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Ranking · 2026

Top 100 Golf Courses — Northern Ireland

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Courses appear in the order published by the editor, limited to those documented in the Atlas.

  1. 1Royal County Down (Championship)Royal County Down (Championship) · Northern Ireland
  2. 2Royal Portrush Golf ClubDunluce Links · Portrush · Northern Ireland
  3. 3Portstewart Golf Club (Strand)Portstewart Golf Club (Strand) · Northern Ireland
  4. 4Royal Portrush Golf Club (Valley)Royal Portrush Golf Club (Valley) · Northern Ireland
  5. 5Castlerock Golf Club (Mussenden)Castlerock Golf Club (Mussenden) · Northern Ireland
  6. 6Royal County Down (Annesley)Royal County Down (Annesley) · Northern Ireland
  7. 7Malone Golf Club (Drumbridge & Ballydrain)Malone Golf Club (Drumbridge & Ballydrain) · Northern Ireland
  8. 8Ardglass Golf ClubArdglass Golf Course · Ardglass · Ireland
  9. 9Lough Erne Resort (Faldo)Lough Erne Resort (Faldo) · Northern Ireland
  10. 10Belvoir Park Golf ClubBelvoir Park Golf Club · Northern Ireland
Publisher
Published by Top 100 Golf Courses, the British reference site that reviews and ranks courses worldwide.
Criteria
Ranked from the assessments of a panel of correspondents and travelling golfers: design quality, terrain, conditioning, consistency across the 18 holes and club atmosphere.
Scope
Worldwide scope: the 100 best courses across all categories, with no distinction between private, public or resort courses.

Top 100 Golf Courses – Northern Ireland Top 15 · GB-NIR