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Rising one position to No.1, the Country Club course at Durban Country Club has previously been ranked in our World Top 100 so we’ve no doubts about the merits of it being named South Africa's leading golf venue for the first time. At the end of next year, it’ll be exactly 100 years since the course was first set out by leading professionals George Waterman and Laurie Waters so it has truly stood the test of time.
We’ve been ranking courses in South Africa for more than a decade now and in this 6th edition of our listings for the Rainbow Nation we have a new national No. 1...
Painswick is nowhere near the Top 100 of golf courses in England, but as an experience with no concern about the modern influences in the game, the course is right up there. It is cranky and gives endless enjoyment, although your scorecard seems quite irrelevant.
Our latest Middle East rankings are dominated by courses from the UAE but there are representatives from another six nations included in the listings. We can also announce three new entries, with Dubai Hills leading the way.
It’s tricky to fairly review a course you played on holiday. Everything seems better on holiday. You’re in Portugal. The weather is perfect. You’re with your best mates. Your work phone is 2,000 miles away...
Two renditions of the same classic golf course, within the period of just a few years? How does one explain the sudden rush on Lido? Could the current Lido projects portend future designs focused on tributes to, and total recreations of, legendary golf courses?
This is the third and final regional update relating to our biennial review of Australian courses. Our analysis Down Under concludes with revised rankings for South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia.
