Top 100 Golf Courses - Worldwide
West Sussex
91st
West Sussex Golf Club is one of our favourite inland courses. It is sheer delight to play golf on this charming sandy outcrop of heathland.
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Lanhai International (Yangtze Dunes)
92nd
Set out across reclaimed land on Chongming Island in the estuary of the mighty Yangtze River, the 2011 Jack Nicklaus-designed Links layout at Lanhai International Golf Resort was completely re-built by Ogilvie, Clayton, Cocking and Mead in 2018 creating Yangtze Dunes.
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European Club
93rd
The European Club is located in the garden of Ireland, between the coastal towns of Wicklow and Arklow, about 30 miles south of Dublin.
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Paraparaumu Beach
94th
Host to twelve New Zealand Opens, the first in 1959, Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club is a New Zealand household name.
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Royal Cinque Ports
95th
Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, or Deal as it is somtimes called, is an absolute brute of a links course. Its back nine, or rather the last seven holes, are relentless...
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Essex County Club
96th
The par five 3rd hole at Essex County Club is a monster and it is nearly as long as the sum of the first two par fours that precede it. But there’s much more to this hole than length alone.
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The Golf Club
97th
The Golf Club at New Albany in Ohio is one of Pete Dye’s earliest and most understated creations and the course feels mature way beyond its years.
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Santapazienza
98th
Several years in the making, Tom and Logan Fazio designed the course at Santapazienza Golf Club (their first South American ensemble) and it’s laid out within an enormous, densely forested estate.
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Bandon Dunes (Bandon Trails)
99th
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw designed Bandon Trails, the third of four 18-hole courses at the magnificent Bandon Dunes Resort.
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Real Valderrama
100th
Most golfers will be familiar with Valderrama from TV coverage. The golf club has hosted a plethora of championships, including the legendary 1997 Ryder Cup. In 2014 the club was granted Royal status.
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World Top 100 Leaderboard
| Rank | Name | Courses Played |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob McCoy |
 100
|
| 2 | David Davis |
99
|
| 3 | Fergal O'Leary |
98
|
| = | Joseph Andriole |
98
|
| = | Paul Rudovsky |
98
|
| 6 | James Gold |
93
|
| 7 | Frank Dore |
91
|
| = | Yuji Nakamura |
91
|
| 9 | Mark White |
84
|
| 10 | Paul Jones |
82
|