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
| 2011 RANK | COURSE |
COUNTRY |
DESIGNER | WORLD AVG RANK | 2009 RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | Royal Porthcawl | Wales | H.S. Colt, 1913 | 39.76 | 100 |
| 1 | Pine Valley | US |
H.S. Colt George Crump, 1918 |
95.99 | 1 |
| 2 | Cypress Point | US | Alister MacKenzie, 1928 | 91.06 | 2 |
| 3 | Augusta National | US |
Bobby Jones Alister MacKenzie, 1933 |
87.95 | 3 |
| 6 | Shinnecock Hills | US | William Flynn, 1931 | 82.63 | 6 |
| 7 | Pebble Beach | US |
Douglas Grant Jack Neville, 1919 |
80.49 | 7 |
| 8 | Oakmont | US | Henry Fownes, 1903 | 77.36 | 8 |
| 10 | Merion (East) | US | Hugh Wilson, 1912 | 75.22 | 10 |
| 11 | Sand Hills | US |
Ben Crenshaw Bill Coore, 1994 |
75.14 | 11 |
| 12 | National Golf Links of America | US | C.B. Macdonald, 1911 | 74.25 | 12 |
