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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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Sand Hills Golf Club (#91 in the World)
Full Review →: Sand Hills Golf Club (#91 in the World)America’s greatest secret — Coore and Crenshaw moved almost no earth in Nebraska’s Sandhills. The result rivals Pine…
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Abu Dhabi Golf Club — National Course (#90 in the World)
Full Review →: Abu Dhabi Golf Club — National Course (#90 in the World)The falcon-shaped clubhouse, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and a desert layout that has challenged every world number…
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Trump Turnberry — King Robert The Bruce Course (#89 in the World)
Full Review →: Trump Turnberry — King Robert The Bruce Course (#89 in the World)Martin Ebert’s 2017 complement to the legendary Ailsa — the King Robert The Bruce Course gives Turnberry a…
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Seminole Golf Club (#88 in the World)
Full Review →: Seminole Golf Club (#88 in the World)Ben Hogan’s pre-Masters practice ground — Seminole is America’s most private and most revered course. Donald Ross’s 1929…
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Cabot Cliffs (#87 in the World)
Full Review →: Cabot Cliffs (#87 in the World)Coore and Crenshaw’s Cape Breton clifftop masterpiece — eight holes dropping to the Gulf of St Lawrence and…
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Dundonald Links (#86 in the World)
Full Review →: Dundonald Links (#86 in the World)Kyle Phillips’s Scottish Open host — Dundonald Links is the most accessible championship course in Ayrshire, open to…
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Club zur Vahr — Garlstedt Course (#85 in the World)
Full Review →: Club zur Vahr — Garlstedt Course (#85 in the World)Germany’s most demanding championship course at 7,319 yards par 74 — Club zur Vahr’s Garlstedt Course in the…
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Cape Kidnappers Golf Course (#84 in the World)
Full Review →: Cape Kidnappers Golf Course (#84 in the World)Tom Doak’s 140-metre Pacific clifftop masterpiece — Cape Kidnappers’ fairways end at sheer ocean drops with 15,000 nesting…
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Western Gailes Golf Club (#83 in the World)
Full Review →: Western Gailes Golf Club (#83 in the World)Every hole parallel to the Firth of Clyde — Western Gailes delivers the most naturally conceived and consistently…
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Courses, Homepage: Editor’s Picks, Top 100 Golf Courses, Top 100: UK & Ireland, UK & Ireland, World-Class CoursesRoyal County Down — Championship Course (#1 in the World)
Read More →: 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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Discover Scotland’s Top 3 Hidden Gem Links Courses: Luxury Golf Classics
Read More →: Discover Scotland’s Top 3 Hidden Gem Links Courses: Luxury Golf ClassicsIf you love golf as much as I do, then Scotland feels like hallowed ground. It’s the birthplace…
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A Family Affair on a Ryder Cup Icon: Playing the Twenty Ten at Celtic Manor
Read More →: A Family Affair on a Ryder Cup Icon: Playing the Twenty Ten at Celtic Manor6–7 Min Read • The Global Golfer Some golf courses have history. A few have pedigree. But only…
