Top 100 Golf Courses
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'Top 100 Clubhouse' is the ultimate destination for golf course enthusiasts! Join us as we delve deep into the minds of fascinating individuals from every corner of the golfing world. From players to course designers, caddies to golf historians, we'll leave no stone unturned in our quest to share unique insights and experiences with the Top 100 Community. Together we'll explore stunning courses and breathtaking landscapes, enjoying the unforgettable stories that bring the game of golf to life. Visit our website at www.top100golfcourses.com
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
James Henson turns golf-course design, construction and restoration into clear sporting conversation grounded in the choices behind places to play.
Top 100 Clubhouse - Golf Podcast treats the course itself as the main sporting subject. Host James Henson uses guest interviews to trace how people entered golf, then moves into the decisions behind designing, building and changing places to play.
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A golf chat that treats lists, courses, and the long walk as part of the game.
Top 100 Clubhouse makes a steady case for the amateur side of golf, the long walk, and the pleasure of chasing lists. James Henderson and David Davis keep circling a simple point: a round is mostly time spent looking around and thinking, with only a small part devoted to…
A clubby conversation about golf design, value, and the long game behind a polished course.
Christian London's visit works because it treats golf-course design as a practical balancing act rather than a polished success story. The discussion moves from Crownwood and Trump Aberdeen to work in Vietnam, Qatar, and Riyadh, and the strongest thread is the steady pressure…
A thoughtful clubhouse-style chat that uses artificial turf to open into a wider golf argument.
Paul Jansen turns a question about artificial turf into a wider argument about what golf is, and why amateur golf still matters. He sounds like someone who has spent years designing and building golf spaces, especially smaller ones, and that gives the conversation a calm,…
A clubhouse-style take on golf travel, group chemistry, and the social pull of serious golf.
The episode treats golf travel as a matter of fit: the right people, the right clubs, and routing that holds together. David Davis and James Henderson talk through Lockhart Travel Club and its trips with the easy rhythm of a clubhouse chat, where whiskey, long days on the…
A loose but sharply observed golf conversation about travel, architecture, and the careful handling of St Andrews.
The conversation starts with travel and place, then settles into golf architecture and the changes being proposed at St Andrews. James Henderson and Jasper Miners keep circling back to golf as a walking game, and that gives the discussion its shape.
A patient golf-architecture conversation that keeps the land at the center of the design.
This episode starts with a plain defense of amateur golf and then settles into Streamsong's odd, mined-over terrain. James Henderson gives the conversation room to wander, so a question about a Mount Rushmore of modern golf course architects can open into site history,…
A grounded look at building a course that keeps changing.
The piece keeps its focus on the practical work behind a golf course that feels good to walk. Mike Kapowski comes across as someone who learned the job on the ground, with Broom's Edge shaped by a crew of golf nuts and by his time under Kyle Franz.
A links-course conversation where design, weather, and opening-day improvisation all matter.
Dunbarney comes across as a talk about what makes a links course function: wind, routing, run, and the long stretch between putting turf in the ground and getting the place ready to play.
The host critiques modern golf course design, emphasizing the importance of unique bunkering and green sites while discussing amateur golf and introducing a debate on Scottish Top 100 rankings.
James Henderson opens a loose, curious conversation about golf, and the tone is set right away: willing to wander a bit.
Luke Hodgetts traces a decade in golf media from a Winchester driving range to Adidas, Callaway, and freelance video work, then explains why his focus shifted from photo to video storytelling.
James Henderson talks Ryder Cup with Matt Ward.
James Henderson and Jasper Miners frame amateur golf as the foundation of the sport, then pivot into a long discussion of Scottish course development, including Old Petty at Cabot Highlands, Royal Dornoch, and the proposed Cool Links project.
James Henderson and Jasper Miners discuss the updated Irish golf rankings, touring Royal Porthcawl club while exploring how this year's rankings expanded from 25 to 30 courses.
A CEO of a top 100 golf podcast reflects on his journey completing 1000+ courses globally, discussing how to approach this challenge, the value of networking, shifting market conditions, and ultimately why the journey itself—not the destination—is what matters.
A conversation with legendary golf designer Christian London about building world-class private golf destinations.
James Henderson and Jasper Miners discuss the Top 100 Clubhouse podcast's rankings expansion and evolution.
Paul Jansen, a founding member of Himalayas Golf with 25 years in golf course architecture, discusses the evolution and future of artificial turf in golf.
James Henderson catches up with David Davis, CEO of Lockhart Travel Club, in a year-end update.
James Henderson and Jasper Miners open with a defense of amateur golf.
James Henderson speaks with David McLay Kidd about the new Streamsong project, his second appearance on the Top 100 Clubhouse podcast after episode 18.
Black Desert: Tom Weisskopf's final masterpiece where golfers play on lava rock that feels like the moon.
James Henderson speaks with Mike Kapowski about how Broom's Edge came together.
Golf is mostly about looking around, not just hitting the ball.
Rick Holanda recounts his unlikely journey from failed New York photographer to world-class tropical golf course superintendent at Santa Pantienza in Brazil.
Top 100 Clubhouse visits the new links of Scotland, Dunbarney, with architect Clive Clark and general manager David Scott.
Jasper Miners and Olly Wilson open in a loose clubhouse mood and quickly settle into the Ryder Cup.
In this interview, a golf photographer shares his journey from amateur photography to becoming a world-class professional, driven by passion and sobriety.
Gordon Sherry traces his move from football and a signed deal with Kilmarnock to golf after a broken leg at 12, then credits Bob Torrance’s coaching for taking him from a 3 handicap to near scratch within months.
James Henderson and Jasper Miners discuss affordable access to world-class golf courses, challenging the perception that Top 100 courses are exclusive.
Without amateur golf, there would be no golf.
Ian Woosnam traces his golf upbringing to St.
Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Sam Snead, Lee Trevino—some of golf's all-time legends never achieved the career grand slam.
James Henderson and Jasper Meiners walk Royal Portrush hole by hole ahead of The Open, starting with the 1951 and 2019 history and the return to Portrush for a third Open Championship.
Dave Sampson of European Golf Design discusses his path from sketching golf course routings at age 9 in South Africa to becoming a professional course designer.
James Henderson opens by arguing that amateur golf is the real foundation of the game.
Hosts discuss new golf course builds in Scotland, surprising themselves with the number of recent developments.
The hosts discuss the U.S.
Hosts discuss amateur golf, the appeal of links-style courses, and compare StreamSong to UK equivalents like the Belfry and Celtic Manor.
The hosts discuss the upcoming release of a new world top 100 golf course ranking and the process behind it.
Host James Henderson and guest Jasper Miners discuss the history of the PGA Championship, including its switch from match play to stroke play.
Hosts James Henderson and Jasper Meinertz discuss a year in review for the Top 100 Clubhouse golf community, focusing on golf travel and experiences.
Host James Henderson and guest David discuss upcoming golf trips and courses they are most excited to play in 2024, including Lofoten Links in Norway.
Host James Henderson and guest David discuss memorable golf courses they visited in 2023, focusing on Dutch golf and continental Europe.