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 11-20 of 100
| 2011 RANK | COURSE | COUNTRY |
DESIGNER |
WORLD AVG RANK | 2009 RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Maidstone | US |
Willie Park, Jr. John Park, 1891 |
43.11 | 65 |
| 9 | Muirfield | Scotland |
H.S. Colt Old Tom Morris, 1891 |
76.22 | 9 |
| 17 | Ballybunion (Old) | Ireland |
Tom Simpson P. Murphy, 1893 |
67 | 18 |
| 42 | Lahinch | Ireland |
Alister MacKenzie Old Tom Morris, 1893 |
53.65 | 44 |
| 46 | Portmarnock (Old) | Ireland |
W.C. Pickeman George Ross, 1894 |
52.06 | 45 |
| 24 | Chicago | US |
Seth Raynor C.B. Macdonald, 1895 |
62.76 | 24 |
| 37 | The Country Club (Clyde/Squirrel) | US |
Rees Jones Willie Campbell, 1895 |
55.92 | 37 |
| 57 | Royal Lytham & St. Annes | England | George Lowe Jr., 1897 | 50.16 | 53 |
| 50 | Garden City Golf Club | US | Devereux Emmet, 1899 | 51.5 | 51 |
| 35 | Sunningdale (Old) | England |
H.S. Colt Willie Park Jr., 1901 |
56.49 | 33 |