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 COURSE COUNTRY DESIGNERsort icon WORLD AVG RANK 2009 RANK
6 Shinnecock Hills US William Flynn, 1931 82.63 6
20 Crystal Downs US Perry Maxwell
Alister MacKenzie, 1932
64.49 20
40 Hirono Japan C.H. Alison, 1932 54.51 39
3 Augusta National US Bobby Jones
Alister MacKenzie, 1933
87.95 3
36 Bethpage (Black) US A.W. Tillinghast, 1935 55.99 35
98 Highland Links Canada Stanley Thompson, 1935 39.43 86
63 Southern Hills US Perry Maxwell, 1936 47.63 60
76 Kawana (Fuji) Japan Kinya Fujita
C.H. Alison, 1936
42.63 74
25 Prairie Dunes US Press Maxwell
Perry Maxwell, 1937
61.58 25
96 Tokyo Japan Komei Ohtani, 1940 39.67 97
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