With so much improvement work at many courses, if you’re not striving to move forwards, you’re probably going backwards. But with less new-build work than at any time in recent years, clubs are no longer having to contend with several excellent newcomers. There are still some, though, as our highest new entry proves…
New entries
Just as last time with Dumbarnie, so too this time is our highest new entry a modern links. St Patrick’s Links at Rosapenna in Co. Donegal enters in 61st spot. Tom Doak’s splendid newcomer is laid out over stunning linksland where two former courses had lain dormant. It is a vast rollercoaster adventure through the dunes and we will be watching its future progress keenly.
Wallasey on The Wirral enters for the first time in 89th place after taking big steps forward in recent years. Among
