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
| 2013 RANK | COURSE | COUNTRY |
DESIGNER |
WORLD AVG RANK | 2011 RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | St. Andrews (Old Course) | Scotland | Nature, 1400 | 85.63 | 4 |
| 23 | Carnoustie (Championship) | Scotland |
Old Tom Morris A. Robertson, 1842 |
62.6 | 21 |
| 69 | Royal Liverpool | England | George Morris, 1869 | 45.46 | 77 |
| 91 | Machrihanish | Scotland |
Old Tom Morris Charles Hunter, 1876 |
40.58 | 93 |
| 68 | North Berwick (West) | Scotland | David Strath, 1878 | 45.57 | 89 |
| 14 | Royal Dornoch (Championship) | Scotland | Old Tom Morris, 1886 | 69.17 | 16 |
| 29 | Royal St. George's | England | Laidlaw Purves, 1887 | 58.86 | 32 |
| 44 | Royal Troon (Old) | Scotland | Willie Fernie, 1887 | 52.97 | 48 |
| 6 | Royal County Down | N. Ireland | Old Tom Morris, 1889 | 81.53 | 5 |
| 31 | Royal Birkdale | England |
Fred Hawtree George Lowe Jr., 1889 |
58.57 | 30 |