GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Courses in the World

One hundred voters from 17 countries evaluated a ballot of 464 candidates to determine our Top 100 Courses in the U.S. and the Top 100 Courses in the World.
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2011 RANK |
COURSE | STATE | DESIGNER | WORLD AVG RANK | 2009 RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pine Valley | N.J. |
H.S. Colt George Crump, 1918 |
95.99 | 1 |
| 2 | Cypress Point | Calif. | Alister MacKenzie, 1928 | 91.06 | 2 |
| 3 | Augusta National | Ga. |
Bobby Jones Alister MacKenzie, 1933 |
87.95 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Andrews (Old Course) | Nature, 1400 | 86.27 | 4 | |
| 5 | Royal County Down | Old Tom Morris, 1889 | 82.92 | 5 | |
| 6 | Shinnecock Hills | N.Y. | William Flynn, 1931 | 82.63 | 6 |
| 7 | Pebble Beach | Calif. |
Douglas Grant Jack Neville, 1919 |
80.49 | 7 |
| 8 | Oakmont | Pa. | Henry Fownes, 1903 | 77.36 | 8 |
| 9 | Muirfield |
H.S. Colt Old Tom Morris, 1891 |
76.22 | 9 | |
| 10 | Merion (East) | Pa. | Hugh Wilson, 1912 | 75.22 | 10 |

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