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 21-30 of 100
2011 RANK COURSE COUNTRYsort icon DESIGNER WORLD AVG RANK 2009 RANK
31 Riviera US Bill Bell Sr.
George Thomas, 1926
58.31 30
36 Bethpage (Black) US A.W. Tillinghast, 1935 55.99 35
37 The Country Club (Clyde/Squirrel) US Rees Jones
Willie Campbell, 1895
55.92 37
38 Friar's Head US Ben Crenshaw
Bill Coore, 2003
55.29 32
39 Los Angeles (North) US George Thomas, 1921 54.88 52
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
50 Garden City Golf Club US Devereux Emmet, 1899 51.5 51
51 TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium) US Pete Dye, 1981 51.49 50
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