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 41-50 of 100
2011 RANKsort icon COURSE COUNTRY DESIGNER WORLD AVG RANK 2009 RANK
41 Barnbougle Dunes Australia Mike Clayton
Tom Doak, 2004
54.47 43
42 Lahinch Ireland Alister MacKenzie
Old Tom Morris, 1893
53.65 44
43 Olympic (Lake) US Sam Whiting, 1924 53.39 41
44 Whistling Straits (Straits) US Pete Dye, 1998 52.5 40
45 Kiawah Island (Ocean) US Pete Dye, 1991 52.35 47
46 Portmarnock (Old) Ireland W.C. Pickeman
George Ross, 1894
52.06 45
47 Casa de Campo (Teeth of the Dog) Dominican Republic Pete Dye, 1971 51.89 42
48 Royal Troon (Old) Scotland Willie Fernie, 1887 51.55 48
49 Nine Bridges South Korea David Dale
Ron Fream, 2001
51.51 55
50 Garden City Golf Club US Devereux Emmet, 1899 51.5 51
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