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Top 100 Golf Courses
One hundred courses. Thirty-two countries. Six continents. Every ranking personally assessed for Golf Quality, Playability, Setting, Conditioning and the Complete Experience — the most authoritative list in golf travel.
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Quinta do Lago — South Course (#63 in the World)
Full Review →: Quinta do Lago — South Course (#63 in the World)Portugal’s most celebrated venue — Quinta do Lago South Course’s par-3 15th over the Ria Formosa lagoon is…
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Erin Hills Golf Course (#62 in the World)
Full Review →: Erin Hills Golf Course (#62 in the World)Brooks Koepka’s 2017 US Open venue — Erin Hills’ Wisconsin glacial moraines and links-style fescue fairways create the…
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Burnham & Berrow Golf Club (#61 in the World)
Full Review →: Burnham & Berrow Golf Club (#61 in the World)England’s finest links south of Lancashire — Burnham & Berrow’s Bristol Channel setting, massive dunes and Herbert Fowler’s…
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New South Wales Golf Club (#60 in the World)
Full Review →: New South Wales Golf Club (#60 in the World)MacKenzie’s Tasman Sea clifftop masterpiece 20 minutes south of Sydney — New South Wales Golf Club is Australia’s…
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Riviera Country Club (#59 in the World)
Full Review →: Riviera Country Club (#59 in the World)Hogan’s Alley, Tiger’s professional debut and the Genesis Invitational — Riviera Country Club is American golf’s most glamorous…
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Hamburger Golf Club (#58 in the World)
Full Review →: Hamburger Golf Club (#58 in the World)Harry Colt’s 1906 Fischbeker Heide masterpiece — Germany’s finest course is a Surrey-quality heathland that remains Europe’s most…
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Sun City — Lost City Golf Course (#57 in the World)
Full Review →: Sun City — Lost City Golf Course (#57 in the World)38 live Nile crocodiles on the 13th island green. Gary Player’s Lost City Course at Sun City is…
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Winged Foot Golf Club — West Course (#56 in the World)
Full Review →: Winged Foot Golf Club — West Course (#56 in the World)The Massacre at Winged Foot — Tillinghast’s uncompromising West Course has hosted five US Opens and broken more…
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Hirono Golf Club (#55 in the World)
Full Review →: Hirono Golf Club (#55 in the World)Japan’s greatest course — Charles Alison’s Rokko Forest masterpiece near Kobe is one of the 20 finest courses…
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Royal Birkdale Golf Club Review — England’s Greatest Links & Ten-Time Open Championship Venue
Read More →: Royal Birkdale Golf Club Review — England’s Greatest Links & Ten-Time Open Championship VenueRoyal Birkdale is England’s greatest links course — ten Open Championships, the finest natural turf in English golf,…
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Royal Troon Golf Club Review — Home of the Postage Stamp & Ten Open Championships
Read More →: Royal Troon Golf Club Review — Home of the Postage Stamp & Ten Open ChampionshipsRoyal Troon is an Open Championship links of dramatic contrasts — home of the Postage Stamp, ten Open…
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Course Reviews, Courses, Golf Courses by Region, Top 100: UK & Ireland, UK Golf, World-Class Courses
Royal Dornoch Golf Club Review — Tom Watson’s Favourite Course & Scotland’s Greatest Highland Links
Read More →: Royal Dornoch Golf Club Review — Tom Watson’s Favourite Course & Scotland’s Greatest Highland LinksRoyal Dornoch is Tom Watson’s favourite golf course in the world — a natural Highland links of breathtaking…

