50. Machrihanish – Top 100 UK and Ireland golf courses 2012

Architect: Old Tom Morris Stats: 6,235 yds, par 70, SSS 71 GF: £63 per round, £93 per day Visitor information: No restrictions W: machgolf.com 2010 Ranking: 37 (down 13) Improvements since 2010 Rankings: Course: None

Panellists' Comments: "The opening hole presents one of the greatest views in golf"; "It passed my test of a great golfing experience by being a course where, having just played a full round, I wished I could walk back immediately onto the first tee and play it again"; "Once you have visited and played Machrihanish, golf will never be the same again."

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