Recently, my fellow rankings collaborator Jeremy Ellwood revealed his selection of ten excellent courses in the Next 100 that most significantly float his own particular golfing boat. Now it’s my turn, and I will start by saying that while he and I tend to agree on most things regarding the various attributes of different courses, without consulting we each came up with an entirely different list with no overlaps. This, I think, shows perfectly just how much we all have our own inclinations and tastes. My personal preferences, as you will probably deduce from my choices, are very much about visuals and variety. I tend to go for courses where the holes themselves look lovely as does their setting in the wider, external context, and where each is different from the others, a new and unknown adventure.
