The Top 100 in 10 Golf Podcast

Nish, Chris & Jim
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 Join Nish & Chris on our journey to play the Top 100 golf courses in the UK & Ireland in just 10 years! 1 rank amateur duffer and 1 used-to-be-good-when-he-was-16 golfer, along with our co-host JimWe'll tell you how we manage to get on these golf courses, and give you an alternative guide to the most celebrated golf clubs, probably in the world, so you can see them from the perspective of a visitor playing a once-in-a-lifetime round there, as we head through this quest.We love golf, and are doing this for the pure joy of experiencing the best golf has to offer on our fair isles. We're sure to meet some kind, fun and interesting people on our travels, and we want to share that journey with you.Every story has an end, tune in to find out if ours has a good ending. New Episodes every Tuesday. 

  1. Formby Golf Club Preview: The Course the Sea Is Trying to Take Back

    6d ago

    Formby Golf Club Preview: The Course the Sea Is Trying to Take Back

    Formby Golf Club is disappearing — and that's not even the strangest thing about it. This episode is powered by Fourball Draws - where you can win a fourball on some elite courses for just a fiver - visit fourballs.co.uk and use code TOP100 to buy 2 or more tickets and get one absolutely free! We're heading to this Lancashire (or is it Merseyside?) links ahead of our round, and there's a lot more going on here than the rankings suggest. Four legendary architects have shaped this course — Willie Park Jr., James Braid, Harry Colt, and a coastal erosion crisis that's already swallowed the original 9th green. By 2085, the sea could be lapping at the 10th tee. There's also a clubhouse clock tower with a surprising Titanic connection, an Amateur Championship final between two future Ryder Cup captains, and a fully independent ladies' golf club operating entirely inside Formby's own boundary — one of only a handful of setups like it in the country. In this episode: - The four architects who built Formby — and the one who's conspicuously missing - Why the Irish Sea is taking 2.5 metres of this coastline every year - The clock tower donor with a direct link to the Titanic disaster - Formby Ladies Golf Club — a complete second course hidden inside the main layout - Our excitement levels, side bets, and a signature hole challenge before we tee off If you're new here: we're two mates trying to play all 100 of the UK and Ireland's top-ranked golf courses in 10 years. This is the preview — the full review drops in a few weeks once we've actually played it. If you enjoy this, the single best way to support the show is to hit FOLLOW (not subscribe, not like — follow) on Spotify or Apple. It's free, it takes two seconds, and it's the biggest lever we have for reaching more golfers. Send us a message Support the show Learn more about our journey on our website Top100.in10.co.uk You can even sign up to our podcast mailing list on the website and get a limited edition Top 100 in 10 ball marker when you complete your profile Or follow our live journey on Instagram @top100in10 or Tiktok

    33 min
  2. Lanark Golf Club: The Oldest Inland Golf Course in the World (Beyond The Top 100 #2)

    Jun 23

    Lanark Golf Club: The Oldest Inland Golf Course in the World (Beyond The Top 100 #2)

    Lanark Golf Club doesn't try to impress you. No grand entrance, no resort gloss — just a golf course that's been played on the same patch of common land since October 1851, making it the oldest inland golf course in the world. This episode is powered by Fourball Draws - where you can win a fourball on some elite courses for just a fiver - visit fourballs.co.uk and use code TOP100 to buy 2 or more tickets and get one absolutely free! We sit down with general manager Andy Romer to dig into 175 years of history: Old Tom Morris's £3.10 shilling redesign, James Braid's 1927 refinements (100 years old next year), lost holes buried under the car park, army connections to the Cameronians, and a quietly incredible piece of trivia — Lanark lost the vote to become Gleneagles by a single ballot. Why the 7th tee is the moment Lanark finally reveals itselfThe "Cabbages" — a nickname with a 175-year-old explanationHow Lanark rebuilt its own history from minute books found in a cupboardWhy this is a "stopover," not a "stay-and-play" course — and why that's exactly the pointIf you're enjoying the show, hit follow — it's the single biggest thing that helps more golfers find us. Top 100 in 10 is the podcast documenting our 10-year challenge to play every course in the Top 100 of the UK and Ireland. Hosted by Nish, Chris and Jim. Send us a message Support the show Learn more about our journey on our website Top100.in10.co.uk You can even sign up to our podcast mailing list on the website and get a limited edition Top 100 in 10 ball marker when you complete your profile Or follow our live journey on Instagram @top100in10 or Tiktok

    30 min
  3. Castletown Golf Links Review | Is the Isle of Man Worth the Ferry Trip?

    Jun 16

    Castletown Golf Links Review | Is the Isle of Man Worth the Ferry Trip?

    We took a ferry. We crossed the Irish Sea. We played Castletown Golf Links on the Isle of Man, ranked 93 in the Top 100 GB & Ireland, with the club's general manager Andi as our playing partner and tour guide. It turned out to be one of the most spectacular days we've had on this entire mission. This episode is powered by Fourball Draws - where you can win a fourball on some elite courses for just a fiver - visit fourballs.co.uk and use code TOP100 to buy 2 or more tickets and get one absolutely free! Castletown sits on a peninsula surrounded by sea on three sides. The course is dramatic, rugged, and handsome — comparisons to Turnberry aren't just flattery. Old Tom Morris designed the original layout in 1891; Dr. Alister MacKenzie later made his mark; Philip Mackenzie Ross shaped the course into what it is today. And for a peak season green fee of £180, it might be the best value round in the entire Top 100. In this episode, Nish and Chris review the full round — hole by hole highlights, the top three holes (including the legendary road hole 5th and the clifftop drama of the 17th), what to expect from the clubhouse and facilities, whether the trip itself is worth making, and whether Castletown sneaks into their all-time Top 5. Plus: the signature hole challenge resumes, and the results go exactly as badly as you'd expect. 🏌️ What we cover: – First impressions arriving on the Isle of Man (Manx TT weekend chaos included) – The ferry crossing, the weather triangulation method, and the Hotel of Doom – Castletown's history: Old Tom Morris, Dr. Alister MacKenzie & Mackenzie Ross – Course conditions — honest assessment of where it stands vs the Top 100 – Top three holes: Hole 4, the Road Hole (5), and the clifftop 17th – Playing the black tees — and why you should too – Why this course could become an elite destination golf resort – Three reasons every Top 100 hunter should make the trip – Signature hole challenge update: all square after 23 courses 📍 Castletown Golf Links, Isle of Man | Ranked #93 Top 100 GB & Ireland 💷 Green fee: ~£180 peak season If you're planning your own Top 100 journey or just love links golf in the UK, subscribe so you never miss an episode. 🎧 Follow us on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube: youtube.com/@Top100In10 📸 Instagram | Facebook | Twitter/X: @Top100In10 #CastletownGolfLinks #IsleOfManGolf #LinksGolf #Top100Golf #GolfPodcastUK Send us a message Support the show Learn more about our journey on our website Top100.in10.co.uk You can even sign up to our podcast mailing list on the website and get a limited edition Top 100 in 10 ball marker when you complete your profile Or follow our live journey on Instagram @top100in10 or Tiktok

    43 min
  4. Swinley Forest Golf Club Preview with Alex Katter

    Jun 9

    Swinley Forest Golf Club Preview with Alex Katter

    Swinley Forest Golf Club sits in the mid-20s of the UK rankings — and almost nobody outside of golf's inner circles has heard of it. No website worth mentioning. No honours boards. No annual membership fee. A halfway hut staffed by someone who's served maybe a hundred members in 25 years. And according to Harry Colt, his "least bad" course. This episode is powered by Fourball Draws - where you can win a fourball on some elite courses for just a fiver - visit fourballs.co.uk and use code TOP100 to buy 2 or more tickets and get one absolutely free! Nish is joined by returning guest Alex Katter (@kattergolf) to preview what might be the most distinctive club in English golf — and the conversation goes much further than one course. They cover why top 100 rankings are starting to feel like the old NME, why match play is the purest form of golf, the courses that don't need a list to matter, and how to actually enjoy a round without letting your phone ruin it. Check out Alex's playlists we mentioned in the episode - https://open.spotify.com/user/1164289082?si=1faeb1ac185a4302 Courses discussed: Swinley Forest, Hankley Common, Delamere Forest, Hollinwell, Hindhead, Liphook, Burnham & Berrow, St Enodoc, Gleneagles, Rye, Brancaster, West Sussex, Lanark  #Top100Golf #SwinleyForest #GolfPodcast #UKGolf #HarryColt  Send us a message Support the show Learn more about our journey on our website Top100.in10.co.uk You can even sign up to our podcast mailing list on the website and get a limited edition Top 100 in 10 ball marker when you complete your profile Or follow our live journey on Instagram @top100in10 or Tiktok

    1h 11m
  5. Liphook Golf Club Preview | Why Have We Never Heard Of It?

    Jun 2

    Liphook Golf Club Preview | Why Have We Never Heard Of It?

    A course designed by a man who'd never designed one before, where your tee time might be decided by a ball dropping down a chute, and where one approach shot lands in a completely different county. Welcome to Liphook Golf Club. This episode is powered by Fourball Draws - where you can win a fourball on some elite courses for just a fiver - visit fourballs.co.uk and use code TOP100 to buy 2 or more tickets and get one absolutely free! Ranked 75th in the UK & Ireland, Liphook sits in the heart of Hampshire's heathland belt — between Hankley Common and Hindhead, in one of the finest concentrations of golf on the planet. At just 6,200 yards off the yellows, it looks like an easy day. The reviews suggest otherwise. Nish, Chris, and Jim preview what to expect: blind tee shots, lightning-fast greens, a par-three opener, five par threes in total, the famous seventh green straddling two counties, and the fifth hole — Black Fox — which designer Tom Simpson rated one of the finest he ever created (remarkable given Liphook was his only course). They also cover how the whole thing was founded in a pub, why the front and back nine were swapped around to accommodate the clubhouse, the Creator Cup victory that nobody told Jim about, and a very good argument about pace of play, pre-shot routines, and why maybe golf should just be 12 holes. 🏌️ Side bet: fewest shots to hit and stay on the 18th green 🏆 Signature hole: #14 — Simpson's Folly, par four, 434 yards --- Subscribe/follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. YouTube: youtube.com/@Top100In10 Send us a message Support the show Learn more about our journey on our website Top100.in10.co.uk You can even sign up to our podcast mailing list on the website and get a limited edition Top 100 in 10 ball marker when you complete your profile Or follow our live journey on Instagram @top100in10 or Tiktok

    46 min
  6. Castletown Golf Links Preview — Old Tom Morris & a Drive Over a Ravine | Isle of Man

    May 26

    Castletown Golf Links Preview — Old Tom Morris & a Drive Over a Ravine | Isle of Man

    Old Tom Morris got on a boat at 70, arrived on a windswept rock in the Irish Sea, and built a golf course. 130 years later, we're following him over to the Isle of Man — and it's our first trip off the British mainland.  This episode is powered by Fourball Draws - where you can win a fourball on some elite courses for just a fiver - visit fourballs.co.uk and use code TOP100 to buy 2 or more tickets and get one absolutely free! In this preview, Nish, Chris and Jim unpack what to expect at Castletown Golf Links: the course ranked 96th in the UK and Ireland, eighth most spectacular on the islands, with nowhere to hide from the wind and a 17th hole that asks you to drive over a crashing ravine.  They also get into the 2026 top 100 rankings reshuffle — why it's genuinely strange, why Old Head of Kinsale has dropped out at €450 a round, and what the lads are going to do about two courses they've already played that are no longer on the list.  If you've been listening for a while and haven't followed yet, it takes one tap on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and genuinely helps an independent show stay in that top 20 chart. We'd love you to join us properly. Send us a message Support the show Learn more about our journey on our website Top100.in10.co.uk You can even sign up to our podcast mailing list on the website and get a limited edition Top 100 in 10 ball marker when you complete your profile Or follow our live journey on Instagram @top100in10 or Tiktok

    47 min
  7. Burnham & Berrow Golf Club Review

    May 19

    Burnham & Berrow Golf Club Review

    We played Burnham & Berrow Golf Club in the worst conditions of our Top 100 journey — and both of us want to go back. This episode is powered by Fourball Draws - where you can win a fourball on some elite courses for just a fiver - visit fourballs.co.uk and use code TOP100 to buy 2 or more tickets and get one absolutely free! Ranked #62 alongside Hankley Common and Gullane, this is a proper links test: variable lies, undulating greens that punish any lack of concentration, and a back nine that gets your juices flowing even in horizontal rain. In the mix: 20 golfers, a Ryder Cup weekend, playing against Wales' No. 1 ranked player, a 4-putt that cost Nish everything, and a church on hole 12. Join our Society Send us a message Support the show Learn more about our journey on our website Top100.in10.co.uk You can even sign up to our podcast mailing list on the website and get a limited edition Top 100 in 10 ball marker when you complete your profile Or follow our live journey on Instagram @top100in10 or Tiktok

    48 min
  8. The Rankings Earthquake: What Just Happened to the Top 100?

    May 12

    The Rankings Earthquake: What Just Happened to the Top 100?

    Something seismic just happened in Top 100 world — and we couldn't let it slide without an emergency session. This episode is powered by Fourball Draws - where you can win a fourball on some elite courses for just a fiver - visit fourballs.co.uk and use code TOP100 to buy 2 or more tickets and get one absolutely free! Nish is joined by James (a returning guest and one of the fastest Top 100 hunters around) to dig into the 2025 rankings update that's set the golf world on fire: a 40-place surge for Brora, a previously unranked Elie leaping to 54th, Old Head of Kinsale vanishing from the rankings entirely, JCB dropping off a cliff, and 8 courses leaving the list Nish and Chris have been playing. They get into what's actually changed (or what hasn't), the apparent parkland bias, the frozen top 30, the real-world cost to golf clubs and Top 100 hunters alike — and why the way the list's managers are responding to criticism online is making it worse. This isn't a rant. It's a conversation two very confused people needed to have. IRELAND TRIP — OCTOBER 2026 Portmarnock, The Island, Royal Dublin, County Louth, and Jameson Links. Listener slots still available. https://top100in10.co.uk/the-top-100-in-10-golf-tour-of-ireland/ FIND US: YouTube: youtube.com/@Top100In10 Instagram: @top100in10 Send us a message Support the show Learn more about our journey on our website Top100.in10.co.uk You can even sign up to our podcast mailing list on the website and get a limited edition Top 100 in 10 ball marker when you complete your profile Or follow our live journey on Instagram @top100in10 or Tiktok

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 Join Nish & Chris on our journey to play the Top 100 golf courses in the UK & Ireland in just 10 years! 1 rank amateur duffer and 1 used-to-be-good-when-he-was-16 golfer, along with our co-host JimWe'll tell you how we manage to get on these golf courses, and give you an alternative guide to the most celebrated golf clubs, probably in the world, so you can see them from the perspective of a visitor playing a once-in-a-lifetime round there, as we head through this quest.We love golf, and are doing this for the pure joy of experiencing the best golf has to offer on our fair isles. We're sure to meet some kind, fun and interesting people on our travels, and we want to share that journey with you.Every story has an end, tune in to find out if ours has a good ending. New Episodes every Tuesday. 

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  • Creator
    Nish, Chris & Jim
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    96
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Top 100 in 10 Golf Podcast
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