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.

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2011 RANK COURSEsort icon COUNTRY DESIGNER WORLD AVG RANK 2009 RANK
99 Durban Country Club South Africa George Waterman
Laurie Waters, 1922
39.05 94
95 European Club Ireland Pat Ruddy, 1992 39.7 85
28 Fishers Island Club US Seth Raynor, 1926 60.18 31
38 Friar's Head US Ben Crenshaw
Bill Coore, 2003
55.29 32
66 Ganton England Harry Vardon, 1905 45.77 63
50 Garden City Golf Club US Devereux Emmet, 1899 51.5 51
78 Harbour Town US Jack Nicklaus
Pete Dye, 1969
42.47 73
98 Highland Links Canada Stanley Thompson, 1935 39.43 86
40 Hirono Japan C.H. Alison, 1932 54.51 39
71 Inverness US Donald Ross, 1919 43.28 68
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