05/2018

2^nd 29^th 69^th

Once you’ve genuinely caught the bug for links golf, the treelined parkland variety just somehow feels inferior. Hunstanton is everything I’d expect of a traditional link...

Notts 15/05/2018

1^st 19^th 45^th

A trip to Hollinwell came as one of the highlights in the itinerary of a recent golf tour proving to be a serious step up from all of the other inland courses we played d...

Sherwood Forest 04/05/2018

2^nd 54^th

The opening stretch at Sherwood Forest is all laid out in front of the clubhouse so it’s a wonderful vista to display what’s in store for the first time visitor. You’re i...

Beau Desert 01/05/2018

2^nd 55^th

There are a lot of positives that can be said about the course at Beau Desert as it makes a rise and fall through the outskirts of Cannock Chase, an Area of Outstanding N...

Aldeburgh (Championship) 28/04/2018

1^st 49^th

A big thank you firstly to the team at Aldeburgh who gave us a really warm welcome, far beyond what I expected of a club of this stature. Both the club professional and s...

Sheringham 24/04/2018

3^rd 77^th

Firstly, I have to point out that Sheringham is not a links. I’m struggling to understand why a number of reviewers are insisting that it is. The turf doesn’t compress li...

Royal West Norfolk 18/04/2018

1^st 17^th 43^rd

Royal West Norfolk, or Brancaster as it’s known to the locals is a completely unique experience and something I’d recommend as a “must play” for all keen links golfers. B...

The Addington 16/04/2018

13^th 35^th 83^rd

Having previously read several reviews below lavishing high praise on the course before playing here, I had to question whether I’d stepped onto the wrong course after pl...

Streamsong (Black) 05/03/2018

95^th

Whilst Red and Blue feel similar, the Black is played across contrasting ground to the other two courses. Played across expansive sandy wasteland with big links style gre...

Streamsong (Blue) 05/03/2018

5^th 70^th 80^th

Every golf course ranking I’ve seen has the Red course rated ahead of the Blue, this website included, so naturally I thought my opinion would conform with this, but to m...

Streamsong (Red) 05/03/2018

4^th 55^th 63^rd

I managed to fit in playing all three courses at Streamsong over a period of just 30 hours and the Red was first up. Both Red and Blue occupy the same prime piece of land...

Royal Dornoch (Championship) 03/12/2017

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

Royal Dornoch was my first experience of a World Top Ten course so expectations were naturally high. Playing the course in Spring of this year also meant the gorse was in...

Isle of Purbeck (Purbeck) 16/11/2017

5^th 67^th

If you’re going to take your non-golf playing partner out onto the golf course, then look no further than Isle of Purbeck. The views here are spectacular. Located above P...

Fraserburgh (Corbie Hill) 13/11/2017

5^th 49^th

Fraserburgh is quite an unfashionable links for many a touring golfer but seems to be increasing in its popularity as word gets out about this genuine hidden gem. Oddly,...

Royal St George's 01/11/2017

1^st 1^st 8^th 23^rd

I first visited Royal St. George’s on a damp and dreary day on the Saturday of the 2011 Open Championship. I was soaked to the bone and must admit that as a spectator I d...

Boat of Garten 23/10/2017

8^th 41^st

You might benefit from being part mountain goat if you plan to play this gem in the Cairngorms. As you’d expect from a location such as this, the scenery is beautiful and...

Brora 17/10/2017

6^th 30^th 94^th

Brora is the wild-west of links golf and a completely unique experience. Whilst Royal Dornoch, a short drive down the road gets the plaudits, shame on you if you don’t he...

Penina (Championship) 10/10/2017

15^th 28^th

I’ve stayed at Penina twice now, over which time I’ve played the Henry Cotton Championship Course three, maybe four times. Whilst I’ve enjoyed my trips to the resort, it...

«
1
2
3
»

10 Latest Course Reviews

Sherborne

We played Sherborne recently in the Men's Betterball Open and I was really looking forw...

Koninklijke Haagsche

The best for the last? Yes, the absolute best one for the last round! A close match won...

Utrecht de Pan

Fourth stage of the Iron Man tour and one course that I confirm if located anywhere in...

Eindhovensche

Third stop of the Amsterdam Iron Man Quest, 6am wake up call and 1hr drive for the firs...

Lage Vuursche

Lage Vuursche was my second stop in the Netherlands, just 1hr after finishing at Noordw...

Noordwijkse

Noordwijkse was my first stop of a 3 days and 5 WALKING rounds in Amsterdam invited by...

Formby

My first ever time playing a links course and of course it was during 'Storm Hector'. A...

Royal West Norfolk

Is there anywhere more serene than this glorious links course on a sunny breezy day. Un...

Oudenaarde (Kasteel)

Played the Castle Course early May of 2018 and enjoyed it thoroughly. You could see the...

Tobacco Road

This is quite the golf course and an experience you will surely remember. The setting...

View latest 100 reviews