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
106 episodes
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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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Episode 100
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1:07:56
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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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Episode 98
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28:38
Bro Hof Slott, Stockholm, Sweden
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Spain, France and Italy have all hosted the Ryder Cup. And yet Sweden - which has provided ten players in the European Team - is still waiting.We think the Stadium Course at Bro Hof Slott near Sto...
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Episode 97
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34:58
Narin & Portnoo, Donegal, Ireland
There are some links courses where golfers will never see the sea, and then there are some that hug the coastline so tightly that the beach is a tempting diversion. At Narin & Portnoo, they tell the story of a German couple who ...
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Episode 96
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37:53
Ullna, Stockholm, Sweden
There's never been a sportsman like Sven Tumba. After playing Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics and football in the European Cup, he turned his attention to golf, became a professional, and represented Sweden in the World Cup. Oh, a...
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Episode 95
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28:33
Lough Erne (Faldo), County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Must golfers come to Ireland for a Links experience, but Lough Erne offers something different. Designed by 6-time major winner Sir Nick Faldo, and opened in 2009, it's been named in the top ten parkland courses in GB & Ireland.
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Season 1
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Episode 94
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38:24
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Sky Sports golf commentator Ewen Murray has worked and played at the world's most famous courses. But ask him his favourite….and he'll tell you to go to a links course in East Lothian, which more illustrious neighbours surround.Ewe...
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Season 1
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Episode 93
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39:35
Österåker (Öster by Stenson), Stockholm, Sweden
After a cameo appearance in our Royal Troon episode, Henrik Stenson is back to discuss the Swedish course that bears his name.The former Open champion has teamed up with architect Christian Lundin to revamp the two 18-hole courses at thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 92
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33:20
Renaissance Club, East Lothian, Scotland
Fancy a round at the exclusive course which hosts the Scottish Open? Renaissance is a private members' club for the wealthy. But when the Golf Pilgrim played with Jerry Sarvadi, he suggested anyone who wants a game should give...
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Season 1
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Episode 91
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37:16
Åland (Castle), Åland Islands, Finland
A hundred years ago, the Åland Islands were the subject of an international dispute that had to be settled by the League of Nations. Are they Finnish or Swedish?Well, for the last century, the answer is a bit of both. The arc...
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Episode 90
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35:50
Royal Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland
An all-star edition in which we visit one of the world's best-known courses and talk to two famous figures who know it well.Royal Troon is a regular host of The Open Championship, and in 2016, Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson played som...
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Season 1
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Episode 89
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39:10
Kytäjä, Uusimaa, Finland
A tale of two courses…one which has mysteriously slipped out of Europe's Top 100 list, while its once lesser-ranked twin has overtaken it.At one point Kytäjä’s South-East course was rated as high as 65th in the continental list and was N...
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Season 1
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Episode 88
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36:48
Western Gailes, Ayrshire, Scotland
Western Gailes, on a narrow strip of land between the Ayrshire coast and a railway line is a tough test for any golfer. That's why it's been used as an Open qualifying venue and recently staged the Scottish women's amateur championship. T...
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Season 1
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Episode 87
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38:25
Linna, Kanta-Häme, Finland
Finland is often rated as the happiest nation in the world. Is it because of its high standard of living? Is it the beauty of the landscape, or because Finns spend so much time in saunas? Or could it be because they have some beautiful go...
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Season 1
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Episode 86
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36:17
Camberley Heath, Surrey, England
There are so many highly rated courses in this part of England, that Camberley Heath probably doesn't get the attention it deserves, even though it's in England's Top 100.But this Harry Colt heathland gem should be on your must-play list...
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Season 1
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Episode 85
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35:26
Pärnu Bay, Estonia
We're publishing our review of Estonia's top course on a famous day in the country's golf history. It's Day One of The Open championship at Royal Portrush, and, for the first time, an Estonian golfer will be among those taking part!
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Season 1
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Episode 84
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31:22
Seaton Carew, County Durham, England
When a young Scottish surgeon moved across the border to north-east England in the early 1870s, he was shocked o discover that there was nowhere for him to play his favourite sport. And so The Durham and Yorkshire Golf Club was born, late...
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Season 1
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Episode 83
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35:13
Northamptonshire County, Northants, England
Breaking News alert! The Golf Pilgrim takes on the BBC…as Neil goes head-to-head with BBC TV news presenter Christian Fraser in a matchplay knockout contest.Neutral territory somewhere in central England was required, so Northampto...
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Season 1
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Episode 82
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30:40
El Paraiso, Andalucia, Spain
The grass may be green and as well-manicured as any we’ve seen this year, but it certainly doesn’t grow under the feet of the management at El Paraiso between Marbella and Estepona on the Costa Del Sol.This is a club that's on the move, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 81
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33:32
