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 1-10 of 100
2011 RANK COURSE COUNTRY DESIGNER WORLD AVG RANK 2009 RANKsort icon
94 Royal Porthcawl Wales H.S. Colt, 1913 39.76 100
97 Valley Club of Montecito US Robert Hunter
Alister MacKenzie, 1929
39.64 98
96 Tokyo Japan Komei Ohtani, 1940 39.67 97
100 Cabo del Sol (Ocean) Mexico Jack Nicklaus, 1994 38.74 95
99 Durban Country Club South Africa George Waterman
Laurie Waters, 1922
39.05 94
89 North Berwick (West) Scotland David Strath, 1878 40.6 93
93 Machrihanish Scotland Old Tom Morris
Charles Hunter, 1876
39.82 92
91 Waterville Ireland Eddie Hackett, 1973 40 91
90 St. George's Canada Stanley Thompson, 1929 40.45 89
68 Oitavos Dunes Portugal Arthur Hills, 2001 44.23 88
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