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.
Showing 1-10 of 100
| 2013 RANK | COURSE | COUNTRY | DESIGNER | WORLD AVG RANK |
2011 RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pine Valley | US |
H.S. Colt George Crump, 1918 |
96.16 | 1 |
| 9 | Merion (East) | US | Hugh Wilson, 1912 | 75.79 | 10 |
| 97 | Cabo del Sol (Ocean) | Mexico | Jack Nicklaus, 1994 | 38.44 | 100 |
| 12 | Sand Hills | US |
Ben Crenshaw Bill Coore, 1994 |
72.5 | 11 |
| 11 | National Golf Links of America | US | C.B. Macdonald, 1911 | 74.69 | 12 |
| 13 | Royal Melbourne (West) | Australia | Alister MacKenzie, 1926 | 70.6 | 13 |
| 15 | Royal Portrush (Dunluce) | N. Ireland | H.S. Colt, 1929 | 68.64 | 14 |
| 16 | Pinehurst (No. 2) | US | Donald Ross, 1907 | 68.15 | 15 |
| 14 | Royal Dornoch (Championship) | Scotland | Old Tom Morris, 1886 | 69.17 | 16 |
| 17 | Ballybunion (Old) | Ireland |
Tom Simpson P. Murphy, 1893 |
66.94 | 17 |