Aug 30, 2025
Rank of Ranks – 2025

We first ran this feature all the way back in 2020. Since then, much has happened in the world of golf, none more so than the rampant demand to play some of the finest and most storied venues across all corners.

So, given the GB&I rankings have each been updated in recent months, with Top100GolfCourses.com changing theirs this week, we thought we’d see what’s happened and how they all stand up against each other. As a recap for those that weren’t with us back in 2020, here’s a refresh on how this is calculated:
We take the rankings from each of the four ranking panels across GB&I (Today’s Golfer, National Club Golfer, Golf Monthly, and Top100GolfCourses.com).
We attribute their ranking from each of those panels.

Where a course is not ranked it receives a notional 115. As there are 129 courses among all four lists, this number feels right given it sits somewhere between 101 and 130 where it may feature in those lists.

By combining all of those 4 scores we are left with a total rank for each course which can be found in the below table.
The table can be filtered according to each ranking, its rank of ranks, as well as the change in Top100GolfCourses.com’s recent ranking adjustment. We have also summarised below the ranking criteria used across each publication.

 

The Rank of Ranks

Top 100 Golf Courses .com

Course

Change vs 2023 Rank

Rank of Ranks order

Rank of Ranks score

NCG

Golf World

Golf Monthly
               
1 Royal County Down 0 1 5 1 2 1
2 St Andrews (Old) 0 2 7 2 1 2
3 Royal Portrush (Dunluce) 3 5 21 5 6 7
4 Muirfield 0 4 17 4 5 4
5 Trump Turnberry (Ailsa) -2 3 14 3 3 3
6 Royal Dornoch -1 6 26 11 4 5
7 Royal St George's 1 7 31 6 7 11
8 Sunningdale (Old) 1 8 34 8 8 10
9 Ballybunion (Old) -2 14 64 25 11 19
10 Lahinch (Old) 1 14 64 13 17 24
11 Carnoustie 1 9 48 16 13 8
12 Rosapaenna (St Patrick's Links) 2 19 84 14 19 39
13 Sunningdale (New) 5 11 55 17 16 9
14 North Berwick -4 13 61 9 10 28
15 Kingsbarns 1 12 56 15 12 14
16 Ardfin 10 51 206 60 15 115
17 St Enodoc (Church) 12 35 145 47 40 41
18 Swinley Forest -1 21 94 23 20 33
19 Cabot Highlands (Castle Stuart 0 20 90 26 24 21
20 Royal Lytham & St Anne's 2 17 78 12 30 16
21 Royal Porthcawl 6 27 120 44 33 22
22 Cruden Bay 2 28 122 21 21 58
23 Ganton 2 28 122 28 39 32
24 Portmarnock -9 16 71 7 14 26
25 Trump International - Scotland -2 23 107 42 25 15
26 Royal Birkdale -13 10 51 10 9 6
27 St George's Hill (Red & Blue) 1 28 122 41 29 25
28 Royal Aberdeen (Balgownie) -7 26 118 38 35 17
29 Royal Cinque Ports 1 28 122 22 28 43
30 Prestwick 4 33 144 39 31 44
31 West Sussex 0 56 217 66 58 62
32 Rye 13 41 177 43 41 61
33 Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin) -13 18 81 18 18 12
34 Royal Troon (Old) -2 25 113 36 23 20
35 Royal West Norfolk 8 36 163 27 42 59
36 Walton Heath (Old) 3 32 138 31 36 35
37 Machrihanish 7 49 204 61 38 68
38 Royal Liverpool 4 22 106 29 26 13
39 Gleneagles (Kings) -1 33 144 35 34 36
40 Loch Lomond -3 57 221 34 32 115
41 Alwoodley -5 36 163 32 37 53
42 European Club -9 39 171 52 59 18
43 Western Gailes -2 40 175 37 49 46
44 Hollinwell 3 43 189 46 52 47
45 Waterville -10 24 110 20 22 23
46 Dumbarnie -6 58 223 72 68 37
47 Silloth on Solway -1 47 202 57 47 51
48 The Island 1 49 204 33 51 72
49 Berkshire (Red) 1 52 207 62 54 42
50 County Louth 7 53 211 48 53 60
51 Hillside 0 48 203 56 66 30
52 Formby 0 38 168 30 46 40
53 Saunton (East) 0 46 195 40 48 54
54 Nairn 1 55 214 58 64 38
55 Wentworth (West) -7 87 357 115 72 115
56 Hankley Common 2 44 192 49 56 31
57 County Sligo -3 59 224 24 62 81
58 Trump International - Ireland -2 60 225 59 60 48
59 Machrie 1 53 210 55 44 52
60 Adare Manor -1 45 194 64 43 27
61 Gullane (1) 3 63 246 54 65 66
62 Burnham & Berrow 0 42 186 45 50 29
63 Carne 3 70 283 87 55 78
64 Ballyliffin (Glashedy) -1 69 272 65 76 67
65 Rosapenna (Sandy Hills) -4 76 311 115 81 50
66 Woking 1 67 258 68 45 79
67 Tralee 3 64 247 74 61 45
68 Queenwood -3 98 413 115 115 115
69 Hunstanton 0 68 269 67 63 70
70 Enniscrone -2 83 346 115 77 84
71 Liphook 4 71 290 77 87 55
72 Worplesdon 1 73 297 83 79 63
73 Skibo Castle 3 61 234 19 27 115
74 Renaissance -2 92 382 95 98 115
75 Old Head -4 62 235 51 75 34
76 Portstewart 4 87 367 115 84 92
77 West Hill 1 77 321 91 82 71
78 Narin & Portnoo -4 105 423 115 115 115
79 Pennard 2 86 353 89 70 115
80 Gleneagles (Queens) -3 65 255 50 69 56
81 Royal St Davids -2 66 258 71 57 49
82 Machrihanish Dunes 1 85 352 81 74 115
83 Parkstone 5 79 324 84 83 74
84 Berkshire (Blue) -2 75 306 73 92 57
85 Aberdovey -1 81 327 82 78 82
86 West Lancs 0 72 295 63 71 75
87 Prince's -2 73 297 70 67 73
88 The Addington 27 91 374 98 73 115
89 Broadstone -2 111 434 115 86 115
90 JCB 3 97 410 115 90 115
91 Hindhead 0 100 417 115 96 115
92 Walton Heath (New) -3 79 324 75 93 64
93 Castletown 22 102 420 115 97 115
94 Delamere Forest 1 115 439 115 115 115
95 Southport & Ainsdale 2 78 323 69 94 65
96 Moortown 2 82 330 85 80 69
97 Wallasey 18 90 370 99 89 85
98 Royal Dublin 17 122 443 115 115 115
99 Brora -7 93 394 92 88 115
100 St Andrews (New) -10 83 346 79 91 76
115 Elie 0 89 368 53 85 115
115 Trevose 0 94 395 90 115 89
115 Ferndown 0 95 396 97 115 80
115 Luffness New 0 96 403 80 115 83
115 Blairgowrie (Rosemount) 0 98 413 115 115 97
115 Royal North Devon -16 101 418 115 115 115
115 Woburn (Duke's) 0 102 420 115 115 93
115 Murcar 0 104 422 115 115 77
115 Goswick 0 105 423 96 115 115
115 Tandridge 0 107 425 115 115 115
115 Woburn (Marquess) 0 108 431 115 115 86
115 Ballyliffin (Old) 0 109 432 88 100 87
115 Saunton (West) 0 110 433 115 115 88
115 Panmure 0 112 435 78 115 90
115 Woburn (Duchess) 0 113 436 115 115 91
115 Seaton Carew (Micklem) 0 114 438 93 115 115
115 The Grove 0 115 439 115 115 94
115 Royal Worlington & Newmarket 0 115 439 94 115 115
115 Royal Ashdown Forest 0 118 440 115 95 115
115 Mount Juliet -19 118 440 115 115 95
115 Dundonald 0 120 441 115 115 96
115 Southerness 0 120 441 115 99 115
115 Gleneagles (PGA Centenary) 0 122 443 115 115 98
115 Conwy 0 124 444 100 115 99
115 New Zealand 0 124 444 115 115 115
115 St Andrews (Castle) -15 126 445 115 115 100
115 Sherwood Forest 0 126 445 76 115 115
115 Aldeburgh 0 128 460 86 115 115
    0 128 460     115
    -21 128 460     115
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