Thriller tracks: Putting some fun back into golf

A new top 100 golf course ranking favours the fun element, writes Kevin Markham

The 6th tee at the wonderful - and fun - Cruit Island.

IT HAS been a busy first half of the year for Golf World, a publication that produces various course lists and rankings. There are top 100s for Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, an overall top 100 for GB&I, a Continental European list, a golf resorts list, a best value under £65/€70 list… and a Top 100 Fun List.

It is the last of these that has just been published and 18 Irish courses are scattered throughout the ranking. That’s not a bad result for an island with some 420 courses v 3,000 across the water.