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The Golf Pilgrim Top 100

The Golf Pilgrim Top 100

By: Neil White and Ian Woods
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This is the essential podcast for those planning to play the world's top golf courses.


We now have dozens of reviews from Top 100 courses in the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, the USA and Australia…and the library is building every week. All the episodes are stand alone - you don't have to listen to them in any particular order.

In 2020 Neil White began a challenge to play all of the world's top courses. You can read his reviews at www.thegolfpilgrim.com. Now you can listen to his reviews, as he gives an honest account of the courses, the practice facilities, and the food available. Is it value for money? Will you be made to feel welcome as a visitor?

There are champagne and comedy moments to discuss, in the company of his fellow journalist and pal Ian Woods. Ian's a former Sky News and BBC Correspondent, who's now working for ITV. He's played a lot of great courses too, and is a former Captain of the Press Golfing Society.








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Episodes
  • Cape Kidnappers, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

    Cape Kidnappers, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
    Feb 20 2026

    If you watch some of the birds-eye view videos of Tom Doak's course, you might think you need a head for heights to play it.

    Fear not, some of the holes may look precariously placed on the edge of a precipice, but the wide fairways and substantial greens will reassure those with vertigo.

    That is not to say Cape Kidnappers lacks the "wow" factor. It is world-class, and the vistas are spellbinding.

    https://www.thegolfpilgrim.com/post/cape-kidnappers

    https://www.robertsonlodges.com/the-lodges/cape-kidnappers


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    41 mins
  • Arikikapakapa/Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

    Arikikapakapa/Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
    Feb 14 2026

    A visit to one of the world's more unusual courses, where, as well as bunkers, you'll find thermal mud springs as hazards.

    Arikikapakapa is Maori for "the gentle sound of plopping mud", and it's set in one of the country's most popular tourist areas.

    https://www.thegolfpilgrim.com/post/rotorua-arikikapakapa

    https://arikikapakapagolfrotorua.co.nz/


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    25 mins
  • Tara Iti, Northland, New Zealand

    Tara Iti, Northland, New Zealand
    Feb 8 2026

    It's always a dilemma when we feature a golf course that's so exclusive that you can't play unless you know a member.

    But we make an exception when a course is so highly rated that anyone who aspires to play the World's Top 100 will try to find a way to get on.

    Opened in 2015 and designed by Tom Doak, Tara Iti has such a stellar reputation that Rory McIlroy wanted to play a round here while on holiday. Course record holder Ryan Fox describes what their game was like…

    Interview courtesy Yardage Book Podcast

    https://www.thegolfpilgrim.com/post/tara-iti

    https://taraiti.com/

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    37 mins
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