Completly differant cars. For a start a standard CTR is 200bhp VS standard golf 150/180BHP so without a remap, your gonna lose!
1.8t is far more tunable though (forced induction for a start) so the potential is there and with a remap the golf had the edge IME.
CTR chassis was designed to go round corners, golf was designed to sit on the autobahn i think!
CTR is less refined, and as said has low torque, so need to have the tits ragged off it to go anywhere fast and also a driver who knows how to use it properly! (key point)
Personally i like the golf for the comfort, ease of driving (be it fast or slow) and near instant power at any speed in any gear.
If you just want to bomb around with a burberry baseball cap on, the CTR makes a good choice!
Unbiased, Sam