NCG Top 100s Tour

Yesterday, the NCG Top 100s Tour visited Copt Heath Golf Club for our latest event of the season.

Founded in 1908 near Solihull, the club’s early 18-hole course was laid out under the supervision of six-time Open champion Harry Vardon, with Harry C**t also playing an important role in shaping the course that followed. Many of C**t’s original features, including deep bunkering and subtly contoured greens, remain evident today.

Copt Heath is also closely associated with the late Peter McEvoy OBE, one of Britain’s most accomplished amateur golfers. McEvoy joined the club aged 13, and since 1981 Copt Heath has hosted the Peter McEvoy Trophy, a prestigious junior scratch event whose winners have included a number of players who went on to successful careers at the highest level.

Another memorable stop on the NCG Top 100s Tour, with yesterday’s event adding Copt Heath to our growing list of venues visited throughout the 2026 season.

Introducing the new NCG Top 100s app 📲

There’s now a new home for golfers to explore the NCG Top 100s rankings, track the courses they’ve played and have their say.

With the app, you can:

🏆 Explore the NCG Top 100s rankings
⭐ Rate and review the courses you’ve played
✅ Track your progress through the Top 100s
📍 Discover new courses and plan where to play next

Perfect for anyone taking on the NCG Top 100s Tour and ticking off more great courses along the way.

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Today’s prize winners 🏆

A huge thank you to Fulford Golf Club for hosting our Big Golf Race Major and for their tremendous hospitality.

And to all our sponsors and prize contributors TaylorMade Golf, Sounder Golf, Seaton Carew Golf Club, Goswick Golf Club and Macdonald Hotels & Resorts.

Lastly, thank you to everyone who took part in today’s event and for making it a memorable day, and most importantly for raising valuable funds raised for Prostate Cancer UK.

More than just a round of golf 💙

Prostate cancer survivor Mark Bentley shared his story at the NCG Top 100s Tour and Prostate Cancer UK Big Golf Race Major, speaking about the impact of his diagnosis and the support he receiced from the charity.

A powerful reminder of exactly why today matters - bringing golfers together, raising awareness and supporting the charity’s vital work.

All smiles at Fulford Golf Club 😃

It’s a glorious morning in York, with the opening round of the Prostate Cancer UK Big Golf Race Major now well underway.

It’s the Big Golf Race Major day at Fulford Golf Club ⛳️🏌️

It’s a 36-hole sh***un start across one of England’s finest inland venues, which is in incredible condition, all while raising valuable funds for Prostate Cancer UK.

Link to our donation page can be found in the link below.

Day 2 of our South Wales Swing takes us to Machynys Peninsula Golf Club.

Following yesterday’s opening event at Tenby, the Tour moves from a course rooted in the 19th century to one of the youngest in Wales. Machynys opened in 2005 as the first Nicklaus-designed course in the country, with Jack and Gary Nicklaus behind its 7,121-yard modern links layout.

Set on Monk’s Island beside Carmarthen Bay, the course has already staged four Ladies European Tour championships and four R&A championships.

From Tenby’s traditional links to a modern Nicklaus design, a very different test awaits on Day 2.

Our South Wales Swing begins at Tenby Golf Club, the first of four venues on the Tour’s journey through the region this week.

Founded in 1888 and widely regarded as the oldest golf club in Wales, Tenby began as a nine-hole course before five-time Open Champion James Braid was commissioned to extend it, with the 18-hole layout opening in 1907.

The links runs through the dunes beside Tenby South Beach, with views across Carmarthen Bay towards Caldey Island. The course is showing the effects of a remarkably dry summer, with firm, sun-baked fairways bringing its natural contours and the running game even further into play.

A historic and distinctly links beginning to four days of golf in South Wales.

The second and final stop of our two-day swing takes us to Cavendish Golf Club in Buxton.

Opened in 1925, Cavendish was designed by Dr Alister MacKenzie after the Duke of Devonshire commissioned him to create a new course in the town. Remarkably, the layout has retained virtually all of the features of MacKenzie’s original design.

Seven years later, MacKenzie would go on to design Augusta National alongside Bobby Jones, with Cavendish now closely associated with many of the design principles seen in Georgia.

After beginning at Prestbury yesterday, a fascinating piece of MacKenzie architecture brings our two-day swing to a close.