The Golf Pilgrim Top 100
This is the essential podcast for those planning to play the world's top golf courses.
We now have dozens of reviews from Top 100 courses in the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, the USA and Australia…and the library is building every week. All the episodes are stand alone - you don't have to listen to them in any particular order.
In 2020 Neil White began a challenge to play all of the world's top courses. You can read his reviews at www.thegolfpilgrim.com. Now you can listen to his reviews, as he gives an honest account of the courses, the practice facilities, and the food available. Is it value for money? Will you be made to feel welcome as a visitor?
There are champagne and comedy moments to discuss, in the company of his fellow journalist and pal Ian Woods. Ian's a former Sky News and BBC Correspondent, who's now working for ITV. He's played a lot of great courses too, and is a former Captain of the Press Golfing Society.
Episodes
122 episodes
The European/Brittas Bay Club, County Wicklow, Ireland
If you've ever played The European Club, or ever wanted to, then this is a must-listen episode! Because The European is dead - but in 2027 will be reborn as The Brittas Bay Club.Raymond and Nicky Conlan bought the club from its founder, ...
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Episode 121
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40:37
Martin Ebert Special
When the R&A feel that one of their Open Championship venues needs an update, Martin Ebert is the man they turn to. He's already working on changes to the Old Course at St Andrews ready for 2027, and supervised improvements to Royal B...
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Episode 120
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38:42
New Zealand GC, Surrey, England
Join us as we step back in time, to a club where the lockers still bear the names of long-dead members, and where a competitive round of golf often takes second place to a good lunch.The New Zealand Golf Club (listen to the podcast for a...
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Episode 119
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43:22
Top Of The Scots
What are the very best golf courses in Scotland? In 2025 Neil and Ian joined the ratings panel for National Club Golfer, and their new top 100 list has just been published.Dan Murphy, who sets the guidelines and edits the rankings ...
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Episode 118
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34:22
The Island, County Dublin, Ireland
Some golf days are just a bit more special than others, so this mid-winter visit to The Island, north of Dublin, will linger long in the memory.A chilly, but sunny day; a very warm welcome from the staff, and a challenging course in grea...
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Episode 117
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42:05
Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England
Even if you've never heard of the golf course, you all know Sherwood Forest thanks to dozens of depictions of Robin Hood in TV and cinema. Any course designed by Harry Colt and later by James Braid is always worth exploring, and th...
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Episode 116
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40:47
Best of the best of 2025 (Part 2)
In the second half of our review of the year, we explore golf in Scandinavia and the Baltic, as well as Ireland's Wild Atlantic coast. But nothing beats a visit to Fife when the Old Course at St Andrews is on the itinerary.Golf com...
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Episode 115
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30:16
Best of the best of 2025 (Part 1)
While we take a bit of a break for Christmas, join us for a look back on some of the best courses we played during 2025. In this first half we recall rounds in continental Europe as well as Great Britain…with Cruden Bay in Scotland among ...
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Episode 114
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29:06
Rosendaelsche, Gelderland, Netherlands
The club’s motto translates as “go straight and you will never fail”, which is sensible advice on most courses, but particularly so at Rosendalelsche with its huge number of trees One of continental Europe’s top ranked courses, on ...
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Episode 113
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28:17
The Addington, Surrey, England
"Ch-ch-changes.." sang David Bowie, and we know many golf club members are deeply suspicious of any dramatic alterations to their beloved course. But the vast changes at The Addington this decade have been widely praised.The Addington wa...
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Episode 112
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42:46
Kennemer, North Holland, Netherlands
If you feel weary after your 18 holes at Kennemer, spare a thought for Ryder Cup stars Jose-Marie Olazabal and Ronan Rafferty, who endured a record-breaking NINE hole play-off here to decide the Dutch Open in 1989.Ronan joins us on the p...
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Episode 111
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35:08
Kilspindie, East Lothian, Scotland
Golfers visiting East Lothian are spoilt for choice, but many choose to include Kilspindie in their itinerary.These tight, traditional links offer spectacular views, and the relatively short course is popular with those who favour accura...
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Episode 110
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32:44
Royal Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Ony five courses in Continental Europe make it into the best in the World list according to Top100golfcourses.com - but Royal Hague is one of them.Awarded its "Royal" tag on its centenary in 1993, the Dutch King and Queen frequently play...
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Episode 109
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37:06
Musselburgh Old Links and Royal Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
Unusually, we've combined two golf clubs into one episode - but they do have something in common.Musselburgh Old Links was one of the original venues for The Open Championship, but the limitations of its nine-hole layout led to its repla...
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Episode 108
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32:10
De Texelse, North Holland, Netherlands
The first of a quartet of Dutch course reviews coming up in the next few weeks as the Netherlands becomes the 15th country to be visited by the Golf Pilgrim.De Texelse is a tranquil resort on an island just off the coast of Holland, and ...
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Episode 107
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36:27
Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland
We are delving into the history books in this episode…because recent research indicates that Lanark is the oldest inland golf course in the world.They've been playing here since 1851, with Old Tom Morris and James Braid lending their exp...
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Episode 106
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33:50
Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire, England
Stoke Park was the setting for one of the most famous moments in golf, albeit a fictional match.Its proximity to Pinewood film studios meant it was the perfect spot to film James Bond's match against Auric Goldfinger in the 007 movie rel...
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Episode 105
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38:45
Powfoot, Dumfrieshire, Scotand
Powfoot may be some distance from Scotland's most famous links, but that can have advantages.Visitors will discover a much lower greenfee than better known courses. And its location, a dozen or so miles from the M6 and the English ...
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Episode 104
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25:34
Enniscrone, County Sligo, Ireland
Back to the west coast of Ireland and another links course on the Wild Atlantic Way. Enniscrone is rated highly enough to feature in the top 100 in GB & Ireland, having been extended from 9 to 18 holes by Eddie Hackett in the 19...
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Episode 103
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36:22
Loch Lomond, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
The great American golfer Tom Weiskopf won the Open at Troon and was runner-up at the Masters at Augusta four times. But when he designed this exclusive course on the banks of Loch Lomond, he considered it his lasting memorial to golf.
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Episode 102
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28:54
Carne, County Mayo, Ireland
When golf writer Tom Coyne travelled around Ireland playing all its great links courses, everyone was keen to know which one he enjoyed the most. Carne was not the favourite that most would have expected.But its rawness and remoten...
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Season 1
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Episode 101
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40:53
St Andrews Old Course, Fife, Scotland
Reasons to listen to this extra-special, bumper edition episode from St Andrews...We offer practical advice on how to secure a tee time on the Old Course and how to play if you're a mid-to-high handicapper.Sky Sports Golf host Nic...
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Episode 100
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Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
Have you ever had a hole-in-one, three days running, on the same hole? In a competition? No, we didn't think so.That's why the 16th at Hunstanton Golf Club has a plaque honouring Bob Taylor. He tells us about his extraordinary...
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Episode 99
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35:25
County Sligo, Sligo, Ireland
The Golf Pilgrim teams up with two of the internet’s most popular golf video creators at one of Ireland’s most popular courses!County Sligo, also known as Rosses Point, is set amid the stunning scenery which inspired the Nobel Prize-winn...
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Episode 98
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