GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Courses in the World

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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.

Showing 21-30 of 100
2011 RANK COURSE COUNTRY DESIGNER WORLD AVG RANK 2009 RANKsort icon
18 Turnberry (Ailsa) Scotland P. Mackenzie Ross
Willie Fernie, 1909
66.96 17
17 Ballybunion (Old) Ireland Tom Simpson
P. Murphy, 1893
67 18
15 Pinehurst (No. 2) US Donald Ross, 1907 67.42 19
20 Crystal Downs US Perry Maxwell
Alister MacKenzie, 1932
64.49 20
23 Seminole US Donald Ross, 1929 62.91 21
21 Carnoustie (Championship) Scotland Old Tom Morris
A. Robertson, 1842
64.33 22
22 Winged Foot (West) US A. W. Tillinghast, 1923 63.67 23
24 Chicago US Seth Raynor
C.B. Macdonald, 1895
62.76 24
25 Prairie Dunes US Press Maxwell
Perry Maxwell, 1937
61.58 25
26 San Francisco US A. W. Tillinghast, 1918 61.42 26
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