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 | COUNTRY | DESIGNER | WORLD AVG RANK |
2009 RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Old Macdonald | US |
Jim Urbina Tom Doak, 2010 |
42.86 | 0 |
| 56 | Castle Stuart | Scotland |
Gil Hanse Mark Parsinen, 2009 |
50.67 | 0 |
| 58 | Diamante | Mexico | Davis Love III, 2010 | 50.06 | 0 |
| 82 | Barnbougle Lost Farm | Australia |
Ben Crenshaw Bill Coore, 2010 |
41.91 | 0 |
| 1 | Pine Valley | US |
H.S. Colt George Crump, 1918 |
95.99 | 1 |
| 2 | Cypress Point | US | Alister MacKenzie, 1928 | 91.06 | 2 |
| 3 | Augusta National | US |
Bobby Jones Alister MacKenzie, 1933 |
87.95 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Andrews (Old Course) | Scotland | Nature, 1400 | 86.27 | 4 |
| 5 | Royal County Down | N. Ireland | Old Tom Morris, 1889 | 82.92 | 5 |
| 6 | Shinnecock Hills | US | William Flynn, 1931 | 82.63 | 6 |