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Chris Bertram
@CJ_Bertram
Top 100 Courses & Resorts editor for @golfworld1 & @thetodaysgolfer. Freelance sports journalist, mainly for @BBCSport. e: [email protected]
Leeds, England
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Apr 8, 2022
    The first GB&I Top 100 Courses under £35. • No twilights, must be U-35 for a day+ a week in summer • Far from just a list of Scottish island courses (tho’ rightly plenty of them!) • Almost all 9-holers are U-35 for 18 • It’s here to stay so suggestions for next one v welcome
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Mar 30, 2023
    Only four courses in this composite GB&I Top 100 cost less than £100. The good news is next month @TheTodaysGolfer will list 100 brilliant, distinctive courses that are available this summer for £65 or under, without the need for a discount. This is the sort of quality in it ⬇️
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    UK Golf Guy
    @ukgolfguy
    Mar 30, 2023
    Here are the Summer 2023 green fees for the top 100 courses in 🇬🇧. The average increase since last year is 12.3%, to £200. Some clubs made record profits last year, others are struggling to survive. My thoughts on what’s going on, and an idea, here: ukgolfguy.com/golf-blog/2023…
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Jul 2, 2022
    Its climate is worse than Britain’s & it is not cheap, but Iceland could be golf’s next big destination. The setting for six courses is epic & the holes themselves are sufficiently compelling to hold interest. Loved the people (they LOVE golf), the fish & chips and the beer too!
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Jul 23, 2020
    Is there a better two-course club in the world than Sunningdale? I really, really doubt it. The New is always in the shadow of the Old but seems to now be getting the recognition it deserves. Undiluted class and arguably even more consistent than the Old.
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Jan 11, 2023
    I’ve droned on about the depth to England’s quality for ages, so have done something about it - a Top 200. Ranked 1-200 & with full descriptions, I think it shines a light on lots of courses pretty much as good as many high-profile names. It dominates new issue of Today’s Golfer!
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Nov 18, 2021
    The ‘best’ courses v the ones you want to play most This is a list of the Top 100 courses in GB&I I’d want to play tomorrow. It starts with pathetic predictability, then there are surprise inclusions & shock omissions. Would love to know who shares my personal favourites!
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Jun 21, 2021
    I don’t think I’ve seen anything like the new St Patrick’s Links at @Rosapenna1893 in GB&I. It is more Tara Iti & Bandon Dunes (perhaps no surprise given architect) than anything else here IMO. That is clearly not a bad thing. Privileged to have chance to play it before it opens.
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Aug 1, 2021
    If I ranked the rankings I do, this would be No.1. What makes a course ‘fun’ is not easy to define in itself, never mind identifying the 100 ‘most fun’ in GB&I. But I think this bold list highlights & promotes courses that are seriously entertaining & anything but obvious choices
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    May 3, 2023
    Green fees at many top courses are now staggering. But there *are* lots of high-class courses at reasonable rates, as Golf World’s GB&I Top 100 £65 & Under abundantly shows. SO much quality golf in it. Fourth pic ⬇️ is the ‘Next 50’; superb courses the mag couldn’t find room for
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Jan 29, 2024
    A reminder of the first GB&I Top 100 Courses Under £35 ranking. Two years on as I start the 2024 list, inflation suggests under £40 is appropriate. Leaning towards doing that, then sticking at £40 even if economics suggest otherwise. £40 feels a good ceiling. Nominations welcome!
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Jul 17, 2024
    The full version of the GB&I Top 100 Courses £40 and Under... Absolutely delighted this was the first courses cover of the magazine for more than a decade. NB: Thurlestone is an error - you need a member to get it for that price... I read their green fee listing wrongly 🤬.
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Feb 1, 2023
    I’m naturally proud of all our rankings - but this one more than most. My Wales panel used to be weaker than my others; now it’s one of the strongest, with *superb* breadth. As a result, new issue of Today’s Golfer has the most comprehensive Wales ranking ever produced. A Top 75
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Jul 18, 2023
    Start with a ferry to Brodick on Arran - play Shiskine and Corrie. Take a ferry from Cloanaig to Kintyre - play @machgolf @MachDunes & Dunaverty. Final ferry from Kennacraig to Islay to play @TheMachrie - IMO comfortably the best golf break in Europe.
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    Machrihanish Dunes
    @MachDunes
    Jul 18, 2023
    “Kintyre is the fun golf capital of Britain & Ireland” @CJ_Bertram With Mach Dunes, @machgolf & Dunaverty all ranking inside the Top 40 of the recent Top 100 Fun Courses in UK & Ireland list by @TheTodaysGolfer, a trip to Kintyre should be on every golfers bucket list.
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    Chris Bertram
    @CJ_Bertram
    Jul 2, 2022
    Three videos to finish the Iceland trip: Westman Islands then Siglo then Vik. They sum up the beauty of their locations far better than my words and also still pictures. What a country.
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