Tom Doak’s Tara Iti holds on to the No.1 spot in our latest New Zealand rankings with his creation at Cape Kidnappers remaining in the runner-up position. The only significant move within the Top 10 is a four-place climb for Arrowtown Golf Club.

It’s a course that’s at one with its community and environment and the type of golf that people go on a pilgrimage to play at places like Askernish, so just maybe this is golf the way it’s meant to be? Personally I’m not there yet, but my inner eco-hipster wants to be.

We’ve been ranking courses within the Middle East for a decade now, having established a Top 10 for the UAE in 2009. All told, we now feature 26 courses across 13 countries which are situated between Egypt in North Africa and Afghanistan in Asia.

This is the third and final news update related to the revision of our regional rankings in Australia. In this release we look at the Northern Territory, Queensland and Victoria.

This is the second of three news releases related to the revision of our regional rankings in Australia. In this item we're concentrating on South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia.

Royal Canberra and New South Wales remain at the summit of our ACT and NSW rankings, which is no real surprise as both courses occupy lofty positions with our latest Australian Top 100.