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 RANKsort icon 2009 RANK
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
98 Highland Links Canada Stanley Thompson, 1935 39.43 86
97 Valley Club of Montecito US Robert Hunter
Alister MacKenzie, 1929
39.64 98
96 Tokyo Japan Komei Ohtani, 1940 39.67 97
95 European Club Ireland Pat Ruddy, 1992 39.7 85
94 Royal Porthcawl Wales H.S. Colt, 1913 39.76 100
93 Machrihanish Scotland Old Tom Morris
Charles Hunter, 1876
39.82 92
92 Swinley Forest England H.S. Colt, 1910 39.83 84
91 Waterville Ireland Eddie Hackett, 1973 40 91
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