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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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Merion Golf Club — East Course (#54 in the World)
Full Review →: Merion Golf Club — East Course (#54 in the World)Bobby Jones’s Grand Slam venue. Justin Rose’s 2-iron on 18. The wicker baskets. Merion East is America’s most…
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Wentworth Club — West Course (#53 in the World)
Full Review →: Wentworth Club — West Course (#53 in the World)The Burma Road — English golf’s most televised stage. Harry Colt’s Wentworth West Course, enhanced by Ernie Els,…
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TPC Sawgrass — Stadium Course (#52 in the World)
Full Review →: TPC Sawgrass — Stadium Course (#52 in the World)The 17th island green — the most photographed hole on earth. Pete Dye’s Players Championship venue is the…
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Sunningdale Golf Club — New Course (#51 in the World)
Full Review →: Sunningdale Golf Club — New Course (#51 in the World)Harry Colt’s more demanding companion to Willie Park Jr.’s Old Course — many scratch golfers rate the New…
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Sunningdale Golf Club — Old Course (#50 in the World)
Full Review →: Sunningdale Golf Club — Old Course (#50 in the World)Bobby Jones’s perfect round — 66 in 1926 qualifying. Sunningdale Old is England’s finest heathland course; the New…
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Gleneagles — The King’s Course (#49 in the World)
Full Review →: Gleneagles — The King’s Course (#49 in the World)James Braid’s Perthshire moorland masterpiece — the King’s Course at Gleneagles is Europe’s most complete golf resort destination,…
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Kapalua — The Plantation Course (#48 in the World)
Full Review →: Kapalua — The Plantation Course (#48 in the World)The PGA Tour opener in January, humpback whales offshore and 663-yard par 4s downhill to the Pacific —…
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Pearl Valley Golf Estate (#47 in the World)
Full Review →: Pearl Valley Golf Estate (#47 in the World)Nicklaus’s finest African design in the Paarl wine valley — Pearl Valley is the benchmark for South African…
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Oakmont Country Club — Pennsylvania Course Guide
Full Review →: Oakmont Country Club — Pennsylvania Course GuideA premium guide to Oakmont Country Club, covering its strategic character, famous hazards, visitor access, accommodation and recovery…
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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…
