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Cypress Point Club
California, United States

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Cypress Point Club
California, United States

Leaderboard for World Top 100 Golf Courses

World Top 100 Golf Courses

The latest ranking of the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World serves as the ultimate global golf bucket list. Most members of our World Top 100 Panel are seasoned golfers, each playing 20-30 of these courses annually while travelling extensively over decades to form their opinions on others.

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Cypress Point Club

California, United States

Cypress Point Club is set at the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains on the very tip of the Monterey Peninsula and the cliff top terrain is varied and thrilling.

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Pine Valley Golf Club

New Jersey, United States

5.5

Pine Valley Golf Club

New Jersey, United States

Pine Valley Golf Club was the dream of a Philadelphian hotelier, George Crump, who sadly died before its completion. The legacy he left behind is universally considered to be the perfect example of penal golf course architecture.

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Royal County Down (Championship)

Down, United Kingdom

5.5

Royal County Down (Championship)

Down, United Kingdom

Royal County Down Golf Club is at Newcastle, a little holiday town nestling at the feet of the majestic Mountains of Mourne. It’s an exhilarating location for a classic links golf course...

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Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

New York, United States

5.5

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

New York, United States

Not only was Shinnecock Hills Golf Club one of the five founding members of the USGA but also it was where one of the first specifically designed golf clubhouses was built.

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National Golf Links of America

New York, United States

5.5

National Golf Links of America

New York, United States

National Golf Links of America is a golf course of monumental historical importance, it’s a “Bear’s Best”, or “Blair's Best” of the early 20th century.

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Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West)

Victoria, Australia

5.5

Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West)

Victoria, Australia

The West course at Royal Melbourne Golf Club is generally acknowledged as the best course in Australia and one of Doctor Alister MacKenzie's finest designs.

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St Andrews Links (The Old Course)

Fife, United Kingdom

5.5

St Andrews Links (The Old Course)

Fife, United Kingdom

No other course has hosted more Opens than the Old Course at St Andrews.

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Oakmont Country Club

Pennsylvania, United States

5.5

Oakmont Country Club

Pennsylvania, United States

Apart from Augusta National, Oakmont Country Club has hosted more major Championships than any other course in the U.S. and it’s considered by many to be the toughest golf course in the world.

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Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce)

Antrim, United Kingdom

5.5

Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce)

Antrim, United Kingdom

The Dunluce links at Royal Portrush Golf Club is named after the ruined Dunluce castle that overlooks the course. Seven years after the club's formation, the first professional golf tournament in Ireland, won by Sandy Herd in 1895, was staged here.

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Muirfield - Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers

Lothians, United Kingdom

5.5

Muirfield - Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers

Lothians, United Kingdom

Muirfield is the course of “The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers” (HCEG), the world’s oldest golf club – according to direct written evidence – formed in 1744.

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