The Golf Pilgrim Top 100

The Golf Pilgrim Top 100

Neil White and Ian Woods

Episodes 127
Avg. Duration 34m
Activity Highly Active
Since Apr 2024
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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About This Podcast

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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Recent Episodes

S1E126 Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire, England

Mar 04, 2026 42m

Cleeve Hill has had a lot of publicity in recent years - largely because it almost went out of business until new owners took over - and it is now in England's Top 100. But this is so different from…

S1E125 Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand

Feb 26, 2026 32m

Titirangi is the Maori word for "fringe of heaven", and is quite a contrast to many of the modern courses which have been opened in New Zealand in recent years.Dr Alister MacKenzie drew up his plans…

S1E124 Cape Kidnappers, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Feb 20, 2026 40m

If you watch some of the birds-eye view videos of Tom Doak's course, you might think you need a head for heights to play it.Fear not, some of the holes may look precariously placed on the edge of a…

S1E123 Arikikapakapa/Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Feb 14, 2026 24m

A visit to one of the world's more unusual courses, where, as well as bunkers, you'll find thermal mud springs as hazards.Arikikapakapa is Maori for "the gentle sound of plopping mud", and it's set…

S1E122 Tara Iti, Northland, New Zealand

Feb 08, 2026 37m

It's always a dilemma when we feature a golf course that's so exclusive that you can't play unless you know a member.But we make an exception when a course is so highly rated that anyone who aspires…

S1E121 The European/Brittas Bay Club, County Wicklow, Ireland

Feb 02, 2026 40m

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…

S1E120 Martin Ebert Special

Jan 28, 2026 38m

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…

S1E119 New Zealand GC, Surrey, England

Jan 22, 2026 43m

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…

S1E118 Top Of The Scots

Jan 15, 2026 34m

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…

S1E117 The Island, County Dublin, Ireland

Jan 09, 2026 42m

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…

S1E116 Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England

Jan 03, 2026 40m

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…

S1E115 Best of the best of 2025 (Part 2)

Dec 29, 2025 30m

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…

S1E114 Best of the best of 2025 (Part 1)

Dec 23, 2025 29m

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…

S1E113 Rosendaelsche, Gelderland, Netherlands

Dec 16, 2025 28m

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…

S1E112 The Addington, Surrey, England

Dec 10, 2025 42m

"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…

S1E111 Kennemer, North Holland, Netherlands

Dec 04, 2025 35m

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…

S1E110 Kilspindie, East Lothian, Scotland

Nov 28, 2025 32m

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…

S1E109 Royal Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

Nov 22, 2025 37m

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,…

S1E108 Musselburgh Old Links and Royal Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland

Nov 16, 2025 32m

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…

S1E107 De Texelse, North Holland, Netherlands

Nov 10, 2025 36m

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…

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The Golf Pilgrim Top 100 has published 127 episodes since April 2024, covering topics in Golf, Hobbies.

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The Golf Pilgrim Top 100 is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 34m.

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