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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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Royal Dornoch Golf Club (#9 in the World)
Full Review →: Royal Dornoch Golf Club (#9 in the World)Tom Watson, Ben Crenshaw and Tiger Woods all made the pilgrimage. Royal Dornoch — where Donald Ross learned…
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Carnoustie Golf Links — Championship Course (#8 in the World)
Full Review →: Carnoustie Golf Links — Championship Course (#8 in the World)Hogan’s triumph, Van de Velde’s disaster and the Barry Burn — Carnoustie is the hardest and most dramatic…
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Trump Turnberry — Ailsa Course (#7 in the World)
Full Review →: Trump Turnberry — Ailsa Course (#7 in the World)The Lighthouse hole, the Duel in the Sun and Watson at 59 — Turnberry Ailsa is Scotland’s most…
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Ballybunion Golf Club — Old Course (#6 in the World)
Full Review →: Ballybunion Golf Club — Old Course (#6 in the World)Tom Watson’s favourite course in the world. Clifftops, a cemetery fairway and the wild Atlantic — Ballybunion’s Old…
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Royal Birkdale Golf Club (#5 in the World)
Full Review →: Royal Birkdale Golf Club (#5 in the World)The fairest test in England — Royal Birkdale threads through Lancashire’s sand hills with 10 Open Championships and…
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Royal Portrush – Dunluce Links (#4 in the World)
Full Review →: Royal Portrush – Dunluce Links (#4 in the World)Dunluce Castle, Calamity Corner and the Antrim Coast — Royal Portrush is the most spectacular venue on the…
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Muirfield — The Honourable Company (#3 in the World)
Full Review →: Muirfield — The Honourable Company (#3 in the World)Jack Nicklaus’s favourite course in the world. Two concentric loops, severe revetted bunkers and the fairest test in…
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St Andrews — The Old Course (#2 in the World)
Full Review →: St Andrews — The Old Course (#2 in the World)The cathedral of golf. Shared fairways, the Valley of Sin, the Swilcan Bridge and the Road Hole —…
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Royal County Down — Championship Course (#1 in the World)
Full Review →: Royal County Down — Championship Course (#1 in the World)Location: Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland Partner Accommodation: Slieve Donard Resort Editor’s Note (Low-Handicap Perspective): > RCD is…
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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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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…