The best of the best

A very warm welcome to the 2025/26 Golf Monthly UK&I Top 100 and Next 100 course rankings.

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Although I've been with the magazine since they were introduced, this is my first time as editor. It has been an eye-opener for me to see just how much work goes into the process, a great deal conducted by you, our readers.

This is now the 11th of our biennial lists, which we strongly believe have evolved to be an honest, representative and trustworthy ranking of the best 200 courses that are open to all. Initially featuring 120 courses, we made the decision in 2009/10 to switch to a more logical Top 100 at the same time as adding a second tier, the Next 100.

Since then, the exponential growth of the internet and social media has led to the arrival of more and more ranking lists and review sites, arguably too many. At