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The Golf Pilgrim Top 100

The Golf Pilgrim Top 100

Written by: Neil White and Ian Woods
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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.








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Episodes
  • Appleby, Cumbria, England

    Appleby, Cumbria, England
    Jul 14 2026

    A recent new entry into England’s Top 100, Appleby is not your average course.
    It’s a par 68, with no par 5s, but it does have what designer Mike Clayton calls “the nuttiest of nutty holes in the world”!


    With grazing sheep to help the green staff keep on top of grass management, and a bargain price for a Top 100 course, Appleby has found a host of admirers.

    https://www.thegolfpilgrim.com/post/appleby

    https://applebygolfclub.co.uk/


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    34 mins
  • Royal Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland

    Royal Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland
    Jul 8 2026

    The city of Belfast is in County Antrim, but Royal Belfast Golf Club is north-east of Northern Ireland's capital, in County Down.

    It's celebrating the centenary of its Harry Colt-designed parkland course on the shore of Belfast Lough. But the club is facing a very modern problem; a new housing development adjacent to the course means several holes will have to be reconfigured for health and safety reasons.

    The club hopes the changes will make the course even better. And its Victorian clubhouse is one of the grandest you will find anywhere.

    https://royalbelfast.com/

    This episode is sponsored by cmon.golf/




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    34 mins
  • County Louth GC (Baltray), Ireland

    County Louth GC (Baltray), Ireland
    Jul 2 2026

    Shane Lowry helped bring Baltray, County Louth, to wider acclaim when he won the Irish Open here as an amateur. But connoisseurs of Irish courses have always known this was one of the country’s finest links.

    It’s also the home course of the 2026 Amateur Champion Stuart Grehan, who tells us how it will help him prepare for playing in The Open, as well as the US Open and the Masters.

    County Louth remains a members' club at heart, but they’re getting used to sharing tee times with visitors from around the world.

    https://countylouthgolfclub.com/

    https://www.thegolfpilgrim.com/post/county-louth-baltray


    Commentary: DP World Tour

    This episode is sponsored by cmon.golf/




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    44 mins
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