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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | St. Andrews (Old Course) | Scotland | Nature, 1400 | 86.27 | 4 |
| 21 | Carnoustie (Championship) | Scotland |
Old Tom Morris A. Robertson, 1842 |
64.33 | 22 |
| 77 | Royal Liverpool | England | George Morris, 1869 | 42.57 | 80 |
| 93 | Machrihanish | Scotland |
Old Tom Morris Charles Hunter, 1876 |
39.82 | 92 |
| 89 | North Berwick (West) | Scotland | David Strath, 1878 | 40.6 | 93 |
| 16 | Royal Dornoch | Scotland | Old Tom Morris, 1886 | 67.05 | 15 |
| 32 | Royal St. George's | England | Laidlaw Purves, 1887 | 57.41 | 34 |
| 48 | Royal Troon (Old) | Scotland | Willie Fernie, 1887 | 51.55 | 48 |
| 5 | Royal County Down | N. Ireland | Old Tom Morris, 1889 | 82.92 | 5 |
| 30 | Royal Birkdale | England |
Fred Hawtree George Lowe Jr., 1889 |
58.96 | 29 |
