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World Top 100

Explore the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World - Ultimate Global Rankings

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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...

  4. 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.

  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.

  6. 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.

  7. St Andrews Links (Old)

    Fife, United Kingdom

    No other course has hosted more Opens than the Old Course at St Andrews. Its 29th Open and the 144th Open Championship returned “to the Home of Golf” in 2015.

  8. 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.

  9. Sand Hills Golf Club

    Nebraska, United States

    Sand Hills Golf Club is a club to respect and those in the know admire their non-commerciality and that is a delightful break from tradition these days...

  10. Trump Turnberry (Ailsa)

    Ayrshire & Arran, United Kingdom

    The Ailsa course at the Turnberry Resort is probably the most scenic Open Championship golf course. Located right next to the Firth of Clyde, with craggy rocks and superb views across to the Mull of Kintyre...

  11. Muirfield

    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.

  12. Augusta National Golf Club

    Georgia, United States

    Augusta National Golf Club is one of the most exclusive clubs in the world and was designed by the world’s greatest golfer, who teamed up with the world’s greatest architect.

  13. Royal Dornoch Golf Club (Championship)

    North Scotland, United Kingdom

    Royal Dornoch Golf Club is spellbinding. It seems to mesmerise amateur and professional golfers from all over the world and many make the pilgrimage to this natural links at some point in their lives.

  14. 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.

  15. Merion Golf Club (East)

    Pennsylvania, United States

    When Merion Golf Club was founded in 1896, Philadelphians were more likely to play cricket than golf. They even sent touring cricket teams to England!

  16. Pebble Beach Golf Links

    California, United States

    Cypress Point is the course you can’t play at Pebble Beach, but thankfully Pebble Beach Golf Links is one you can.

  17. As you drive from the historic town of Ballybunion, along the winding road to the golf club, your eyes feast upon the most spectacular links land imaginable.

  18. Fishers Island

    New York, United States

    Fishers Island Club is set romantically on a narrow island that is a mere two miles wide and eight miles long.

  19. Royal St George's Golf Club

    Kent, United Kingdom

    There's nothing artificial about Royal St George’s Golf Club; there's a natural look and feel to the course that blends beautifully into its historical Sandwich surroundings.

  20. Kingston Heath Golf Club

    Victoria, Australia

    Kingston Heath Golf Club pushes Royal Melbourne – and in some opinions exceeds it – as the premier course in Australian golf.